Hiram Flaversham is a major character in Disney's 1986 animated feature film, The Great Mouse Detective. He is the father of Olivia and is said to be the best toymaker in all of London. His specialty is the creation of clockwork toys.
Role in the film[]
Mr. Flaversham is first seen celebrating his daughter, Olivia's birthday by presenting her with a mouse ballerina doll that he has made for her. Shortly thereafter, he is kidnapped by Fidget and taken to Professor Ratigan to create a clockwork Mouse Queen for the professor. Though he starts the project, he is horrified by the whole idea and suddenly refuses to help Ratigan - no matter what - even though he knows he may lose his life. However, when Ratigan threatens to kill Flaversham's daughter, he is forced to return to the task. From these actions, it is shown that Flaversham is a very caring and loving father to Olivia.
Mr. Flaversham finishes the clockwork Mouse Queen in time for Ratigan to put his plan into motion. At Buckingham Palace, Ratigan's thugs hold the toymaker at gunpoint to operate the Robot Queen that names Ratigan the new ruler of Mousedom. However, he is soon freed by Basil of Baker Street and Dr. David Q. Dawson. As Basil exposes Ratigan and foil his plans, Mr. Flaversham is reunited with his daughter, but Fidget manages to free himself of his bonds and kidnaps Olivia. Using a flying apparatus made out of balloons, the Union Jack and a matchbox, Basil, Dr. Dawson and Mr. Flaversham chase after Ratigan, Fidget and Olivia in Ratigan's blimp.
Mr. Flaversham and Dr. Dawson watch as Basil jump into Ratigan's blimp, which crashes into Big Ben, taking Ratigan, Basil and Olivia inside the clocktower. Basil rescues Olivia from Ratigan, reunites her with her father and defeats the evil professor. At the end of the movie, Mr. Flaversham is last seen telling Olivia to come along so that they can catch their train. It is unknown if they were taking the train back to the toy shop to live there or if they were going to move away from London.
The film's dialogue and voice credits only identify him as Mr. Flaversham, as does his model sheet. However, the adaptation in the newspaper comic series Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales gives his first name as Hiram.
