Richard Wilkins

Richard Wilkins III was the fictional mayor of Sunnydale in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character was played by Harry Groener. Although disturbing allusions to the Mayor were made in Season 2, Mayor Wilkins only appeared in Season 3, becoming the Big Bad of the season. It turned out that he had ordered Principal Snyder to act harshly towards Buffy. He is seen in dreams, on tape the next season, and as a manifestation of The First Evil in Season 7.

Unlike many Buffy villains, Mayor Wilkins had quite a pleasant demeanor. A family man with an aversion to swearing, he nearly always wore a smile on his face

Trivia

 * True to his avoidance of foul language, Mayor Wilkins's last words were "Well, gosh."
 * Mayor Wilkins loves the Family Circus cartoon strip, amused that P.J. is such a handful ("Bad Girls"), but dislikes Marmaduke, who being always on the desk seem unsanitary to him. He does not like Cathy.
 * In a deleted scene of the series premiere of Firefly, it is learned that the Alliance troops who advanced on the Independents in Serenity Valley were led by General Richard Wilkins. The characters are not related, as Firefly is not part of Whedon's Buffyverse.