Night's Watch Officer 2

A Night's Watch Officer is a recurring background character in the first, second and third seasons. He is portrayed by Dennis McKeever.

Biography
This man is an officer in the Night's Watch, stationed at Castle Black.

Season 1
This officer is present for the induction of the new recruits at Castle Black. He calls for the builders after the Lord Commander's speech. He accompanies Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly into the Haunted Forest to witness them saying their oaths of loyalty to the Watch in front of a heart tree. He is among the first to congratulate them on entering the Watch, and is also present when Ghost returns with a corpse's hand in his mouth. The party discover the corpses of Othor and Jafer Flowers and return them to Castle Black. He confirms Sam's discovery that the corpses do not smell, which is odd since they appear to have been dead for weeks.

Season 2
The officer takes part in Lord Commander Mormont's Great Ranging. He is among the officers that takes shelter inside Craster's Keep and is present when Mormont speaks with Craster about Mance Rayder's actions and plans.

He is present when Craster expels the black brothers from his keep after Jon Snow is caught spying on the wildling leaving a newborn son in the woods.

Season 3
The officer survives the White Walkers' attack against the Night's Watch camp atop the Fist of the First Men and joins the survivors' march back into the Haunted Forest all the way to Craster's Keep.

He is present at the hall of Craster's Keep when a group of deserters commits mutinies against the authority of Lord Commander Mormont and break guest right by murdering Craster.

Behind the scenes
The character Dennis McKeever portrayed was assumed to be Othell Yarwyck throughout Seasons 1, 2 and 3. However, Brian Fortune, who was thought to have portrayed Bowen Marsh in Season 1, reappears in Season 4 and is credited as Othell Yarwyck, implying that the character portrayed by McKeever was never Yarwyck.