(Found) Android/Robot Manservant Elopes (Resembles Leslie Howard)

[Surferella]

This futuristic short story (which may have been in a dusty pre (or much older) 1990s sci fi collection/anthology (Hardback)) is about a man who has a manservant android that is said to resemble the actor Leslie Howard. They have a brief talk and the man meets his (new?) mate or girlfriend whom it appears was matched with him (by some futuristic method or service). They both appear friendly but impersonal as a couple, she has a female android servant too. Later on the couple find out that their androids fell in love and eloped.

I realised I grouped this search with another short story so am adding it to its own post. Thank you.

 

[Surferella]

Can someone please list my post as found? I can't edit them. Thank you.

 

[HareBrain]

Can someone please list my post as found? I can't edit them. Thank you.

Can you post the answer, if you've found it elsewhere? Then we'll edit the title. Thanks!

 

[Danny McG]

The question was answered in this thread....

(Found) Amazing SciFi Short Stories

Hello, this was read in a collection of similar stories, the main character is wealthy/connected and having a discussion with another man about either deformities or a law change where those that don't appear fully human (?) will be affected. They seem to weigh the pros and cons. The shock...

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The answer was given (and accepted by Surferella) as The robot who looked like me by Robert Sheckley