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Full name. Oliver Warbucks. Oliver " Daddy " Warbucks is a fictional character from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. He made his first appearance in the New York Daily News in the Annie strip on September 27, 1924. [1] In the series, he is said to be around 52 years of age.
- Oliver Warbucks
- Daily News, September 1924
Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks is the deuteragonist of the musical "Annie" and all films (including the 1995 sequel "Annie: A Royal Adventure!"). He is a bald billionaire and is in love with his secretary, Grace Farrell. He doesn't like Annie at first, considering he only intended to adopt a male...
Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks first appears in a September 1924 strip and reveals a month later he was formerly a small machine shop owner who acquired his enormous wealth producing munitions during World War I. He is a large, powerfully-built bald man, the idealized capitalist, who typically wears a tuxedo and diamond stickpin in his shirtfront.
- Ended
- August 5, 1924
- June 13, 2010
- Harold Gray
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Albert Finney plays the billionaire businessman who adopts Annie, a young orphan girl, in this musical comedy film. See his photos, quotes, and scenes with other characters, such as Miss Hannigan, Grace, and FDR.
cartoon character. Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography of Gray. In Harold Gray. …she was frequently rescued by Daddy Warbucks, a bald billionaire who often expressed Gray’s conservative political leanings. Annie had courage, determination, and honesty, and Gray kept her at her original age—around 10 or 12.
Oct 25, 2021 · The Grammy and Emmy winner is stepping into the suave shoes of Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks in Annie Live!, airing on NBC December 2, and Vanity Fair has the exclusive first look at his ...
Apr 30, 2018 · Learn about the origin, evolution and controversies of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, created by Harold Gray in 1924. Discover how the character of "Daddy" Warbucks, Annie's wealthy guardian, was influenced by politics, war and show business.
