Public Domain Super Heroes
Banker

Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

The Banker's Daughter (1927, lost)

Original Publisher

Universal Pictures

Created by

Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks

Origin[]

The Bankers Daughter poster

Poster for the lost short The Banker's Daughter (1927).

The Banker was Oswald's employer in the short he Banker's Daughter as well as the father of Oswald's love interest, Sadie.

He employed Oswald as his limousine driver but then fired for the rabbit for flirting with his daughter. However, soon afterward, the banker's bank is robbed by Pete. Oswald eventually stops him and presumably gets his job back.

The Banker appeared once more animated form as the old man throwing stuff at Oswald at the end of Rival Romeos.

Public Domain Film Appearances[]

  • The Banker's Daughter (1927)
  • Rival Romeos (1928)


Notes[]

  • Originally unnamed in the animated shorts, the character is named J.P. Whiskers starting with Disney Oswald comic "Just Like Magic!" (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #726).

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