The Characters

The Cast of Characters

Don Rosa's Duck family tree.

Key to abbrevations: US - Uncle Scrooge, WDC&S - Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

The Comics

Donald Duck:

First appeared in 1934's "Wise Little Hen" Cartoon
Created By Walt Disney
His middle name is Fauntleroy
He is a member of "The Three Caballeros"
His License Plate Number is 313
Lives In Duckburg, CA. USA (most of the characters do)

Daisy Duck:

First appeared in the Nov. 4, 1940 daily strip
Created by Al Taliaferro
She was based on the female character from the 1937 cartoon "Don Donald"

Huey, Louie and Dewey:

First appeared in the Oct. 17, 1937 Sunday strip
Created by Al Taliaferro
Members of the Junior Woodchucks (Created by Carl Barks)
The Junior Woodchucks first appeared in WDC&S #125 (1951)
Huey is always dressed in red (hue), Louie in green (leaves) and Dewey in blue (due)

(Uncle) Scrooge McDuck:

First appeared in Four Cour #248 "Christmas on Bear Mountain" (1948)
Created by Carl Barks
AKA "The Richest Duck in the World"

Gladstone Glander

First appeared in WDC&S #88(1948)
Created by Carl Barks
AKA "The Luckest Duck in the World".

Grandma Duck

First appeared in the 1943 Sunday Pages
Created by Al Taliaferro
Her real name is Elvira Coot
Lives on a farm with Gus Goose (see below) and the 2 mice from "Cinderella", Gus and Jaq

Gus Goose

First appeared in the May 9, 1938 daily strip
Created by Al Taliaferro
Appeared a year later in the cartoon "Donald's Cousin Gus"

Gyro Gearloose

First appeared in WDC&S #140 (1948)
Created by Carl Barks
A world famous inventor, he created a mechanical assistant called "Little Helper"
Little Helper first appeared in US #15 (1956)

Boliver

First appeared in the 1939 daily strip
Created by Al Taliaferro
Donald's long time pet; a St. Bernard dog.

April, May and June

First appeared in WDC&S #149 (1953)
Created by Carl Barks
Members of the Little Chickadees

Miss Quackfaster

First appeared in US#36 (1962)
Created by Carl Barks
She is Scrooge McDuck's secretary

Glittering Goldie

First appeared in Four Color 456 (1953)
Created by Carl Barks
She is Scrooge McDuck's one and only one-time love interest

The Beagle Boys

First appeared in WDC&S #135 (1951)
Created by Carl Barks
Blackheart Beagle was the father and founder of the Beagle Boys
They have no names, only numbers
One Beagle Boy has an unusual craving for prunes

Flintheart Glomgold

First appeared in US #15 (1951)
Created by Carl Barks
Lives in Africa
AKA "The Second Richest Duck in the World"
Constantly in competition with Scrooge McDuck

Magica De Spell

First appeared in US #36 (1961)
Created by Carl Barks
Lives in Mt. Vesuvio, Italy together with her black raven.
A practicing sorceress
Only goal in life is to capture Scrooge McDuck's very first dime he ever made.
Belives melting it down (along with other millionaires 1st's) will make her the richest person in the world.

Soapy Slick

First appeared in US #59 (1956)
Created by Carl Barks
Scrooge McDuck's rival from when he was back in the Klondike as a prospector

Neighbor Jones

First appeared in WDC&S #34 (1943)
Created by Carl Barks
Donald Duck's next store neighbor
A constant source of aggravation for Donald

Witch Hazel

First appeared in the 1952 cartoon "Trick or Treat"
Creator unknown

The Cartoons

Chip and Dale

First appeared in the 1947 cartoon "Private Pluto"
Creator unknown
A constant source of aggravation for Donald Duck
Dale is the one with the red nose

Professor Ludwig Von Drake

First appeared in the 1961 cartoon "Adventures in Color"
Creator unknown
A Psychologist whose main patient is Donald Duck

Humphrey the Bear and Ranger Audubon J. Woodlore

Humphrey first appeared in the 1950 cartoon "Hold That Pose"
The Ranger first appeared in the 1954 cartoon "Grin and Bear it"
Creators unknown
To my knowledge, neither has ever appeared in the comics
See the shorts section for an image

The Television Shows

Duck Tales

The following characters were created for the Duck tales TV show.

Launchpad McQuack - Scrooge McDuck's pilot (and a terrible one at that)
Ms. Beakly - Scrooge McDuck's housekeeper
Webbigail - Ms. Beakly's niece
Duckworth - Scrooge McDuck's butler
Doofus - A member of the Junior Woodchuck's
Fenton Crankshell (AKA Gizmoduck) - Scrooge McDuck's accountant by day, superhero by night

Quack Pack

The following characters were created for the Quack Pack TV show.

Ken Powers - Donald Duck and Daisy Duck's boss - A real ego maniac
Knuckles - Daisy Duck's pet kokomo dragon

The Movies

The Three Caballeros And Saludos Amigos

The following characters were created for the above feature films.

Jose Carioca - Appeared in both films (as well as several comics). He is from Brazil
Pancho - Appeared in The Three Caballeros only. He is from Argentina

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