Flintheart Glomgold | |
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Donald Duck character | |
First appearance | "The Second-Richest Duck" in Uncle Scrooge #15 (September 1956) |
Created by | Carl Barks |
Voiced by | |
Alias | Duke Baloney (DuckTales reboot only) |
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Nationality | South African American (DuckTales) |
Flintheart Glomgold is a cartoon character created in 1956 by Carl Barks. He is a South African American Pekin Duck and the business rival of Scrooge McDuck, usually portrayed as an ambitious, ruthless, and manipulative businessman who shares many of the same qualities as Scrooge—the drive for massive wealth, and the cunning and creativity to obtain the same—but he lacks any of Scrooge's tendencies towards generosity and compassion.[1] In Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, he is said to be a Boer.
Glomgold is one of Scrooge's main rivals along with the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, and John D. Rockerduck, and also holds the title of being the "Second Richest Duck in the World" while Scrooge is the richest. His appearance is deliberately similar to that of Scrooge, but he is usually drawn with a full beard and sideburns as opposed to simple side-whiskers, black or purple frock coat instead of Scrooge's red or blue one, and a dark tam o'shanter instead of Scrooge's top hat.