Daddy Warbucks They say it can land on a dime... whatever that may be.
Played by Albert Finney 
Annie (1982) · 25 quotes
Annie (1982) · 25 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Annie (1982): in 6 of its 25 quotes
A line from Daddy WarbucksWhy do I smell wet dog?
More lines from Daddy Warbucks
3 quotes Daddy Warbucks Daddy Warbucks [about why he refuses to adopt Annie]
I'm a businessman. I love money, I love power, I love capitalism. I do not now and never will love children.
Daddy Warbucks Grace! Get me J. Edgar on the phone! Drake! Get me the chief of police! Asp! Get me Walter Winchell! PUNJAB!!! Get me William Randolph Hearst! And, Saunders, get me a drink!
Scenes with Daddy Warbucks
2 scenes
Duffy [Annie's orphan friends arrive at Warbucks' house to find Annie]
We're friends of Annie's.
Warbucks Annie's gone. Her parents came and took her away.
But they wasn't her real parents, mister. They was bad people.
Warbucks [shocked]
LEAPING LIZARDS!!
Grace Uh, Mr. Warbucks, I'd like you to meet...
Warbucks No time for dinner tonight, so tell Mrs. Pugh to send up an American-cheese sandwich at midnight. Come along, Miss Farrell. Let's get started.
Warbucks [a press representative snaps a photograph of him; Warbucks screams, grabs the representative's camera, and smashes it to the ground]
WHAT THE DEVIL'S GOIN' ON HERE?!!
Grace Oh, Mr. Warbucks, this is the press representative! Your image!
Warbucks Oh! Oh, yes! [laughs] Pick him up, Punjab. Uh, get him another camera.
[he and Grace laugh]
