DAGWOOD

Dagwood Bumstead is a main character in cartoonist Chic Young's long-running comic strip Blondie, which originally solely revolved around the title character. But Dagwood first appeared in 1933, and the couple married, which led to the strip's massive success. Over the years, Dagwood has appeared not only in daily newspapers, but in comic books (including his own series), Big Little Books, Whitman novels for children, and other print materials, as well as radio, film, and television. Arthur Lake played Dagwood in the Blondie film series (1938-50), while Will Hutchins played him in a revival series (1968-69)