Originally, the character was simply called Montgomery Burns, but in one episode, he yelled "You can't do this to me, I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!", which is a quote from Orson Welles' Citizen Kane ("You can't do this to me, I'm Charles Foster Kane!") |
Originally, the character (voiced by [Harry Shearer]?) was simply called Montgomery Burns, but in one episode, he yelled "You can't do this to me, I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!", which is a quote from Orson Welles' Citizen Kane ("You can't do this to me, I'm Charles Foster Kane!") His age, 104 years old, has often been mentioned. |
See: The Simpsons/Characters |
The character of Burns is also patterned after Howard Hughes. See: The Simpsons/Characters |