Dick Whitman

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Dick Whitman is the birth identity of the main character in the television series "Mad Men," who later assumes the name and life of Don Draper.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Mad Men NERFINISHED
assumesIdentityOf Don Draper (original) NERFINISHED
birthNameOf Don Draper NERFINISHED
centralThemeInvolves deception
identity
reinvention
createdBy Matthew Weiner NERFINISHED
featuredIn AMC television network programming NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Mad Men season 1 episode 1 NERFINISHED
gender male
genre drama character
hasAlias Don Draper NERFINISHED
hasBackstoryElement abusive family background
illegitimate birth
poverty in rural Pennsylvania
hasChild Bobby Draper NERFINISHED
Gene Draper NERFINISHED
Sally Draper NERFINISHED
hasFanBase Mad Men viewers
hasPersonalityTrait charismatic
emotionally distant
secretive
hasRelationshipWith Anna Draper NERFINISHED
identityChangeTriggeredBy explosion in Korea
laterLivesAs Don Draper NERFINISHED
marriedTo Betty Draper NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction protagonist of Mad Men
nationality American
occupation soldier
partOf Mad Men universe NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Jon Hamm NERFINISHED
servedIn Korean War NERFINISHED
setting New York City
strugglesWith alcoholism
identity crisis
infidelity
takesPlaceOf Lieutenant Don Draper NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1960s
early 1970s
worksAs advertising executive
worksAt Sterling Cooper NERFINISHED
Sterling Cooper & Partners NERFINISHED
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce NERFINISHED

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Don Draper birthName Dick Whitman
Don Draper hasAlias Dick Whitman