Charles Foster Kane is a fictional character and the subject of Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane. Welles played Kane (receiving an Oscar nomination), with Buddy Swan playing Kane as a child. Welles also co-wrote and directed the film.
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“Thatcher: Youre too old to call me Mr. Thatcher, Charles.
Charles Foster Kane: Youre too old to be called anything else. You were always too old.”
—Orson Welles (19151985)
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