Tucker Cobblepot

Tucker Cobblepot was the father of Oswald Cobblepot, who would grow up to terrorize Gotham City as The Penguin.

Biography
Little is known of Tucker Cobblepot, although it is assumed that the Cobblepot family was very wealthy, either as wealthy or having almost as much money as the Wayne family. His first son was Oswald, who was treated poorly on account on his deformity, which Tucker and his wife Eshter had trouble accepting, nor did they believe Gotham high society would be welcoming of Oswald. Oswald's abuse of the family cat confirmed Tucker's belief that Oswald had the mannerisms of an untrained animal, and got rid of him by pushing his baby carriage into a river, which proceeded to float into the Arctic World exhibit of the Gotham Zoo, where Oswald was carried off by huge emperor penguins. Many years later, a full-grown Oswald said that Tucker and Eshter treated their secondborn son like their firstborn, implying the Cobblepots had more children, but no further detail was given. Tucker died by the timeline of Batman Returns, presumably of old age or natural causes, along with his wife Eshter, whom were buried side by side. Oswald held a public show of placing roses on Tucker and Eshter's graves in order to show he has forgiven his parents. Whether the forgiveness was sincere remained to be seen, but it was clear Oswald, b.k.a. The Penguin, had no such forgiveness in his heart for Batman.

Behind the scenes

 * Played by Paul Reubens, of Pee-Wee Herman fame.
 * Tucker's name can be seen on his headstone.
 * In a early draft of the script he was supposed to have been a district attorney.
 * The Penguin's father has not been identified in most comic continuities, and Tucker was an original character for Batman Returns.
 * Burgess Meredith, who played Penguin in the 1960s Batman series, was considered to play Penguin's father.
 * Diane Salinger played Eshter Cobblepot. This marked the second time in a Tim Burton production that Diane Salinger and Paul Reubens played a couple, the first time being Pee Wee's Big Adventure, when Reubens played Pee Wee Herman and Salinger played Simone the truckstop waitress.