I heard you like hamburgers    stylebackgroundcolor fdffe border px solid fceb styleverticalalign middle padding px   styleverticalalign middle padding px  The Hamburglar is a McDonaldland character who features in McDonalds commercials He is a close friend of Ronald McDonald Grimace and Birdie Even though he has always attempted and failed to hoard all the hamburgers in McDonaldland for himself he has always been looked upon as a valued member of the McDonaldland community  History Despite a few changes made to his appearance over the years he has always been endearingly loved by fans all over the world A pintsized burglar who first appeared in March  and was one of the first villains on the commercials He was dressed in a blackandwhite hooped shirt and pants a red cape a widebrimmed hat and red gloves His primary object of theft was hamburgers hence his name The character like Grimace started out as a villain only he was old had a long nose gray hair and was called the Lone Jogger in some s commercials sporting a shirt that said Lone Jogger Hamburglar spoke in gibberish which was often translated by Captain Crook  He was revised in  when his look changed from a trollish old man to a redhead Dennis the Menacetype child who spoke and wore a shorterbrimmed hat and a black cape with yellow on the inside His previouslyunintelligible muttering was now the familiar robble robble In The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald he took on a new sporty appearance wearing green goggles a leather jacket striped shirt shorts and sneakers He loved playing tricks on his friends and still loved burgers The last appearances of Hamburglar on television were prime time commercials promoting the dollar menu Hamburglar was voiced by Howard Morris in most commercials Charlie Adler in some s commercials and The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald and Carl W Wolfe in some s commercials Hamburglar  In  new images were released by McDonalds depicting the Hamburglar as a grown man wearing a fedora a macintosh jacket atop a blackandwhite t shirt with black jeans and with hightop sneakers He still has a mask but his face now also sports a good halfinch of designer stubble The character will be in commercials for the first time since