David Bennet is the biolog dad of Annie. Who died in a fire along with her wife Margaret Bennet. Since they don have enough money to raise Annie. They left her in the orphanage according to him. One day they will claim Annie by the locket she's wearing. However died too early. He's mentioned in the Annie 1999 film and the musical. The goal of all the adaptations was the search for him and his wife by Annie. Unaware to her they died. The FBI and Franklin Roosevelt found his name and told Annie about him. In the musical Oliver mentioned about his story.