long john silver

[super-sal]

who played long john silver in the original black and white film.

[Postdog]

Heather Mills.......

No, seriously it was Robert Newton.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0043067/

[jno]

that was colour. Wallace Beery in 1934:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025907/

But the first version seems to have been 1918:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009721/

[Postdog]

Oh was it? sorry, not seen it in years and we only had black and white telly then. Just read the link I gave - funny how it was only made because Walt Disney wasn't allowed to take the money he'd earned in the UK out of it.

[andy-hughes]

Robert Newton was the actor who invested the character with the "Aaah, Jim lad ...." phrase which characterised pirates in popular conciousness from then on - until Johnny Depp arrived of course.