Key facts
- Created by
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Portrayed by
- Robert Newton Orson Welles Charlton Heston Lance Henriksen Luke Arnold Tim Curry
- Voiced by
- Various Voices
- Nicknames
- Chef, Silver, Barbecue, Long John, Jack, Captain
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Chief cook Quartermaster Pirate captain
- Nationality
- English
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary character
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Silver
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Occupation
- sailor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Creator
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Performer
- Luke Arnold
- Image
- TI-parrot.jpg
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- present in work
- Treasure Island
- name in native language
- John Silver
- narrative role
- antagonist
- Commons category
- Long John Silver
- name
- Джон Сильвер
- medical condition
- amputation
- wears
- eyepatch
- different from
- Long John Silver
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Encyclopedic overview
Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular culture. His missing leg and parrot, in particular, have greatly contributed to the image of the pirate in popular culture.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Long John Silver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.