''The Adventures of Long John Silver'' is a TV series about the
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a Character (arts), fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel ''Treasure Island'' (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular cult ...
character from
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
's 1883 novel ''
Treasure Island
''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
''. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.
Cast and characters
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Robert Newton
Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for h ...
as
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a Character (arts), fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel ''Treasure Island'' (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular cult ...
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Connie Gilchrist
Rose Constance Gilchrist (July 17, 1895 – March 3, 1985) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Among her screen credits are her roles in the Hollywood productions '' Cry 'Havoc (1943), ''A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949), ...
as Purity Pinker
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Kit Taylor
Kit Taylor (born 1942) is an Australian actor, and the son of actor Grant Taylor. He made his acting debut as Jim Hawkins in the film ''Long John Silver'' (1954) and the associated TV series ''The Adventures of Long John Silver
''The Adve ...
as
Jim Hawkins
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Grant Taylor as Patch
* Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner
* John Brunskill as Old Stingley
* Harry Hambleton as Big Eric
Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film
''Long John Silver'', also shot in Australia.
Broadcast history
The series was shown in the United States from September 22, 1955,
and in the UK on
ITV in 1957. It was shown in Australia on the ABC in 1958, in the afternoon Children's TV Club. It was also shown on commercial regional TV in the mid to late 70s in Australia. In 1985 the series was repeated in the United Kingdom in a Saturday afternoon slot on ITV.
For much of its international audience, the series aired after the death of its star, Robert Newton, who had died of a heart attack in Hollywood in March 1956.
Episodes
See also
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List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7
References
External links
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''The Adventures of Long John Silver''at Classic Australian Television
''Adventures of Long John Silver''at
AustLit
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
1958 Australian television series debuts
1958 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
Australian children's television series
Television shows set in Australia
Australian adventure television series
Television series based on Treasure Island