Robert Newton as Long John Silver.

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His film career includes several notable villains, among them Bill Sikes in David Lean's 1948 film version of Oliver Twist, Javert in the 1952 Les Misérables, and Inspector Fix in his last film, Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). Bill Sikes is a fictional character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. ... David Lean Sir David Lean (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was a British film director, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Doctor Zhivago . ... Oliver Twist (1948) is the second of David Leans two Dickens adaptations. ... Les Misérables is a 1952 film adaptation of the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. ... Around the World in Eighty Days is a 1956 movie based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne, involving a dare proposed to English aristocrat Phileas Fogg by his gentlemens club to undertake a bold journey to travel around the world in only 80 days. ...

He is most famous for playing the feverish-eyed Long John Silver in the Walt Disney Pictures movie Treasure Island (1950), as well as in a previous, unrelated film of the same literary property, Return to Treasure Island (1954; sometimes also known simply as Long John Silver), and even a 13-episode TV series. His Disney portrayal has provided the template for most screen portrayals of pirates since; Newton has even become the "patron saint" of the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19). Long John Silver is a fictional character in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, but the name was taken from an otherwise unknown historical criminal. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Treasure Island. ... This article is about sea pirates. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by two Americans, John Baur (Ol Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Capn Slappy), who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like pirates. ...

Newton went on to play Bristol's other famous pirate, Blackbeard, in the film Blackbeard the Pirate, but was never able to shake the legacy of Long John Silver. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Greater Bristol. ... Blackbeards flag, showing a horned skeleton holding an hourglass and threatening a bleeding heart with a spear. ...

Newton appeared in major roles in two films based on the novella The Vessel of Wrath, by W. Somerset Maugham. He played the Dutch contrôleur in the 1938 version (released in the U.S. as The Beachcomber), and the lead role of Edward "Ginger Ted" Wilson in The Beachcomber (1954). He starred as hatter James Brodie in Hatter's Castle, a 1941 film based on the novel by A.J. Cronin. He also played Ancient Pistol in Laurence Olivier's 1944 film of Henry V. A novella is a short novel; a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ... The Vessel of Wrath is a novella, published in 1931 by W. Somerset Maugham. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... The Vessel of Wrath is a novella, published in 1931 by W. Somerset Maugham. ... Hatters Castle (1935) is a novel by the Scottish writer A.J. Cronin. ... A. J. Cronin is the pen-name of the Scottish novelist Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896 - January 9, 1981). ... The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the fat knight Falstaff. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, regarded by many critics as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Henry V; it was released in Los Angeles in 1946. ...

On stage, he appeared in a number of plays by Noel Coward. Sir Noel Peirce Coward (spelling his forename Noël with the diaeresis was an affectation of later life) (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ...

Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the most popular actors amongst the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially among British boys; he was cited as a role model by actor Oliver Reed^{[citation needed]} and musician Keith Moon.^{[citation needed]} Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, one of his most famous roles Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles. ... Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ...

Robert Newton died from a heart attack at the age of 51. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Cemetery view looking South-East. ...

Selected filomography

• Fire Over England (1937)
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• Major Barbara (1941)
• This Happy Breed (1944)
• Odd Man Out (1947)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Treasure Island (1950)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
• Soldiers Three (1951)
• Les Miserables (1952)
• Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
• Androcles and the Lion (1952)
• The Desert Rats (1953)
• The Beachcomber (1954)
• The High and the Mighty (1954)
• Return to Treasure Island a.k.a. Long John Silver (1954)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

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External links

• Robert Newton at the IMDB
• Robert Newton's Gravesite