The Adventures of Long John Silver

For other uses, see Long John Silver (disambiguation).

The Adventures of Long John Silver
Genre	Adventure
Created by	Martin Rackin Byron Haskin Joseph Kaufman Robert Louis Stevenson
Written by	Martin Rackin Kay Keavney
Directed by	Byron Haskin Lee Sholem
Starring	Robert Newton Connie Gilchrist Kit Taylor
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer(s)	Joseph Kaufman
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Isola del'Oro Treasure Island Productions
Distributor	ITV (1957) (UK)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	1958 – 1958

The Adventures of Long John Silver is a TV series about the Long John Silver character from Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.

Cast and characters

• Robert Newton as Long John Silver
• Connie Gilchrist as Purity Pinker
• Kit Taylor as Jim Hawkins
• 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 1956, 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.

See also

• List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
• List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7

External links

• The Adventures of Long John Silver at IMDb
• The Adventures of Long John Silver at Classic Australian Television