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Blackbeard's Ghost is a 1968 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, and Suzanne Pleshette. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and Bill Walsh. It is based upon the 1965 novel of the same name by Ben Stahl and was shot at the Walt Disney Studios.
Baker began a long association with Walt Disney Studios where he appeared in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1966), [4] Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), [5] and Superdad (1974). In 1967–68, he had a lead role in Good Morning World, a short-lived sitcom about a pair of disc jockeys named Lewis and Clarke. The series co-starred Goldie Hawn. [6]
The name of Blackbeard has been attached to many local attractions, such as Charleston's Blackbeard's Cove. [130] His name and persona have also featured heavily in literature. He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard: A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia. [131]
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde.
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 [2] [3] – August 8, 1984) was an American television and motion picture actor, [4] best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, [5] Leave It to Beaver, [6] and The Jack Benny Program, [7] along with minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) [8] and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Malachi Throne plays Blackbeard's ghost in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea season four episode The Return of Blackbeard. In the 1968 Doctor Who serial, The Mind Robber, the Master of the Land of Fiction summons Blackbeard in his mental battle with the Second Doctor in episode 5. Blackbeard is portrayed by Gerry Wain.
Stahl wrote two novels: Blackbeard's Ghost was published in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin, and made into a movie by The Walt Disney Company in 1968; The Secret of Red Skull, a sequel to Blackbeard's Ghost, was also published by Houghton Mifflin, with illustrations by Stahl's eldest son, Ben F. Stahl. His daughter Gail Stahl is also a painter.
Probably his best-known role was off-camera, as the voice of Peeping Tom in The Ghost Talks and as Sir Tom in its remake Creeps. [1] Arnold also made appearances is such films as Yes Sir, Mr. Bones, Good Times, Blackbeard's Ghost, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Hold On!, Zebra in the Kitchen and Robin and the 7 Hoods.