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William John Posedel (August 2, 1906 – November 28, 1989), nicknamed "Barnacle Bill", [1] was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees/Braves in 1938–1941 and in 1946. Posedel was born in San Francisco, California.
Barnacle Bill may refer to: Barnacle Bill (theme tune), the theme tune of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter; William Bernard (sailor), subject of the song; Barnacle Bill (Martian rock), a 40-cm rock on Mars in Ares Vallis; Barnacle Bill, a Fleischer Studios animated short film; Barnacle Bill, a film starring Archie Pitt and Joan Gardner
Walter Newton Henry Harding (1883-1973) collected over 15,000 ballads from mostly 19th-century, with many 18th-century items. [6] Among them is an undated transcript of Abraham Brown The Sailor, noted as being to the tune of My Heart and Lute. [7]
He is also seen on NBC's Today Show with news/feature segments. He was a regular contributor to the local Boston television news magazine, Chronicle on WCVB-TV , since 1986. Barnicle has also appeared on PBS's Charlie Rose , the PBS NewsHour , CBS's 60 Minutes , MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews , ESPN , and HBO sports programming.
William Bernard (fl. 1849+) was a 19th-century sailor, miner and resident of San Francisco, better known as the notorious "Barnacle Bill" of American yore whose fictional exploits are chronicled in the ribald drinking song "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" — itself adapted from "Bollocky Bill the Sailor", a traditional folk song originally titled "Abraham Brown".
Barnacle Bill (U.S. title: All at Sea) is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Frend and starring Alec Guinness. [3] It was written by T. E. B. Clarke . Guinness plays an unsuccessful Royal Navy officer and six of his maritime ancestors.
Hue and Cry (1947) is generally considered to be the earliest of the cycle, and Barnacle Bill (1957) the last, [3] although some sources list Davy (1958) as the final Ealing comedy. [4] Many of the Ealing comedies are ranked among the greatest British films, and they also received international acclaim. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Barnacle Bill is a 40-centimetre (16 in) rock on Mars in Ares Vallis. It was the first rock on Mars analyzed by the Sojourner rover using its Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer . The encounter occurred during Sol 3 of the Mars Pathfinder mission on the surface of Mars and took ten hours to complete.