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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".
Ned Cobben – Barnacle Bill The Sailor (1913) Frank Luther – Barnacle Bill The Sailor (1928) Frank Luther – Barnacle Bill, The Sailor – No. 2 (1929) Hoagy Carmichael – Barnacle Bill, The Sailor (1930) Talkartoons – Barnacle Bill (1930)
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.
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
A hunchback fisherman named Barnacle Bill finds a young girl tied to a mast, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, and raises her into womanhood with the intention of making her his wife. [2] [3] Ten years pass and the woman, out of gratitude, promises to marry him. The hunchback hires a handsome stranger named Bob.
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 1941 American comedy drama film starring Wallace Beery. The screen comedy was directed by Richard Thorpe . Barnacle Bill was the second of seven MGM films pairing Beery and character actress Marjorie Main .
Beware of Barnacle Bill: January 25 [3] Willard Bowsky Harold M. Walker: First use of the "anchor" end title design. [31] 19 Be Kind to "Aminals" February 22 [3] Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings Floyd Buckley (the voice of Popeye on the Popeye radio program) voices Popeye [32] 20 Pleased to Meet Cha! March 22 [3] Willard Bowsky Harold Walker ...