Billy Bones

Billy Bones
Billy Bones
Treasure Island character
	Illustration by N. C. Wyeth for 1911 edition.
First appearance	Treasure Island; 1883;
Created by	Robert Louis Stevenson
Portrayed by	Herschell Mayall (1918); Lionel Barrymore (1934); Finlay Currie (1950); Dante Maggio (1966); Lionel Stander (1972); Jack Watson (1977); Leonid Markov (1982); Martin Landau (1986); Ernest Borgnine (1987); Oliver Reed (1990); Michael Elphick (1995); Billy Connolly (1996); Patrick Bergin (1999); Justin Jones (2006); Tom Hopper (2014–2017);
Voiced by	Ryo Kurosawa (1978); Takeshi Aono (1987); Viktor Andriyenko (1988); Patrick McGoohan (2002);
In-universe information
Nickname	Bill
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Pirate
Nationality	English

Billy Bones is a fictional character appearing in the first section of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Among other things, he is notable for singing the "Dead Man's Chest" sea song.^[3]

^ Treasure Island. In The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (2000).
^ "Black Sails: 10 Facts Everyone Should Know About Billy Bones". ScreenRant. 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ ^a ^b Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1883 [1994]. "The Old Sea-dog at the 'Admiral Benbow'." Ch. 1 in Treasure Island. Retrieved 2021-11-21. via Project Gutenberg.

Billy Bones
Treasure Island character
Illustration by N. C. Wyeth for 1911 edition.
First appearance	Treasure Island 1883
Created by	Robert Louis Stevenson
Portrayed by	Herschell Mayall (1918) Lionel Barrymore (1934) Finlay Currie (1950) Dante Maggio (1966) Lionel Stander (1972) Jack Watson (1977) Leonid Markov (1982) Martin Landau (1986) Ernest Borgnine (1987) Oliver Reed (1990) Michael Elphick (1995) Billy Connolly (1996) Patrick Bergin (1999) Justin Jones (2006) Tom Hopper (2014–2017)
Voiced by	Ryo Kurosawa (1978) Takeshi Aono (1987) Viktor Andriyenko (1988) Patrick McGoohan (2002)
In-universe information
Nickname	Bill
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Pirate
Nationality	English