Blackbeard the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in the 2003 adventure film, "". Blackbeard is also portrayed as a central character in two recent TV series. In the short lived Crossbones (2014) he is played by John Malkovich. The British actor Ray Stevenson plays him in season three and four of Black Sails (2016–2017). Notes Citations Bibliography Blackbeard Edward Teach or Edward Thatch ( – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may
John Taylor (pirate) John Taylor (pirate) John Taylor was a pirate who lived in the early 18th century; he was also frequently known as Richard Taylor. He was Edward England's quartermaster and popular with the crew due to his violent disposition. Taylor was responsible for the vote that removed Edward England from command. After that Taylor continued to cruise and captured Arabian and European prizes off the Indian coast. At Reunion Island (off the coast of Madagascar) in April 1721, he together with Olivier Levasseur and Jasper Seagar captured the most valuable prize in pirate history, the 700-ton Portuguese treasure ship "Nossa Senhora