The Wreck of the Hesperus Felicia Hemans rather than to Longfellow). Additionally, in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film of "Anne of Green Gables", a character recites "The Wreck of the Hesperus" prior to Anne's rousing rendition of "The Highwayman". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is also mentioned in the 2017 Woody Allen film "Wonder Wheel". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is referenced in the comic song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, performed by Groucho Marx in the movie "At the Circus" (1939); by Virginia Weidler in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940); by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" (1991); by Kermit the
King Fisher King Fisher John King Fisher (October 1853 – March 11, 1884) was a gunslinger from the U.S. state of Texas during the heyday of the American Old West. Fisher was born during October 1853 in Collin County, north of Dallas, Texas, to Jobe Fisher and the former Lucinda Warren. His brothers were Jasper and James Fisher. Fisher's mother died when he was two years old, and his father married a woman named Minerva. After the Civil War ended, the family moved to Williamson County, near Austin, where his brother James was then residing. Jobe Fisher was a cattleman who owned