Captain Haddock since creating Tintin." Sales of the volume in which Haddock was introduced indicated the character was well received. After a fairly serious role in "The Shooting Star", where he has risen to become the President of the Society of Sober Sailors (replete with a cabin full of rum), Haddock takes a more central role in the next adventure, split over two books, "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure"— indeed, his family history drives the plot. Upon locating the treasure, the newly wealthy Haddock retires. Hergé built the next adventure around Haddock, furnishing the character with an ancestral
Captain Haddock in "Tintin and the Blue Oranges", and by David Fox in "The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)". On BBC Radio 4, he was portrayed by Leo McKern in Series One and by Lionel Jeffries in Series Two. In both the 1960s and 1990s television series, Haddock spoke with an Irish accent. In the latter he was voiced by David Fox with a light Northern Irish/Ulster accent. In the animated movie "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks", he was voiced by Claude Bertrand. In the 2011 film "", Andy Serkis supplies the voice and motion capture performance of Captain Haddock (adopting