Captain Haddock In later volumes he is clearly retired. Throughout it all, the Captain's coarse humanity and sarcasm act as a counterpoint to Tintin's often implausible heroism. He is always quick with a dry comment whenever the boy reporter gets too idealistic. Until Haddock's introduction, Tintin's constantly positive, optimistic perspective was offset by his faithful companion Snowy. Before Haddock, Snowy was the source of all dry and cynical side-commentary for the series. Hergé, however, realised Haddock's potential as a foil to Tintin. After he brought Haddock into the series, the Captain took over the role of the cynic, relieving Snowy, and establishing
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