Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" that aired on Fox from September 8, 1990 to September 10, 1991. The television show focuses as much on the pirates as it does on Peter Pan. Captain Hook and Mr. Smee traditionally are the only pirates who receive any attention in the story, but here, the other crew members of the Jolly Roger (Robert Mullins, Alf Mason, Gentleman Ignatious Starkey, Billy Jukes, and Cookson) are given distinct personalities and character development. A real force to
Captain Hook In Peter Pan (1924 film), Captain Hook is portrayed by Ernest Torrence. In Leonard Bernstein's musical version, Boris Karloff starred as Mr. Darling/Captain Hook and Jean Arthur played Peter. Most notably, Cyril Ritchard played Captain Hook in the 1954 musical adaptation which starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan. George Rose played the role in the 1977 revival which featured Sandy Duncan as Pan. In 1989, the Japanese Nippon Animation produced 41 episodes of "Peter Pan – the Animated Series", aired on World Masterpiece Theater and in several other countries. Hook's personality was far closer to the original character from Barrie's