Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", first published in 1820. In popular culture, this story is sometimes retitled as "The Headless Horseman." Crane is invariably portrayed, in the original work and in most adaptations as a tall, lanky individual with a scarecrow affect. Ichabod -- meaning "without glory" -- comes from the biblical name of the grandson of Eli the High Priest and son of Phinehas. Irving might have borrowed the name from that of Ichabod Crane, a colonel in the US Army during the
Johnny Depp filmography his roles in "The Curse of the Black Pearl", "Finding Neverland", and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", Depp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2010, Depp was cast as the Mad Hatter in the live-action film "Alice in Wonderland". The same year, he went on to star in "The Tourist" with Angelina Jolie and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy. He has starred in "The Rum Diary" with Amber Heard (2011), "Dark Shadows" with Michelle Pfeiffer (2012), "The Lone Ranger" with Armie Hammer (2013),