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Mar 31, 1986 · In the film's opening scene, Cagney as Cohan, recalling his youth for Capt. Jack Young as FDR, says, "I was a pretty cocky kid in those days, a pretty cocky kid."
Birthday: Oct 7, 1894. Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Highest rated movies. 91% Yankee Doodle Dandy. Watchlist. Filmography. Movies. Explore the filmography of Capt. Jack Young on...
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Jun 26, 2011 · The "Great Depression" led his parents, John E. Young and Nellie Blank, to move from his birthplace in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Wellsville, New York, for better economic opportunities. This change opened a major door in Jack's life as he won a coveted New York senatorial appointment to the US Naval Academy, where he graduated in the top of his ...
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"Gentlemen, m'lady...you will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!"
―Jack Sparrow
Jack Sparrow was a legendary pirate of the Seven Seas and the irreverent trickster of the Caribbean. A captain of equally dubious morality and sobriety, a master of self-promotion and self-interest, he fought a constant and losing battle with his own best tendencies while living the pirate's life. Sparrow may be the best or worst pirate, depending on whose opinion to take into account, and was the quickest to seize the moment and make it his own; whether by cause and careful planning or mere accident was a matter of debate, but the results were the same and always different. He had been cursed, left for and come back from the dead, and seen his fair share of the supernatural through mythical beings, ghosts, zombies, mermaids, and other eldritch creatures, as well as becoming the center of various myths and legends himself. Captain Jack Sparrow's first love was the sea, his second his beloved ship the Black Pearl, and desired freedom and adventure more than any material treasure.
The son of Pirate Lord and Keeper of the Code Captain Edward Teague, Jack was born on a pirate ship in a typhoon. Before he became known as "Captain Jack Sparrow" he was simply known as Jack Sparrow, an adventure-seeking teenage stowaway, struggling to find his place on the Seven Seas and following his enigmatic father's buccaneering footsteps. In his first year at sea, young Jack sailed on a series of adventures with a ragtag crew aboard the Barnacle, beginning with a quest to locate and procure the legendary Sword of Hernán Cortés. In the time following his earliest adventures, Jack earned the name "Jack the Sparrow" after a sea battle with the Silent Mary, which he defeated and sunk along with its merciless captain, Armando Salazar, also known as El Matador del Mar or "The Butcher of the Sea". After his encounter with rogue pirates, Jack was forced to abandon the pirate life and pursued a legitimate career as a merchant seaman for the East India Trading Company. After five years of faithful service, the wily sailor was given command of the Wicked Wench, a ship owned by Cutler Beckett, the EITC Director for West Africa. As Beckett's employee, Sparrow searched for the magical island of Kerma and its treasure, until he decided to betray Beckett and keep the island and its inhabitants safe from Beckett and his slave traders. When Beckett ordered him to transport a cargo of humans as slaves to the Bahamas, promising to sell him the Wench for just one shilling, Sparrow chose to liberate them instead and stole the Wench from Beckett. However, Beckett's men managed to find Jack and branded him as a pirate, irrevocably returning Sparrow to a life of piracy, while the Wench was set aflame and sunk. After striking a bargain with the fearsome Davy Jones, the ghastly cursed captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman, in which his beloved vessel was raised from the depths, Jack had the Wicked Wench rechristened as the Black Pearl and began the life of a pirate anew. Shortly afterwards, Jack Sparrow became one of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court, with Sparrow himself being the new Lord of the Caribbean Sea.
Now one of the most infamous and notorious pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Jack Sparrow embarked on many adventures. He was captain of the Black Pearl for two years, during which time he searched for the Shadow Gold. But when Jack had set out on a venture to find the treasure of Isla de Muerta, he lost the Pearl in a mutiny led by his first mate, Hector Barbossa, then marooned Jack on an island with a pistol and one bullet. Ten years later, with the help of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, Jack killed the cursed Captain Barbossa and retrieved the Black Pearl. Over a year later, Sparrow's old comrade Bootstrap Bill appeared to remind him that he owed Davy Jones his soul. Sparrow sought to seize the Dead Man's Chest to settle his debt, but despite his efforts, Elizabeth left Jack to Jones' leviathan, the Kraken, which dragged both captain and ship to the depths of Davy Jones' Locker. Following a desperate quest to rescue both Sparrow and the Pearl from the Locker led by the resurrected Captain Barbossa, the Brethren Court convened in one last stand against Lord Cutler Beckett, who had control over Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman, which led to a pirate showdown with the East India Company. Jack later sailed on stranger tides during the quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth. After being kidnapped and forced aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, Sparrow was forced to serve under Captain Blackbeard and his beautiful daughter Angelica, facing zombies, mermaids, and the Spanish. With the help of his nemesis and now privateer Hector Barbossa, Jack found the fountain and defeated Blackbeard. Later, pursued by the terrifying Captain Salazar and a cursed crew of deadly ghosts who escaped from the Devil's Triangle, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack sought to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune by searching for the Trident of Poseidon. Sparrow's only hope of survival lied in Henry Turner, the gallant son of his allies Will and Elizabeth who sought to free his cursed father; and Carina Smyth, Barbossa's daughter and a brilliant astronomer accused of being a witch. In an uneasy alliance with Henry, Carina and Hector Barbossa, Sparrow was able to find the Trident and defeat Salazar.
Over the course of time, Captain Jack Sparrow became a center of intrigue as myths and legends have been told of the famed pirate's exploits. Most of these tales, however, were exaggerations, or even fabrications, embellished by the indomitable trickster himself to bolster his reputation. He also navigated his way from one perilous adventure to another, enemies became allies and friends became foes. Indeed, despite his dishonesty and many deceptions, Jack did embark on a number of grand and thrilling adventures, some involving the supernatural, magic, and journeys in discovering hidden treasures of pirate lore. This crafty pirate valued his freedom and his ship above all else. Jack Sparrow's ultimate ambition was to sail the seas aboard the Black Pearl, drinking bottles of rum, and living the best life—the pirate's life.
Early life
"Teague, this boy, he is sharp one, he is. Won't be long before he will be Pirate Lord himself, da?" ―Boris Palachnik to Edward Teague, regarding young Jack Sparrow Born on a pirate ship in a typhoon, Jack Sparrow was the son of Captain Edward Teague and an unknown woman, and would be named after his uncle Jack. Growing up in a tumultuous household full of outlaws at Shipwreck Cove, young Jack had spent most of his youth unsure whether Teague was really his parent, frequently referring to him as "The-Man-Who-Might-Be-Dad" even as a teenager. Despite his resentment, Jack respected the fact that Teague was always there for him when he needed him most, such as when Jack nearly got his hand cut off by the pirate Rusty Knickers at the age of six or when Jack was almost sold into servitude by Captain Lucille Graven at the age of twelve. Jack was determined to follow in his enigmatic father's buccaneering footsteps and become a captain of a ship, rather than just some ordinary pirate like the majority of his relatives (explaining his insistence on being referred to as "Captain" well into adulthood). At some point during his childhood, Jack met a boy named Benny and taught him "that trick with the kite and the key". As a teenager, Jack served as a cabin boy on several pirate ships, including the Troubadour of Captain Teague and the Koldunya of Borya Palachnik. As a member of Teague's crew, he visited many countries and ports, including Singapore. However, he became fed up with his hectic life in a pirate family and the torture he suffered at the hands of his Grandmama. One night, he snuck by candlelight into the study to consult the Pirata Codex, and, coming upon a section on freedom and the need for pirates to make their own decisions, decided he was completely justified in running away. After escaping out the window, Jack stowed away aboard a merchant ship to reach Tortuga, where shortly after arriving he met Arabella Smith with whom he set on the adventure to find the Sword of Cortés.
"I must admit, Jack, I thought I had you figured, but it turns out you're a hard man to predict."
"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for. Because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid."
―Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow
A notorious and infamous pirate, pillager, brigand, and highwayman; that was how Captain Jack Sparrow would be described by himself. Sailing a fine line between piratical genius and mercurial madness, Jack had an enemy in every port. Even at young age, Jack was the biggest troublemaker on the Seven Seas. A famed pirate; a sun-stroked trickster who knew what he wanted and had the means to get it, Jack never backed down and did what he needed to get the job done. Captain of the Black Pearl, this crafty pirate valued his freedom and his ship above all else. Although the pirate captain once claimed his first and only love is the sea. Drinking was one of the most popular of pirate pleasures. Like all pirates, Jack believed that "rum gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no rum."
Noted for his unusual demeanor, Jack Sparrow was characterized by a slightly drunken stagger and wild, flailing arm and hand gestures that made him appear unfocused and possibly ataxic. This was possibly due in part to the hot climate of the Caribbean, and the large amount of time spent on deck of various ships–though it should be noted he seemed fairly sure-footed onboard a ship. However, it is more likely that his demeanor was due to a common affliction of most sailors of that era–a combination of lots of rum, very few fruits and vegetables, and a tendency to accidentally hit one's head quite often on low-hanging bulkheads below the decks of a ship. It was rumored that Jack suffered heat stroke while marooned on a desert island after Hector Barbossa's mutiny aboard the Black Pearl. Jack's seemingly-perpetual drunkenness may have been the cause of his slurred speech.[citation needed]
Jack could be extremely serious on occasion, such as when Elizabeth Swann burned his rum supply while marooned on an island with her, Barbossa's first death by shooting him on Isla de Muerta, or when he was marked with the Black Spot by Bootstrap Bill Turner, and when he saw the Kraken's corpse lying on the beach. He was also shown to be quite serious when Sao Feng was confronting him on how he had insulted him, the sudden appearance of his father Edward Teague by shooting a man, and when he witnessed Davy Jones stabbing Will Turner in the heart. As far as danger was concerned, Jack was concerned for Angelica's well-being and even expressed grief for Barbossa's second death after Armando Salazar's defeat, despite their troubled history.
"If I had to fight a ship-to-ship battle against three or four adversaries, I would want Jack as the captain of the ship that was fighting alongside me. If I had to invade a fortress, and I wanted to make sure I'd get out alive, I'd have him at my side. If sword-wielding enemies surrounded me, I'd want him at my back. As long as Jack's own precious hide is at risk, you could ask for no better comrade in battle. He's a clever and experienced fighter—when he's cornered."
―Esmeralda Maria Consuela Anna de Sevilla
In his pirate life, Captain Jack Sparrow had become an expert buccaneer, defending himself with his trusty sword and pistol. Marksmanship took him a little longer to master than his swordsmanship. He wore the clothing and effects common to pirates of his time, though marked himself apart from his fellow crewmen by adopting a dress style that projected an air of flamboyance and a touch of the dandy. Jack wore a ragbag of garb from the four corners of the earth. Whether it's a silk headscarf from Singapore or a pistol belt from Port Royal, he hadn't paid for any of it.
Jack Sparrow wore long sea boots and long, hard-wearing linen trousers. A knotted striped-red sash was tied around his waist, where he would stow his pistol when not in use. The sash was made for him by Amenirdis, one of his love interests. It was said the sash had the magical ability to protect Jack from injuries, sickness, or harm. On Jack's back was a long brown coat that he would remove when the need arose to either swim or if the air got too hot. A faded blue waistcoat with a shorter lightly-coloured back area and a torn white undershirt made up the rest of the ensemble. The left cuff of the undershirt was ripped, and it was through this hole that Jack slipped his left hand. Prior to the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Jack dropped his old waistcoat off, possibly because he couldn't take the stench of it, and acquired a new silk dark blue waistcoat with a gold/champagne filigree pattern. A red bandanna, a gift from Jack's lover Esmeralda, was always wrapped around his head, complemented by his piece of eight (Moroccan beads from a unknown French lady and an ancient coin from Siam) draped over his forehead. After his piece of eight was destroyed in the ritual to release Calypso, Jack Sparrow replaced it with a new trinket which appeared to be made from two things Jack has fought and lived through, the Kraken (an engraved tooth) and the East India Trading Company (the pirate "P" brand). Prior to appearing in Joshamee Gibbs' trial in London, Jack replaced the Kraken tooth trinket with another trinket he acquired years prior, that had finger bones with a Chinese luck coin tied to some copper wire around one, and a barrel bead around the other, a red bead, and one of Jack's gold teeth at the bottom, which he lost after swallowing it, embedded with a black pearl. Sparrow replaced the bone trinket with an ear picker with gems, stones and beads, which he most notably wore during the quest for the Trident of Poseidon.
Jack's first belt was too long for his waist and so was tied to fit his frame, until about a year later when Jack would come by a second belt with a much more decorative buckle. On this new belt he attached some odd new additions; a chicken paw, two small different pieces of animal pelt, one longer than the other, and two small trinkets. Most would say that the chicken paw was a voodoo trinket, as a form of protection, while some think Jack probably ate it and tied it on because he liked the shape. Hanging on Jack's belt, the animal skins hanging look like feet or, more than likely, Jack ate a cat. After the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Jack acquired a large snakeskin belt with a massive gold buckle decorated with skulls and beetles, which he wore above his two previous belts.
The distinctive look Jack Sparrow had given to himself was accentuated by dreadlocked dark brown to black hair and a goatee beard. He appeared to have a perpetual sore or abrasion on the right side of his chin, next to his goatee, that never seems to heal which is possibly syphilis. By Jack's later life, his hair would be adorned with all manner of beads, dangles and trinkets gathered from all over the world, each one having a story that reminded him of his previous travels and different adventures. The first of these two beads, one red and one white, were given to him by the mystic Tia Dalma as a means of unlocking the eye of Stone-Eyed Sam. Jack braided these into his hair during a confrontation with the spirit of Hernán Cortés. In his adult pirate life, Jack had metallic Kuchi beads on the left, and later added some pieces of red ribbon to his hair. Among the beads and trinkets in his hair, there was a shinbone from a reindeer hanging off of a single strand. Prior to the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Jack's dreadlocks had gotten longer, some have grayed, others lightened by the relentless sun of the Caribbean. Somewhere along the line, he received a deliberate "X" scar on his right cheek through mysterious circumstances.
"Johnny's known for creating his own characters, and he had a definite vision for Jack Sparrow which was completely unique. We just let him go and he came up with this off-center, yet very shrewd pirate, with his dreadlocks, gold teeth and grand assortment of ornamental beads and charms. He can't quite hold his balance, his speech is a bit slurred, so you assume he's either drunk, seasick or he's been on a ship too long. But it's all an act perpetrated for effect. And strange as it seems, it's also part of Captain Jack's charm."
―Jerry Bruckheimer
•Captain Jack Sparrow first appeared in the 2003 junior novelization for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, where he was portrayed by Johnny Depp. Depp reprised the role in Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, On Stranger Tides, and Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge. Archived footage of Depp from The Curse of the Black Pearl would be used for Sparrow's appearance in the short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked, released in 2011. The 2006 video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow would feature the voice of Johnny Depp, the actor's first and only video game voice-over role. Depp also reprised his role in the 2006 revamp of Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean and the 2012 Disney's Hollywood Studios attraction The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow. James Arnold Taylor provided his voice for Jack Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts II. Hiroaki Hirata voiced the character in the Japanese dub for both The Curse of the Black Pearl and Kingdom Hearts II. Jared Butler provided his voice for Jack Sparrow in the At World's End video game, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Disney Infinity, Kingdom Hearts III, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, and an uncredited role as Young Jack Sparrow in the flashback scene for Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge.
•Before Johnny Depp was cast, Michael Keaton, Jim Carrey, Christopher Walken, and Hugh Jackman were all considered for the role of Jack Sparrow. The concept of the first film was initially helmed by Steven Spielberg, whose choices for the role were Bill Murray, Steve Martin, or Robin Williams.[citation needed]
Costume illustrations by Darrell Warner.
Early character sketches by Crash McCreery.
Non-canon appearances
•Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (post-2006 revamp)
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". [2] It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by ...
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In Dead Men Tell No Tales, a young Jack Sparrow appears during a flashback sequence. Fictional character biography Before the films. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide gives a backstory to Jack Sparrow in which he was born on a pirate ship during a typhoon in the Indian Ocean and was trained to fence by an Italian.
Jack Young was born on 7 October 1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and What's Your Hurry? (1920). He died on 28 October 1966 in Toronto, Canada. What's Your Hurry?
