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Movie(s): Peter Pan (1953)
First Appearance: JM Barrie's Peter Pan (1904)
Voiced by: Hans Conried
Maybe it's because Captain Hook started out on stage that he's so darn good at getting us all cheering and yelling at the screen - for the other guy. A villain more adept at sneering you'd look hard to find, and as cold-blooded killers go it's hard to top him. But he's also a man of culture and some pretentions to finesse, making his all the scarier when he decides to just go for the throat. And it's a testament to this film that, while the character's been played a thousand times, this one feels like the original. Maybe it's that dashing red coat - we do love a man in uniform.
Stroke of genius
The gibbering panic that overtakes the otherwise snarling bad guy whenever the sound of ticking comes near.
Fun fact
This was the last Disney film that all nine of the legendary animators the Nine Old Men worked on as directing animators. After this, they were spread across different concurrent projects at any given time.
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