Captain Hook In Peter Pan Was Based On Hans Conried
Disney’s 1953 animated movie Peter Pan was based on a 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. The villain of the movie was a pirate named Captain Hook and is another case of a voice actor being the model for the character. He was working as a live-action reference for two years and oftentimes he was in full costume because the animators not only observed the facial expressions and body language but also how the fabric of the clothes moved.