Captain Abraham Smollett

PERFORMER	Kermit the Frog character
	Steve Whitmire puppeteer
DEBUT	1996

Captain Abraham Smollett was portrayed in Muppet Treasure Island by Kermit the Frog.

Smollett is captain of the Hispaniola, a ship chartered by Squire Trelawney by way of Jim Hawkins for the means of hunting down a lost pirate treasure. On their journey, he is reunited with his past love, Benjamina Gunn.

He's a responsible, compassionate captain who is usually soft-spoken and forgiving, contrary to warnings that Samuel Arrow gives to Jim Hawkins.

Conceptual art for Captain Smollett's costume

And the final look

Notes

• Smollett's attire is still featured on display, along with Long John Silver's, at the Planet Hollywood gift shop located at Downtown Disney within the Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
• Captain Smollett was made as an action figure for Palisades Toys' line of Muppet action figures. The figure was packaged with various accessories related to the character, his hat, sword, sword sheath and a Polly Lobster pack-in figure.
• In 2012, Kermit the Frog mistakenly confused Captain Abraham Smollett to be a character on The Muppet Christmas Carol several times during his promotional tour for Die Muppets in Germany.