page_title: The Wiggles characters
section_title: Captain Feathersword
hierarchical_section_title: The Wiggles characters / Captain Feathersword
caption_attribution_description: Paul Paddick of The Wiggles Live @ the MCI Center - Nov. 8, 2007 Photo taken by Anthony Arambula
context_page_description: The Wiggles characters are a group of characters who perform with the Wiggles, the Australian children's music group. Aside from the four Wiggles, four secondary characters, along with a troupe of singers, actors, and dancers, appear in their television series, videos, and live concerts. These characters were developed in the 1990s and were originally played by group members and by Anthony Field's brother Paul, the band's manager. Later in the group's history, the characters were played by hired actors dressed in the characters' costumes.
context_section_description: Captain Feathersword, "the friendly pirate", wears a hat, patch, and puffy shirt and wields a "feathersword".  The Captain was created because the Wiggles understood that young children like pirates; they gave him a "feathersword" because they wanted him to be nonviolent.  Field originated the role, but in 1993, when he had to undergo a hernia operation, the role, along with the Blue Wiggle and Wags the Dog, was played by Paul Paddick.  Paddick would later play Captain Feathersword on a more permanent basis. At first, Paddick's role was minor, but it eventually evolved into a role so significant that he has been called "the Fifth Wiggle". Field described Paddick as  "just as funny offstage as on", For many parents, his vocal impersonations were "the high point of the Wiggles stage show" and included singers Mick Jagger, Cher, Plácido Domingo and James Hetfield.
caption: Captain Feathersword
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