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insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had. His liberties were totally unrestricted. He was the only really independent person—boy or man —in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us. And as his society was forbidden us by our parents the prohibition trebled and quadrupled its value, and therefore we sought and got more of his society than any other boy's." – Mark Twain's Autobiography.

Appearances The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896) Schoolhouse Hill (1898) – unfinished "Huck Finn" (1898) – unfinished Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians – unfinished Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy – unfinished "Tom Sawyer's Gang Plans a Naval Battle" – unfinished Since Mark Twain's death, Huck Finn has also appeared in a number of novels, plays, comic strips,2 and stories written by various authors that purport to tell the latter adventures of Huck and his friends.

Portrayals Actors who have portrayed Huckleberry Finn in films and TV include:

Robert Gordon (1917) Lewis Sargent (1920) Junior Durkin (1930 and 1931) Jackie Moran (1938) Donald O'Connor (1938) Mickey Rooney (1939) Gene Holland (1944) Eddie Hodges (1960) Michael Shea (1968-1969, in the TV series The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) Roman Madyanov (1973, in Hopelessly Lost) Jeff East (1973 and 1974) Ron Howard (1975) Steve Stark (1979) Ian Tracey (1979-1980, in the TV series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends) Gary Krug (1985, in The Adventures of Mark Twain)