A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. Blackadder saddles up Baldrick and turns to the life of a highwayman. Anthony Dunn was a highwayman and burglar that operated in a gang. The song was influenced by the real-life hanged highwayman Jonathan Wild. Bayes' description of Turpin's relationship with "King the Highwayman" is almost certainly fictional. A chance remark about the notorious highwayman Captain Jerry Jackson gives Barbara an idea. A notorious local highwayman called Poole gave the cavern its name. On this occasion, the pardoned man was a fellow highwayman, Thomas Hadfield. Vieux Bois arrives, posing as a highwayman. Liddy's other TV guest credits include "Airwolf", "MacGyver" and the short-lived "The Highwayman". The single "Highwayman", a Jimmy Webb composition, became a #1 country hit. In the comic, it is revealed that Fred was the horse of the Highwayman. It was the second single from the album "Highwayman". Following this, came the surprise failure of their next single "Highwayman" (released in late 1977). Their Columbia works produced three chart singles, including the number one "Highwayman" in 1985.