Long Dong Silver is the alias of an African-American actor in several pornographic films in the early 1980s, famed for the size of his penis (reputedly 18 inches = 45.72 centimetres), although it is generally accepted to be have been extended with a prosthetic sheath. The name is a takeoff on the fictional pirate Long John Silver, in Robert Stevenson's Treasure Island; the actor's real name is unknown. He achieved brief notoriety when mentioned during Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings for the United States Supreme Court.
