On July 18, 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater players presented Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson on the CBS radio network series First Person Singular. Cast:
Orson Welles (adult Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver), Arthur Anderson (Jim Hawkins), George
Coulouris (Captain Smollett), Ray Collins (Ben Gunn), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Hawkins),
Eustace Wyatt (Squire Trelawney), Alfred Shirley (Blind Pew); with William Alland, Stephen
Fox, Richard Wilson.

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Welles had another tie to Treasure Island. In 1964, he made a deal to write and direct a
film version of Treasure Island back to back with Chimes of Midnight (his pitch was "filmed
on the same sets and with the same cast, for barely more than the cost of one film" - wiki.)
After a few days of shooting, Treasure Island was abandoned in favor of Chimes At Midnight.
Probably a good thing as Chimes At Midnight is gorgeous! Great direction, set design, great
co-stars and a great performance from Orson as Sir John Falstaff! It was typically unavailable
for decades so if you haven't seen it, check out the restored 2018 Criterion Blu-Ray release!
(Lots of extras!)

Back to Treasure Island. "Welles remained contractually tied to [Treasure Island] as both actor
and writer, and eventually, eight years later, he was brought in to the film to work with director
John Hough..." - wiki

Hough's 1972 film featured Welles as Long John Silver, a notable performance by Lionel Stander as
Billy Bones and the last screen performance of Walter Slezak, but was otherwise unimpressive. It
is less memorable than the 1950 Disney version, directed by Byron Haskin, and after suffering three
different directors and four screenwriters working from Welles' original screenplay "Welles was
sufficiently dismissive of the rewrites to his original script that he asked not to be credited
[as a writer], taking the pseudonym 'O.W. Jeeves'" - wiki.