# Old man

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**Old man**, **Old Man** or **The Old Man** may refer to:

## Basic meanings

- An [elderly man](/source/Elderly_man)
- A [father](/source/Father)
- A [husband](/source/Husband)
- [Commanding officer](/source/Commanding_officer) of a military unit
- Captain of a [merchant ship](/source/Merchant_ship) or a warship
- Any male [amateur radio operator](/source/Amateur_radio_operator)

## People

- [La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1](/source/La_Chapelle-aux-Saints_1) ("The Old Man"), an almost-complete male Neanderthal skeleton discovered in La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France
- [Leon Trotsky](/source/Leon_Trotsky) (1879–1940), Bolshevik revolutionary nicknamed the "Old Man" by both supporters and adversaries
- [Richard Benjamin Harrison](/source/Richard_Benjamin_Harrison) (1941–2018), American businessman and reality television personality of the series *Pawn Stars*, nicknamed "The Old Man"
- [Joseph Paruta](/source/Joseph_Paruta) (1929–1986), member of the Gambino crime family nicknamed "Old Man"
- [Yitzhak Sadeh](/source/Yitzhak_Sadeh) (1890–1952), Israeli military commander nicknamed "The Old Man"
- Old Man, the CEO of a company in the *[RoboCop](/source/RoboCop)* movies

## Literature

- [*The Old Man* (Gorky play)](/source/The_Old_Man_(Gorky_play)) (Старик), a 1915 play by Maxim Gorky
- [*The Old Man* (Wallace play)](/source/The_Old_Man_(Wallace_play)), a 1931 play by Edgar Wallace
- "Old Man", a poem by [Edward Thomas](/source/Edward_Thomas_(poet))
- "Old Man", a narrative thread in William Faulkner's 1939 novel *[If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem](/source/If_I_Forget_Thee,_Jerusalem)*
- [*The Old Man* (Perry novel)](/source/The_Old_Man_(Perry_novel)), a 2017 novel by Thomas Perry
- [*The Old Man* (Trifonov novel)](/source/The_Old_Man_(Trifonov_novel)) (Старик), a novel by Yuri Trifonov
- *[The Old Man and the Sea](/source/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea)*, a short novel by Ernest Hemingway

## Film, television and stage

- [*Old Man* (film)](/source/Old_Man_(film)), a 2022 American film
- [*The Old Man* (1931 film)](/source/The_Old_Man_(1931_film)), based on the Edgar Wallace play of the same name
- [*The Old Man* (2012 film)](/source/The_Old_Man_(2012_film)), a 2012 Kazakhstani film
- [*The Old Man* (2019 film)](/source/The_Old_Man_(2019_film)), a 2019 Estonian animated film
- ["The Old Man" (Seinfeld)](/source/The_Old_Man_(Seinfeld)), an episode of the television series *Seinfeld*
- [*The Old Man* (TV series)](/source/The_Old_Man_(TV_series)), an American thriller drama television series on FX based on the Thomas Perry novel of the same name
- *Old Man*, a Primetime Emmy Award–winning television movie based on the "Old Man" narrative thread in William Faulkner's novel *[If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem](/source/If_I_Forget_Thee,_Jerusalem)*
- [*Old Man* (Playhouse 90)](/source/Old_Man_(Playhouse_90)), a 1958 American television play
- The Old Man, a character in the film *[A Christmas Story](/source/A_Christmas_Story)*

## Music

- [Old Man Luedecke](/source/Old_Man_Luedecke), a Canadian indie banjo band

### Songs

- ["Old Man" (song)](/source/Old_Man_(song)) by Neil Young
- "Old Man", a song by Love, from the album *[Forever Changes](/source/Forever_Changes)*
- "Old Man", a song by Randy Newman from [*Sail Away*](/source/Sail_Away_(Randy_Newman_album)), covered by Art Garfunkel, 1974
- "Old Man", a song by [Clouds](/source/Clouds_(60s_rock_band)), 1970
- "Old Man", a song by [the Collectors](/source/The_Collectors_(Canadian_band)), 1967
- "Old Man", a song by [Harrys Gym](/source/Harrys_Gym), 2011
- "Old Man", a song by [John David](/source/John_David_(musician)), 1976
- "Old Man", a song by [Lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse_(band)), 1972
- "The Old Man" a song by [Irving Berlin](/source/Irving_Berlin), sung by [Bing Crosby](/source/Bing_Crosby) and Danny Kaye, 1954
- "The Old Man", a song by [Colm C.T. Wilkinson](/source/Colm_C.T._Wilkinson), 1977
- "The Old Man", a song written by Phil Coulter and sung by [John McDermott](/source/John_McDermott_(singer)) about a man remembering his father after he has died
- "The Old Man", a song by [the Fureys](/source/The_Fureys) and Davey Arthur, 1982
- "The Old Man", a song by [Matt Lucas](/source/Matt_Lucas_(singer))
- "[This Old Man](/source/This_Old_Man)" a children's song

## Geography

- [Old Man of the Hills](/source/Old_Man_of_the_Hills), a mountain in Montana
- [Old Man of the Mountain](/source/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain,_New_Hampshire), a geological formation in New Hampshire
- [Old Man of Hoy](/source/Old_Man_of_Hoy), a sea stack in Scotland
- [Old Man of Coniston](/source/Old_Man_of_Coniston), a mountain in the Lake District of England
- [Old Man of the Lake](/source/Old_Man_of_the_Lake), a hemlock tree stump floating in Crater Lake, Oregon

## Other

- [Old Man (*The Legend of Zelda*)](/source/Old_Man_(The_Legend_of_Zelda)), a recurring character in *The Legend of Zelda* video game series
- [*old man* (magazine)](/source/Old_man_(magazine)), a journal of the Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs
- Old Man, a name for [Gerson Boom](/source/Characters_of_Undertale_and_Deltarune#Gerson_Boom) in *Deltarune*

## See also

- [Old Man of the Mountain (disambiguation)](/source/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain_(disambiguation))
- [Old Man River (disambiguation)](/source/Old_Man_River_(disambiguation))
- [My Old Man (disambiguation)](/source/My_Old_Man_(disambiguation))
- [Oldman (disambiguation)](/source/Oldman_(disambiguation))
- [Der Alte (disambiguation)](/source/Der_Alte_(disambiguation))

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