Father Time

New Year

In the arts

Art

Visual art

• Father Time was the logo for the Elgin Watch Company, with Father Time's traditional hourglass traded out for a pocket watch.

Sculpture

• Father Time is a weather vane at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, in the shape of Father Time.
• Father Time is the central figure in Lorado Taft's 1922 Chicago fountain, Fountain of Time.
• Father Time, complete with scythe, is the central figure in the Rotunda Clock by John Flanagan, located in the rotunda of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C..Father Time and the Virgin is a statue located on the cupola of the Masonic Hall at Mendocino, California.
• An old statue of Father Time sits on the grounds at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England.
• A clock featuring Father Time, created by Guéret Frêres, Atelier Cartier, and Vincenti et Cie, may be viewed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum also owns a drawing that is a study for a similar clock.Truth Unveiled by Time is the name and subject of a sculpture by Bernini, though the figure of Time was never executed.

Books

• Old Father Time appears in the fantasy novel series Nightside by Simon R. Green, as an elderly character tending to peoples' needs for time travel—and in some cases—guidance.
• Father Time appears in the fairy tale themed short story, written by L. Frank Baum. Entitled "The Capture of Father Time". That Father Time was captured by the son of an Arizonian cowboy named Jim because of his foolishness.
• Time is one of the Incarnations of Immortality in Piers Anthony's series of the same name. Time appears in several of the books and is the main character of Bearing an Hourglass. For most of the series he appears as a middle-aged man in a blue robe and bearing an hourglass which he can use to control the flow of time and move through both time and space.
• Father Time is painted in the ceiling of the dungeon, in the Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum".
• In Mitch Albom's book The Time Keeper, Dor, the central character, is Father Time. He is freed from exile and sent to Earth on the condition that he teaches two people on Earth the true importance of time, a teenage girl who does not wish to live anymore, and a dying old billionaire who wishes to live forever.
• "Little Father Time" is a character in Jude the Obscure, a novel by Thomas Hardy. The name is given to Jude Fawley's son, who is dreadfully melancholy and who commits suicide and kills his siblings at a young age.
• Father Time also appears in C. S. Lewis' novels The Silver Chair and The Last Battle which are the final two novels in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
• In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he is referred to as Time and is responsible for making the Hatter and his friends to have an endless tea party as punishment.

Comics, magazines and periodicals

• Father Time made numerous appearances in the classic comic Little Nemo in Slumberland, both as a general representation of time and as a symbol of the new year.
• A Norman Rockwell painting of Father Time appeared on 31 December 1910 cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
• Father Time is a recurring character in Tatsuya Ishida's webcomic Sinfest, often appearing as an infant immediately on or after the Western New Year, and as an old man fated to die during the end of the year.
• Father Time appears in Neil Gaiman's graphic novel The Sandman: Overture, depicted as father to the Endless – seven embodiments of natural forces – through marriage to Mother Night.

Film, Television and Video Games

• Father Time appears in The Blue Bird played by Thurston Hall.
• The scythe and the hourglass are referenced by the character Johannes in Ordet.
• Father Time appears in Our Mr. Sun voiced by Lionel Barrymore.
• Father Time appears in The Blue Bird played by Robert Morley.
• Father Time appears in the television special Rudolph's Shiny New Year voiced by Red Skelton. He is depicted as an old friend of Santa Claus and serves as the narrator of the special.
• Father Time appears as a recurring character in The Smurfs voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. His workshop is depicted as being underground. Father Time's Reverse Clock was responsible for turning Nat, Snappy, and Slouchy into Smurflings and he can't undo the transformation because of how time works.
• Father Time appears as one of the main characters in Histeria! voiced by Frank Welker.
• In Flint the Time Detective, the Old Timer is depicted as a Father Time-like character.
• Father Time appears in The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause portrayed by Peter Boyle. He is shown as a member of the Council of Legendary Figures alongside Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Cupid, Mother Nature, the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost.
• In the Wizards of Waverly Place episode "You Can't Always Get What You Carpet", Justin Russo says "It's 8:00" and Jerry Russo retorts "Who are you, Father Time?"
• Father Time appeared in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "The Halls of Time" voiced again by Alan Oppenheimer. He's inspired by the aforementioned Rudolph's Shiny New Year portrayal as he also works with a baby that represents Happy New Year.
• Father Time appeared in Regular Show episode called "It's Time" voiced by Alan Sklar. He appears to be made out of clocks and wears a purple hat.
• A song in the animated version of Charlotte's Web is titled "Mother Earth and Father Time".
• Father Time is the leader of the Tapestry of Nations parade at Epcot during the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration.
• Father Time is a character that appears in The Fairly OddParents episode "Timmy's Secret Wish!" voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• A ghost in Danny Phantom is similar to Father Time and is named Clockwork. He is known as the master of time and is depicted as a child, young man, and old man in a constantly changing cycle. Clockwork also has a variety of timekeeping devices on his person, and wields a staff that can be transformed into a scythe. He first appeared in the special episode "The Ultimate Enemy".
• Father Time appeared in a version of YooHoo & Friends produced by David Feiss where he is voiced by rapper Flavor Flav). He was depicted as a blue Viking-like ogre who had transformed five business executives into cute animals.
• Father Time appears in season 3, episode 3 of Boardwalk Empire at Nucky Thompson's New Year's Eve party.
• Father Time appears in the Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Freeze Day", "Mathmagic", and "Beach Day", voiced by Jim Gaffigan.
• In Alice Through the Looking Glass, Sacha Baron Cohen portrays Time, a human/clockwork humanoid who controls all of Wonderland's timeline and has possession of a device called the Chronosphere.
• Ouro Kronii, AKA the Warden of Time, a member of Hololive EN's 2nd Generation is based on Father Time.
• Father Time is a character which appears in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. As he discovered, founded & rescued Sly Cooper-who got lost in the land of Ancient Egypt.

Music

• "Father Time" is a song, composed by Ralph Towner, from Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slava Grigoryan's album "Travel Guide".
• "Father Time" is a song from power metal band Stratovarius's album Episode.
• "Father Time" is a song from power metal band Majestica's album Above the Sky.
• "Father Time" is a song from hard rock band Shark Island's album Law of the Order.
• "Father Time" is the name of a song on Richie Sambora's album Stranger in This Town.
• "Father Time" is the name of a song on Blind Melon's album For My Friends.
• "Father Time" is the name of a song on Animal Collective's album Centipede Hz.
• "Father Time" is the name of a song on Kendrick Lamar's album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
• "Father Time" is the name of a song on Jon Oliva's solo album Raise the Curtain.
• "FatherTime" is the name of a song on Bones (rapper) album OFFLINE.
• "Old Father Time" is the name of a song on Peter Yarrow's album That's Enough for Me.
• "Father Time" is the nickname for bassist Leland Sklar.
• "Father Time" is referenced in Lil' Wayne's song 6 Foot 7 Foot.
• "Father Time" is referenced in the Death Cab for Cutie song What Sarah Said.
• "Father Time" is referenced in the Metallica song Minus Human.
• "Father Time" and "Chronos" are referenced in the Megadeth two-part song Time: The Beginning and Time: The End.
• "Father Time" is referenced in the Mark Chesnutt and Don Everly song Brother Jukebox.
• "Father Time" is referenced in the Parkway Drive song Home Is for the Heartless.
• "Father Time" is referenced in the Deep Purple song I'll Catch You.
• "Father Time" is referenced in Aesop Rock's song ''Float.''