The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Greene
Robin Hood
Archie Duncan
Little John
Alexander Gauge
Friar Tuck
Alan Wheatley
Sheriff of Nottingham
Bernadette O'Farrell
Maid Marian
Ian Hunter
Sir Richard of the Lea
John Arnatt
Deputy Sheriff of Nottingham
Patricia Driscoll
Maid Marian
Hannah Weinstein
Producer
Arthur Skinner
Outlaw
Peter Proud
Production Design
Edwin Astley
Director of Photography / Original Music Composer
Terry Bishop
Director
Bernard Knowles
Director
Ralph Smart
Director
Robert Day
Director
Terence Fisher
Director
Anthony Squire
Director
Don Chaffey
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Director
Barbara Thomas
Continuity
Arthur Crabtree
Director
Compton Bennett
Director
Sidney Cole
Director / Producer
Harold Buck
Production Manager
H.C. Pearson
Sound
Leon Griffiths
Writer
Louis Marks
Writer
Milton Schlesinger
Writer
Carey Wilber
Writer
Wilfrid Brambell
Fisherman
Leonard Sachs
Minter
Nicholas Parsons
Sir Walter of the Glen
John Horsley
Sir Guy Quentin
Alec Mango
Duc de Mirancy
Gerard Heinz
Count de Severne
Ian Bannen
Sir Walter
Derek Waring
Tom the Thatcher
Joyce Blair
Millicent
Barbara Lott
Jenny
Hugh Latimer
Westmorland
John Carson
Sir Geoffrey Claire
Miles Malleson
Albertus
Donald Pleasence
Prince John
Geoffrey Chater
Master David of Lincoln
James Ellis
Thin Man
Graham Crowden
Friar Dennis
Bernard Bresslaw
Sir Dunstan's Captain
George Rose
Beggar
Joan Sims
Nell
Desmond Llewelyn
Two Fingers
Thora Hird
Ada
Wolfe Morris
Chef
Clive Revill
Horatio
Meredith Edwards
Sam Ludlow
Muriel Young
Lady Coulchard
Megan Williams
Molly
Patricia Marmont
Duchess Constance of Brittany
Conrad Phillips
Soldier
Virginia Maskell
'Eve'
Ralph Michael
Montfitchet
Andrew Faulds
Davey
Agnes Bernelle
Countess
Gary Raymond
Henry
Richard Pasco
Sir Laurence
Denis Shaw
Butcher
Nigel Green
Prival
Anthony Dawson
Lucas
Philip Latham
Father Ignatius
Laurence Naismith
Sir William de Courcier
George Murcell
Sheriff's Guard
Barbara Mullen
Elsbeth
Jennifer Jayne
Gladys / Olivia
Richard Caldicot
Lord Repton
Patrick Barr
Peregrinus
John Stuart
Stationarius / Pinot
Bruce Seton
Will Scatlock (uncredited)
Francis Matthews
Roland
Jack Watling
Sir Leon
Brian Worth
Sir Hubert De Vere
William Squire
Vef
Michael Ripper
Brack
Richard Thorp
Sir Humphrey
Allan Cuthbertson
Malbete
Nora Gordon
Nurse
Anthony Sharp
The Earl
Irene Handl
Polly
Hugh Cross
Jim Stark
Edward Judd
Lieutenant
Basil Dignam
Rich Merchant
Llewellyn Rees
Bishop of Ely
Douglas Wilmer
Lord Germain
Duncan Lamont
Tom Barker
Michael Barrington
Emile
Dorothy Alison
Duchess Constance / Matilda
Leo McKern
Sir Roger de Lisle
John Schlesinger
Hale / Alan-a-Dale
Roger Delgado
Ambassador
Richard O'Sullivan
Will Dale / Prince Arthur
Alfie Bass
Edgar
Ballard Berkeley
Tybalt / Count de Waldern
Patrick Bedford
Guard
Charles Farrell
Warden
Willoughby Gray
Much / Otto / Arthur of Tetsbury / Count de Waldern / Major Domo / Tinker / Aubrey / Stationarius / Blondel / Master Gil...
Jack Lambert
Bart
Alex Scott
Lieutenant / Lucas
John Longden
Wulfric / The Abbot / Sir Gyles of Wren / Ned / Walter Fitzurse / Count Leger / Chambertin / Sir Walter De Lys / Archbis...
Peter Asher
Prince Arthur / Oswald / Arthur
Jane Asher
Alice, 1st Small Girl / Susan
William Mervyn
Thomas / Judd
Philip Ray
Hulm / Master Walter
Geoffrey Bayldon
Cal / Count de Severne
Anne Reid
Alison / Melissa
Kenneth Cope
Timothy Cox / Diccon / Alwyn the Squire
Harold Goodwin
Jack / Saunders
Edward Mulhare
Man-at-arms / Ulf / Foppish Lord / Lieutenant Howard / Le Blond / Baron Mornay / Outlaw / First Soldier / Steward / Outl...
John Harvey
Sir George Woodley / Lt. Howard / Lieutenant
Bryan Coleman
Sir Peter / Baron Barclay / Fat Duke
Peter Welch
Sheriff's Servant / Lt. Howard / Wounded Man / Ambassador
Leslie Phillips
Herbert / Wat Longfellow / Sir William / Count de Waldern
Nigel Davenport
Captain / Sentry / Sir Peter Marston / Loud Lawrence / Claude the Seneschal / Barty / Sir James
Patrick Troughton
Seneschal / Sir Fulke Devereaux / Raoul / Constable / Sir William Fitzwalter / Sir Boland / Traveller
Paul Eddington
Captain / 2nd Villager / Tom / Man-at-arms / Lt. Howard / Count William / Aaron / Seneschal / Look-out / Duc de Guise / ...
Charles Lloyd Pack
Hugh / Abbot / Bishop of Nottingham / Master Maurice
Kevin Stoney
Will the Smith / Marshall / Thaddeus Goldfinch
Ronald Hines
Lieutenant / Hereward / Seaman / Edgar / Notary / Outlaw / Ned Carter / Peter / Sir John Hanley
Robert Raglan
Count Beaumont
Victor Woolf
Derwent
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes144
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes broadcast weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV. It starred Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin Hood, and Alan Wheatley as his nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The show followed the legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
The programme was produced by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment, filmed at Nettlefold Studios with some location work, and was the first of many pre-filmed shows commissioned by Lew Grade. In 1954, Grade was approached by American producer Hannah Weinstein to finance a series of 39 half-hour episodes, at a budget of £10,000 an episode, of a series she wished to make called The Adventures of Robin Hood. She had already signed Richard Greene to the project as Robin Hood and been given the backing of US distribution company, Official Films Inc, who were confident of selling it to the US market. Grade was so impressed by her proposal that he agreed immediately to back the series, hoping to make large profits by selling programmes to the lucrative American market. In the UK, the series premiered on ATV London, on Sunday 25 September 1955. ATV Midlands began the series on Friday 17 February 1956, with a staggered start across other regions from 1956 to 1961 as the ITV regional stations came on-air for the first time in the UK. The US premiere was on Monday 26 September 1955 by CBS. The series was shot on 35mm film to provide the best possible picture quality, and had fade-outs where US commercials were intended to slot in (the series was sponsored in the US by Johnson & Johnson (baby products, Band-Aid) and Wildroot Cream-Oil.
In Australia, the show aired on TCN9 in Sydney NSW and HSV7 Melbourne Victoria, actually being the first drama series broadcast by this station and CBC in Canada, and on CBS in the US. In France, RTF1 aired the show from 1965 to 1969 and RTF2 from 1969 to 1972. In Italy, Rai 1 aired the show from 1959 to 1964 and Rai 2 from 1965 to 1967. In Malaysia, RTM aired the show from late 1974 to early 1978. In the Philippines, ABS-CBN aired the show from 1963 to 1967, RBS (now GMA Network) from 1967 to 1972. In Indonesia, TVRI aired the show during the 1970s. In Romania, TVR aired the show from 1966 to 1980. In Poland aired the show in the late 1960s/early 1970s, in a popular programme for young people (each episode of the weekly programme "Ekran z bratkiem" ended with the broadcast of one episode of the series).
The programme continues to air in the United Kingdom on the Talking Pictures TV channel, shown regularly on Saturday mornings and on Sunday afternoons.