Robin Hood and His Merrie Men by Steven H Silver

Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Steven H Silver

The following list of actors who have portrayed the eleven major characters in the Robin Hood saga over the course of 64 films, television series, and cartoons between 1908 and 2018. Robin appears the most often and Much, the Miller’s son appears least frequently, in only 16 of the projects. Richard I makes cameo appearances in 20 of the projects. Maid Marian, Little John, and Friar Tuck have the most appearances after Robin. This list is not meant to be complete or definitive.

Some notes: Interestingly, Robin Hood does not appear in every film based on Robin Hood. Some of the stories are set after Robin’s death, for instance. Patrick Troughton, Tom Baker, and Peter Cushing have all played the Doctor in Doctor Who and have appeared in Robin Hood adaptations, although only Troughton has portrayed Robin Hood. Patrick Troughton and his grandson, Sam, have both appeared in Robin Hood projects, with Patrick playing Robin Hood and Sam playing Much, the Miller’s Son, the standard character who appears in the fewest adaptations. Both Sean Connery and Jason Connery (father and son) have portrayed Robin Hood. Sean Connery has portrayed both Robin Hood and Richard I (in Robin and Marion and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, respectively) Mel Blanc has voiced Robin Hood (in the form of Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck) three times and Friar Tuck (in the form of Porky Pig) once. James Hayter played Friar Tuck twice, in 1952 and 1967. Roddy McDowell portrayed Prince John in 1968 in The Legend of Robin Hood and again in 1984 in The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood. Peter Ustinov has portrayed Prince John and Richard I (both in the animated Disney production). Alan Hale, Sr. portrayed Little John in the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks led Robin Hood, the 1938 Errol Flynn The Adventures of Robin Hood, and in the 1950 John Derek film Rogues of Sherwood Forest, over a span of 28 years although the projects were not related to each other.

Dominic Anderson Jonas Armstrong Joy Badlani Lex Barker Brian Bedford Patrick Bergen Thor Bishopric Mel Blanc John Bradley Jason Braly Keith Chegwin Robert Clarke Robert Coleby Jason Connery Sean Connery Kevin Costner Russell Crowe Peter Demin John Derek

Robin Dunne Taron Egerton Cary Elwes Douglas Fairbanks Erroll Flynn Robert Frazier Ben Freeman Richard Gautier Giuliano Gemma Aden Gillett Clive Graham Richard Greene Jon Hall Brian Heidik Russell Hicks

Barrie Ingham Ralph Jenkins Harry Agar Lyons Jack Mercer Don Messick

Adam Morris Hugh Paddick A. Brian Plant Matthew Porretta Martin Potter Michael Praed Prashant David Robb William Russell Devon Sawa George Segal John T. Smith Don Taylor Richard Todd Calvert Tooley (Calbert Hunter) Patrick Troughton Harold Warrender David Watson Stuart Wilson

Leigh Beery Enid Bennett Bhavana Cate Blanchett Sarah Branch Sarah Chalke Parveen Choudhary Sophie Craig Hannah Cresswell Olivia de Havilland Erin Dee Silvia Dionisio Patricia Driscoll Caroline Duncan Erica Durance Monica Evans Marie Everett Morgan Fairchild Anna Galvin Barbara Griffin Lucy Griffiths Gay Hamilton Mary Hatcher Audrey Hepburn Eve Hewson Gerda Holmes Amanda Jones Diane Keen Dee Lockwood Kate Lonergan Diana Lynn Liz MacRae Ivy Martinek Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Anik Matern Patricia Morison Helen Morse

Bernadette O'Farrell Mae Questel Joan Rice Josée Richard Misty Rowe Barbara Tennant Uma Thurman Judi Trott Mandy Tulloch Rita Webb Amy Yasbeck

Richard Ashton Conrad Asquith John Baldr

Nick Brimble Wade Crosby Archie Duncan Nicholas Dunn Kevin Durand John East Mike Edwards Jamie Foxx Mark Gibbon Nigel Green Leon Greene Alan Hale, Sr. Kevin Harkness Phil Harris Mitchell Horner

Charles J. Hunt James Robertson Justice Jamie Kenna Scott Knoblach Eric Alan Kramer Phil Kramer Tyler Labine Leslie Linder Harry Lorraine Kenneth MacKintosh Clive Mantle David Morrissey Frank Nathan David J. Nicholls Nello Pazzafini Jon Lee Pellett

Side Raymond David Sabin Walter Sande Terrence Scammell Jason Schnuit Wendell Swink Ray Teal Bill Thompson Nichol Williamson George Woodbridge Bruce Yarnell

Friar Tuck

Mark Addy Mario Adorf

Harry Ashton Roger Ashton-Griffiths Ronnie Barker Reginald Beckwith

James Bell Mel Blanc Brian Blessed Mel Brooks Edgar Buchanan

Tony Caunter Ken Davitian Andy Devine Ron Donachie Bill Dow Martyn Ellis George Foley Alexander George M.E. Hannefy David Harewood Harry Harrold Tony Haygarth James Hayter Billy House Roy Kinnear Willard Louis Niall McGinnis Mike McShane Tim Minchin John Neely Eddie Nova Jeff Nuttall Eugene Pallette Wensley Pithey Alan Rebbeck Ernest Redding Phil Rose Andrew Sachs Walter Slezak Harry Standjofski Hunt Tooley Dick van Patten Ben Welde John Abbott Miles Anderson Sonja Ball Billy Bevan Robert Bice Richard de Klerk Cecil Dereham Jamie Dorman Edouard Durand Paul Eddington Denholm Elliott Anthony Forwood Bud Geary Scott Grimes Philip Guard Harvey Jason Keith Jayne Patric Knowles

Jack Lambert George Larkin Brad Letson Crispin Letts Harry Lloyd Douglas Mitchell Robin Nedwell James G. Nunn Billy O'Sullivan Matthew Porretta Syd Saylor Bernard Sharpe Christian Slater Paul Smith Owen Teale Austin Tooley John Van Eyssen Ray Winstone Manuel Zarzo

Keith Allen John Arnatt Steve Barker

Jackson Beck Pat Buttram Nicholas Clay Melville Cooper Lloyd Corrigan Bob Cryer Colin Cunningham Peter Cushing Paul Darrow John Webb Dillion Peter Finch Steve Forrest Alec B. Francis Nickolas Grace Ron Haddrick

Neil Hallett A.J. Henderson David Kossoff William Lowery Matthew Macfadyen Malcolm McDowell Ben Mendelsohn Henry Polic II C.S. Poole Roger Rees Tony Robinson Alan Rickman Leonard Sachs Robert Shaw Tiny Stowe Harris Tooley David Trevena Alan Wheatley James Oliver Wheatley Andrew Bicknell Ralph Brown Forbes Collins

Phil Davis Sam De Grasse David Dixon Daniele Dublino Edward Fox Hubert Gregg James Groom Ian Holm Jonathan Hyde Oscar Isaac Joshua Jackson Andrew Keir Gordon Kennedy Richard Lewis George Macready Roddy McDowell Ronald Pickup Donald Pleasance Tim Preece Claude Rains David Richmond-Peck Ron Rifkin Guy Rolfe Michael Rudder Peter Ustinov Steve Vincent (as Lawrence Adams) Alan-a-Dale

Joe Armstrong Harry Benham John Breslin

Douglas Byrd Richard Coleman George Coulouris

Al Cranston Leslie Denison Alan Doyle Eric Flynn Noel Harrison

Elton Hayes Peter Hutchinson Saran Kolankaya Bernie Kopell Bruce Lester Dennis Lotis Roger Miller Michael O'Reilly Lloyd Tatman John Troyano Richard I

Patrick Barr Wallace Beery Lars Bloch

Sean Connery Rory Edwards Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Walter Gibbs Julian Glover Robin Gould Robert Hardy Richard Harris Arthur Hollingsworth Patrick Holt Ian Hunter Danny Huston Michael J. Jackson Mike Pollick John Rhys-Davies Patrick Stewart

Peter Ustinov Steve Waddington Norman Wooland

Robert Addie Paul Anderson Richard Armitage Tom Baker Adam Benwell James Brand Victor Buono Pierre Cressoy Paul Daneman Paul Dickey Mark S. Faulkner Ramsay Gilderdale James Groom William Marlowe Lamar Johnstone Maurice Jones Basil Rathbone Brent Stait

Michael Wincott Much the Miller’s Son

Michael Adams Norman Bishop Charlie Hiett Arte Johnson Dudley Jones Reg Lye Scott Meyers Herbert Mundin Guy Oliver Christopher Sandford Richard Speight Sam Troughton Danny Webb Jack Wild Peter Llewellyn Williams Philip Wright