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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.
Original Release
09/26/1955
US Release
09/26/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Richard Greene | Robin Hood / Luke Tanner |
| Victor Woolf | Derwent / Cedric / Clerk / Alfred / Outlaw / Wilfred / Warden / Villager throwing eggs / Soldier / Sir Henry Beaulieu / Short Monk / Peter / Sir Lionel / Nat Maynard, 1st Villager / Monk / Limpus / Landlord / Lame Ned / Jailer / Hugh of the Wood / Goldsmith / Edward / Drunk / Wulfric / Notarius / Baker / Dinner Guest / Forester / Armourer / Albert / Abbot of Whitby / 2nd Tax Collector / Lame Old Man / 1st Pilgrim |
| Archie Duncan | Little John |
| Alexander Gauge | Friar Tuck / Edgar Tuck / Friar Alfred Tuck |
| Alan Wheatley | Sheriff of Nottingham / The Sheriff of Nottingham / Sheriff / The Sheriff |
| Paul Eddington | Will Scarlett / Captain / Tom / Lieutenant / Lt. Howard / Man-at-arms / Wilfrid / Walter / Soldier / Sir Walter / Sir Reginald Fitzurse / Sir Paul / Sir Hugh / Sir Harold / Sir Eustace / Lord Grenwald / Sir Charles Bixby / Seneschal / 'Satan' - Brother Terence / Sad Simon / Rypon / Rolfe / Pierre of Bordeaux / Patrick / Look-out / Lieutenant Howard / Leborgne / Henry / Duc de Guise / Count William / Count Duprez / Connor / Colin / Baron Mornay / Bailiff / Aaron / 2nd Villager |
| Bernadette O'Farrell | Maid Marian / Marian |
| Willoughby Gray | Outlaw / Nailer / Villager / Tinker / The Earl of Drune / Tall Monk / Stationarius / Sir Godfrey / Sergeant / Sergeant Man-at-arms / Roger of Danby / Richard's Herald / Otto / Nicholas / Ned / Seneschal / Much / Master Giles / Major Domo / Lieutenant Howard / Inquisitor / Humphrey / Hubert / Hodge / Hildebrande / High Constable / Gilbert / Forester / Craxton the Forester / Count de Waldern / Cedric / Blondel / Bafe / Aubrey / Arthur of Tetsbury / 1st Tax Collector / 1st Healer |
| Patricia Driscoll | Maid Marian |
| Arthur Skinner | Outlaw / Soldier / Will / One of Blackbeard's Bullies / Vintner / Villager / Tradesman / Musician / Citizen / Skinner / Sergeant / Rolf (Gatekeeper) / Reveller / Quentin / Northeave Villager / Much / Hugh / Henry the Carpenter / Dick / Captain of the Guard / Bowmaker / Arthur / Arthur A Bland / 2nd Man-at-arms / 1st Sentry / 1st Man-at-Arms |
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| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sybella | Saturday, 21 November 1959 |
| 2 | The Flying Sorcerer | Saturday, 28 November 1959 |
| 3 | The Lady-Killer | Saturday, 05 December 1959 |
| 4 | A Touch of Fever | Saturday, 12 December 1959 |
| 5 | The Devil You Don't Know | Saturday, 19 December 1959 |
| 6 | The Loaf | Saturday, 02 January 1960 |
| 7 | Six Strings to His Bow | Saturday, 09 January 1960 |
| 8 | Tuck's Love Day | Saturday, 27 February 1960 |
| 9 | A Bushel of Apples | Sunday, 17 July 1960 |
| 10 | The Truce | Sunday, 24 July 1960 |
| 11 | The Debt | Sunday, 31 July 1960 |
| 12 | The Oath | Sunday, 07 August 1960 |
| 13 | The Charm Pedlar | Sunday, 14 August 1960 |
| 14 | Goodbye Little John | Sunday, 21 August 1960 |
| 15 | The Reluctant Rebel | Sunday, 28 August 1960 |
| 16 | The Bagpiper | Sunday, 04 September 1960 |
| 17 | The Parting Guest | Sunday, 11 September 1960 |
| 18 | Hostage for a Hangman | Sunday, 18 September 1960 |
| 19 | Hue and Cry | Sunday, 25 September 1960 |
| 20 | The Champion | Sunday, 02 October 1960 |
| 21 | The Edge and the Point | Saturday, 08 October 1960 |
| 22 | A Race Against Time | Saturday, 15 October 1960 |
| 23 | The Pharoah Stones | Saturday, 22 October 1960 |
| 24 | Bride for an Outlaw | Saturday, 29 October 1960 |
| 25 | Double Trouble | Saturday, 05 November 1960 |
| 26 | Trapped | Saturday, 12 November 1960 |
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Directors
Terry Bishop, Ralph Smart, Bernard Knowles, Robert Day, Peter Seabourne, Terence Fisher, Anthony Squire, Don Chaffey, Lindsay Anderson, Gordon Parry, Peter Maxwell, Daniel Birt, Gerard Bryant, Arthur Crabtree, Compton Bennett, Sidney Cole, Ernest Borneman
Writers
Ring Lardner Jr., Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dyson, Anne Green, Leon Griffiths, Ralph Smart, Paul Symonds, Neil R. Collins, Michael Sayers, Basil Dawson, Howard Dimsdale, Louis Marks, Sidney Wells, Leslie Poynton, Philip Bolsover, Milton Schlesinger, James Carhardt, Alan Hackney, Jan Read, Nicholas Winter, Raymond Bowers, Alan Moreland, Arthur Behr, James Aldridge, Gertrude Fass, George Fass, Carol Warner Gluck, Wilton Schiller, Palmer Thompson, Charles Early, Paul Dudley, Albert Ruben, William Templeton, Peter Yeldham, Frank Nesbitt, Gordon Kahn, John Cousins, Arzoo Govitrikar, Ernest Borneman, Peter Lambda, R.W. Bogany, Albert A. Dorner, Clare Thorne, Leighton Reynolds, Warren Howard, Norma Shannon, C.D. Phipps, Owen Holder, Aileen Hamilton, Robert Newman, Peter Key, Carey Wilber
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Richard Greene | Robin Hood / Luke Tanner |
| Victor Woolf | Derwent / Cedric / Clerk / Alfred / Outlaw / Wilfred / Warden / Villager throwing eggs / Soldier / Sir Henry Beaulieu / Short Monk / Peter / Sir Lionel / Nat Maynard, 1st Villager / Monk / Limpus / Landlord / Lame Ned / Jailer / Hugh of the Wood / Goldsmith / Edward / Drunk / Wulfric / Notarius / Baker / Dinner Guest / Forester / Armourer / Albert / Abbot of Whitby / 2nd Tax Collector / Lame Old Man / 1st Pilgrim |
| Archie Duncan | Little John |
| Alexander Gauge | Friar Tuck / Edgar Tuck / Friar Alfred Tuck |
| Alan Wheatley | Sheriff of Nottingham / The Sheriff of Nottingham / Sheriff / The Sheriff |
| Paul Eddington | Will Scarlett / Captain / Tom / Lieutenant / Lt. Howard / Man-at-arms / Wilfrid / Walter / Soldier / Sir Walter / Sir Reginald Fitzurse / Sir Paul / Sir Hugh / Sir Harold / Sir Eustace / Lord Grenwald / Sir Charles Bixby / Seneschal / 'Satan' - Brother Terence / Sad Simon / Rypon / Rolfe / Pierre of Bordeaux / Patrick / Look-out / Lieutenant Howard / Leborgne / Henry / Duc de Guise / Count William / Count Duprez / Connor / Colin / Baron Mornay / Bailiff / Aaron / 2nd Villager |
| Bernadette O'Farrell | Maid Marian / Marian |
| Willoughby Gray | Outlaw / Nailer / Villager / Tinker / The Earl of Drune / Tall Monk / Stationarius / Sir Godfrey / Sergeant / Sergeant Man-at-arms / Roger of Danby / Richard's Herald / Otto / Nicholas / Ned / Seneschal / Much / Master Giles / Major Domo / Lieutenant Howard / Inquisitor / Humphrey / Hubert / Hodge / Hildebrande / High Constable / Gilbert / Forester / Craxton the Forester / Count de Waldern / Cedric / Blondel / Bafe / Aubrey / Arthur of Tetsbury / 1st Tax Collector / 1st Healer |
| Patricia Driscoll | Maid Marian |
| Arthur Skinner | Outlaw / Soldier / Will / One of Blackbeard's Bullies / Vintner / Villager / Tradesman / Musician / Citizen / Skinner / Sergeant / Rolf (Gatekeeper) / Reveller / Quentin / Northeave Villager / Much / Hugh / Henry the Carpenter / Dick / Captain of the Guard / Bowmaker / Arthur / Arthur A Bland / 2nd Man-at-arms / 1st Sentry / 1st Man-at-Arms |
| John Dearth | Outlaw / Will / Spectator at Duel / Sorel / Sir Blaise / Quentin / Gatekeeper / Physician / Tom / Master Higgs / Soldier / Lt. Howard / Lieutenant Howard / Informer / Hubert / Guard / Drinker at Inn / Goldsmith / Feeble Beggar / Faversham / De Belvoir / Count De Clifford / Cook / Captain Lash / Bodo / Baron Hubert / Bailiff / Arthur / 2nd Pilgrim / 2nd Healer |
| Charles Stapley | Outlaw / Soldier / Seneschal / Rolf / Lt. Howard / Lieutenant / Lieutenant Howard / Jack / Exeter / Edmund / Drinker at the Blue Boar / Dick the Smith / Charles, the Hunter / Captain / Blackbeard / Ball Guest / William / Will / Stranger / Spicer / Sir Miles / Sir Gaillard |
| Paul Connell | Outlaw / Villager / Tinker / Soldier / Sheriff's Steward / Man-at-Arms / Serf / Sentry / Second Wagoner / Guard / Monk / Mercer / Manservant / Lieutenant / Lieutenant Howard / Knight / Jacques, Man-at-Arms / Innkeeper / Courier / Bailiff / Squire / 2nd Man at Sanctuary / 1st Man-at-Arms |
| Gabriel Toyne | Outlaw / Eric / Wagoner / Tax Collector / Sheriff's Clerk / Sentry / Villager / Butcher in Market / Old Man Driver / Landlord / Prince John's Dresser / Gatekeeper / Debtor / First Wagoner / Deaf Beggar / Captain / Brother Dominic / Bertram / 1st Citizen |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Quentin / Will, Outlaw / Wall Eye / Outlaw / Surgeon Calend / Seneschal's Accomplice / Sailor / Prince John's Captain / Page / Lieutenant / Jack / Guard / Groom / Edward / Claude, Seneschal / Blind Man / Archer |
| Simone Lovell | Joan |
| Graham Stewart | William / Waldo / Town Crier / Stephen / Sgt. Bault / Serf / Scullion / Prison Guard / Messenger / Malcolm / Lieutenant / Guard / Giles / Attendant / Andrew / 2nd Guard |
| John Arnatt | Deputy Sheriff of Nottingham / Sir Roger Fitzwilliam / Ralph |
| Peter Bennett | Eldred / Woodman / Tavern Keeper / Sheriff's Steward / Outlaw / Mercer / Librarian / Lawyer / Guard Commander / Edwin / Edwin - 1st Villager / Edward |
| Terry Yorke | Terry -\sMan-at-arms / Squire / Soldier / Sgt. Bault / Servant / Sergeant / Sentry / Mauger / Man-at-arms / Lieutenant / John Dale / Guard / Edgar |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Hannah Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Sidney Cole | Executive Producer |
| Sidney Cole | Producer |
| Thelma Connell | Producer |
| Hannah Weinstein | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Emmy | Best Art Direction - Film Series | Nominated |
