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The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
British television series (1955–1959)
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes broadcast weekly between 1955 and 1959[2] on ITV. It starred Richard Greene as the outlawRobin 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
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Richard Greene
English film and TV actor (1918–1985)
For other people named Richard Greene, see Richard Greene (disambiguation).
Richard Greene | |
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Greene in 1938. | |
| Born | Richard Marius Joseph Greene (1918-08-25)25 August 1918 Plymouth, England |
| Died | 1 June 1985(1985-06-01) (aged 66) Holt, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–1982 |
| Spouses | Patricia Medina (m. 1941; div. 1951)Beatriz Summers (m. 1960; div. 1980) |
| Children | 1 |
Richard Marius Joseph Greene[1] (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985)[2] was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959.
Early life
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His first role on the big screen was in a 1934 Gracie Fields(1898 - 1979) spelfilm, Sing as We Go. Fields was a popular British singer, but Greene only had a Bit part. In 1938, Greene was signed with Fox and came to amerika. His first film here was Four Men and a Prayer(1938), directed bygd John Fordand starring C. Aubrey Smith, David Niven, George Sanders, Loretta Youngand Greene. It was the start of a good career for Greene.
Richard would star in a few films in his early career. He took top billing in Submarine Patrol(1938) and Kentucky (1938). The next year he worked with one of the biggest stars in Hollywood