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A Challenge For Robin Hood
''A Challenge for Robin Hood'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring Barrie Ingham, Peter Blythe and John Arnatt. This was the last of a trio of Hammer films about Robin Hood, following '' The Men of Sherwood Forest'' and ''Sword of Sherwood Forest''. As all three had different casts and no continuing storyline, the second and third films shouldn't really be considered sequels. Plot When the father of the De Courtenay family dies, the brothers argue about the inheritance. Although rightfully most should go to Robin, his cousin Roger takes control after killing his brother and blaming Robin, and Robin has to go into hiding in the forest, taking Friar Tuck with him. The two come under attack from the Sheriff of Nottingham's soldiers but are saved by a mystery archer. This is Alan-a-Dale, who takes them to his forest hide-out despite distrusting Robin. After Robin beats Alan-a-Dale in a quarterstaff duel, the gang tests his archery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Chantrell
Thomas William Chantrell (20 December 1916 – 15 July 2001) was a British illustrator and cinema poster artist. Born the son of a circus performer in Manchester, England, he started work in advertising as an illustrator. During WWII he put his artistic skills to use designing British propaganda during World War II, propaganda posters for the war effort. After the war, he established a career in cinema advertising, and established his name designing posters for epic films such as ''The King and I (1956 film), The King and I (1956)'', ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966) and ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'' (1977), as well as Hammer Film Productions, Hammer horror films and Carry On (franchise), ''Carry On'' comedy films. Early life Tom Chantrell was born in Ardwick, Manchester, the son of Emily and James Chantrell, 64-year-old trapeze, trapeze artist and jazz, jazz musician. James had toured music halls around the world performing in a trapeze act called "The Fabulous Chantrells". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Hamilton
Gay Hamilton (born 29 April 1943) is a British actress, most notable for her roles in Stanley Kubrick's ''Barry Lyndon'' and Ridley Scott's ''The Duellists''. Career Hamilton was born in Uddingston. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she played the love interest and later wife of Detective Chief Superintendent John Watt (played by Frank Windsor) in the TV series '' Softly, Softly'' and its '' Taskforce'' spin-off. She appeared in two episodes of the ITC series ''Man in a Suitcase'' (1967), played student teacher Ann Collins in the "Please Sir" episode "Student Princess" (1968), and Eva Zoref, the wife of Anton Zoref (Ian McShane), in the '' Space: 1999'' episode "Force of Life" (1975). In 1980 she played the part of Dr. Claire Wilson in the '' Shoestring'' episode "The Farmer had a Wife". She more recently played Edwina Dunn in ''EastEnders'' and Maisie McLintock in ''Doctors''. Selected filmography * '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) – 2nd Handmaiden / 3rd Girl (uncredite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Squire
William Arthur Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Career As a stage actor, Squire performed at Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, and notably replaced his fellow-countryman Richard Burton as King Arthur in ''Camelot'' at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. One of his first film appearances was in the 1956 film ''Alexander the Great'', which starred Burton in the title role. Squire had many roles in television and movies over his career, including Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anderson's play '' Anne of the Thousand Days''; Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's '' The Black Arrow''; the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of ''The Lord of the Rings''; and the Shadow in the 1979 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Armageddon Factor''. According to the website Television Heaven, Squire's best-known role was the spy chief code-named Hunter in the British series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Reginald Hewlett (12 March 1907 – February 1997) was a British actor. Hewlett made his stage debut in 1930 at Plymouth Rep, and his theatre work included the original British production of Bernard Shaw's ''Buoyant Billions'' at the Malvern Festival in 1949. In 1954 he appeared in the West End in William Douglas Home's political comedy '' The Manor of Northstead''. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles on television, including '' Quatermass and the Pit'', '' Police Surgeon'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Baron'', '' The Troubleshooters'', ''Follyfoot'', '' The Changes'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials '' State of Decay'' and ''Terror of the Vervoids''), '' Shoestring'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''The Black Adder ''The Black Adder'' is the first series of the BBC sitcom ''Blackadder'', written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harvey (actor)
John Harvey (27 September 1911 – 19 July 1982) was an English actor. He appeared in 52 films, two television films and made 70 television guest appearances between 1948 and 1979. Born in London, England, he began his acting career on the stage in the 1930s as one of the Harry Hanson's Court Players at the Peterborough Repertory. While there, he met the actress Diana King. Harvey and King were married, remaining together for more than forty years, until his death. During the Second World War, he was commissioned in the Royal Air Force. Post-war, he performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, for some four years, during the West End runs of Rodgers and Hammerstein's '' South Pacific'' and ''The King and I''. Harvey's film debut was in the role as Eddie in the British crime drama ''A Gunman Has Escaped'' (1948), in which he was the leading star. Harvey then moved to character roles and five films later played Inspector Loomis in Hitchcock's ''Stage Fright'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Scarlett
Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock, Scatheloke, Scathelocke and Shacklock) is a prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He is present in the earliest ballads along with Little John and Much the Miller's Son. The confusion of surnames has led some authors to distinguish them as belonging to different characters. The Elizabethan playwright Anthony Munday featured Scarlet and Scathlocke as half-brothers in his play '' The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntington''. Howard Pyle included both a Will Scathelock and a Will Scarlet in his '' Merry Adventures of Robin Hood''. Will Stutely may also exist as a separate character because of a mistaken surname. He is rumoured to be buried St Mary of the Purification Church in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire Ballads The first appearance of Will Scarlet was in one of the oldest surviving Robin Hood ballads, ''A Gest of Robyn Hode''. He helps capture Richard at the Lee and when Robin lends that knight money to pay off his debts, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little John
Little John is a companion of Robin Hood who serves as his chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men. He is one of only a handful of consistently named characters who relate to Robin Hood and one of the two oldest Merry Men, alongside Much the Miller's Son. His name is an ironic reference to his giant frame, as he is usually portrayed in legend as a huge warrior – a master of the quarterstaff. In folklore, he fought Robin Hood on a tree bridge across a river on their first meeting. Folklore The first known reference in English verse to Robin Hood is found in The Vision of Piers Plowman, written by William Langland in the second part of the 14th century. Little John appears in the earliest recorded Robin Hood ballads and stories, and in one of the earliest references to Robin Hood by Andrew of Wyntoun in 1420 and by Walter Bower in 1440. In the early tales, Little John is shown to be intelligent and highly capable. In " A Gest of Robyn Hode", he capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Greene
Lenard George Green (15 July 1931 – 19 June 2021), better known as Leon Greene, was an English bass and actor. He was known for his work with the D'Oyly Carte Company and the Sadler's Wells Opera, as well as starring roles in several West End musicals. He played Miles Gloriosus in the original London production of ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,'' which he reprised for the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film), 1966 film version. He was also a cast member of three Carry On (franchise), ''Carry On'' films, and for director Richard Lester. Early life Born Lenard George Green in East Ham, Essex (now in London) in 1931, he was the son of Esther (née Ticquet) and Leonard Green, a crane driver at London docks. During World War II, the family moved to Southend-on-Sea, where he studied engineering at the town’s municipal college, singing in its operatic society. While doing national service with the Royal Air Force in Hornchurch, he took singin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much The Miller's Son
Much, the Miller's Son is one of the Merry Men in the tales of Robin Hood. He appears in some of the oldest ballads, '' A Gest of Robyn Hode'' and '' Robin Hood and the Monk'', as one of the company. History In '' A Gest of Robyn Hode'', he helps capture Richard at the Lee, and when Robin lends that knight money to pay off his debts, he is one of the Merry Men who insist on giving him a horse and clothing appropriate to his station. In '' Robin Hood and the Monk'', he is one of the rescuers of the captive Robin. In this brutal ballad, Moche kills a page boy so the boy cannot bear word that the outlaws killed the monk of the title. He then disguises himself as the page and Little John disguises himself as the monk. The implication that Much is of small stature is not made explicit. In other tales, he was known as Midge, the Miller's Son, the name by which he is known in '' Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar'' and '' Robin Hood and Queen Katherine'' (version 145B). It is also the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Lye
Reginald Thomas Lye (13 October 1912 – 23 March 1987), was an Australian actor who worked extensively in Australia and England. Career Lye was one of the busiest Australian actors of the 1950s, appearing in the majority of locally shot features at the time, as well as on stage and radio. Lee Robinson called him "one of the best character actors in Australia." After running his own revue company in the Riverina, Lye joined Sydney's New Theatre. His stage credits there included ''How Beautiful With Shoes'' (1946), ''God Bless the Guv'nor'' (1946), ''Enemies'' (1946), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1946), ''Sons of the South'' (1947), ''Woman Bites Dog'', '' Deep Are the Roots'' (1947), ''A Physician in Spite of Himself'' (1947), ''Rocket Range'' (1947) and '' Sky without Birds'' (1952). He directed ''Stove, Sink and View'' in 1948. Lye directed ''Rocket Range'' for the Forbes Society, which won Best Play in a local competition. At the Orange Drama Festival, he won the award for Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan-a-Dale
Alan-a-Dale (first recorded as Allen a Dale; variously spelled ''Allen-a-Dale'', ''Allan-a-Dale'', ''Allin-a-Dale'', ''Allan A'Dayle'' etc.) is a figure in the Robin Hood legend. According to the stories, he was a wandering minstrel who became a member of Robin's band of outlaws, the "Merry Men". He is a relatively late addition to the legend; he first appeared in a 17th-century broadside ballad, Child Ballad 138, " Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale", and, unlike many of the characters thus associated, managed to adhere to the legend. In this tale, Robin rescues Alan's sweetheart from an unwanted marriage to an old knight. They stop the bishop from proceeding with the ceremony, and Robin Hood, dressed in the bishop's robes, marries Alan to his bride. In other versions it is Little John or Friar Tuck who performs the ceremony.Holt, J. C. ''Robin Hood'' p 165 (1982) Thames & Hudson. Another variant appears in which the hero is not Alan but Will Scarlet, but Alan has taken over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Flynn
Eric William Flynn (13 December 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a British actor. Early life Flynn was born on 13 December 1939 on Hainan Island, Republic of China (1912–1949), where his father was a customs officer for the Hong Kong government. After the outbreak of war and the Japanese invasion of China, his family spent several years interned in a Japanese prisoner of war camp (50 years later he would play a British prisoner in the film '' Empire of the Sun'', set in a Japanese prison of war camp in China). He returned to Britain at the age of 13, and was educated at Chatham House School in Ramsgate. He then gained a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he met his first wife Fern. Career Flynn had many television roles. He appeared as Alan-A-Dale in '' A Challenge for Robin Hood'' in 1967, as Germanicus Caesar in the ITV historical drama series, '' The Caesars'', as Leo Ryan in the ''Doctor Who'' story " The Wheel in Space" in 1968, as Ivanhoe in a 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
