Richard I of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was ...
has been depicted many times in romantic fiction and popular culture.
Robin Hood
The
Scots philosopher and chronicler
John Mair John Mair may refer to:
*John Major (philosopher) (1467–1550), Scottish philosopher
*John Mair (journalist), British journalist and academic
*John Mair (architect) (1876–1959), New Zealand government architect (1923–1941)
*John Mair (athlete) ...
was the first to associate Richard with the
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
legends in his ''Historia majoris Britannae, tam Angliae quam Scotiae'' (1521). In the earliest Robin Hood ballads the only king mentioned is "Edward our comely king", most probably
Edward II
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...
or
Edward III
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...
. However, Sir
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...
's novel ''
Ivanhoe
''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...
'' popularised Mair's linking of the Hood legends to Richard's reign, and it was taken up by later novelists and by cinema. Typically Robin is depicted upholding justice in Richard's name against John and his officials during the king's imprisonment. Richard appears in the novella about Robin Hood, ''
Maid Marian
Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circums ...
'' (1822), by
Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, ...
.
Other literature
Richard has appeared frequently in fiction, as a result of the 'chivalric revival' of the
Romantic era.
*''The Adventures of King Richard Coeur-de-Lion'' (1791) by
James White is a humorous historical novel about Richard's adventures.
*In 1822, he was the subject of
Eleanor Anne Porden
Eleanor Anne Porden (14 July 1795 – 22 February 1825) was a British Romantic poet. She was the first wife of the explorer John Franklin.
Early years and education
Eleanor Anne Porden was born in London, 14 July 1795. She was the younger surv ...
's
epic poem
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
...
, ''Cœur de Lion''.
*After ''Ivanhoe'', in which he is depicted as initially adopting the pseudonym of ''Le Noir Fainéant'' ("The Black Sluggard"),
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...
portrayed Richard in ''
The Talisman'' (1825), a highly fictionalized treatment of the
Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...
.
* In her poem ,
Felicia Hemans
Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic statu ...
relates how Richard was discovered in captivity by the troubadour,
Blondel.
*''Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades'' (1882) (aka ''Boy Knight'') by
G. A. Henty
George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent. He is most well-known for his works of adventure fiction and historical fiction, including ''The Dragon & The Raven'' (1886), ''For The ...
, is a novel about a young noble, Cuthbert, who accompanies Richard during the Third Crusade. According to historian Mike Horswell, ''Winning His Spurs'' depicts Richard as "a man of action, inspirational leader and phenomenal fighter".
*''
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire'' is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a series of episodes of a coherent narrative. For ...
'' (1883) by
Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
In 1894, he began ...
, features a heroic and admirable depiction of King Richard. This book helped popularize the connection between the
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
legends and Richard.
*
Maurice Hewlett's novel ''The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay '' (1900) is a novel about Richard's life.
*''The Assassins'' (1902), a novel by Nevill Myers Meakin (1876-1912), features Richard,
Philip II of France
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French ...
and Saladin, in a plot involving the Order of Assassins.
*The juvenile novel ''Lion-Heart: A Story of the Reign of Richard I'' (1910) by "
Herbert Strang
Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern-day.
Both men were ...
" and Richard Stead, is a tale about Richard, that is influenced by Henty's work.
*''Walter of Tiverton'' (1923) by
Bernard G. Marshall, is another juvenile novel where two young knights help Richard resist the plots of Prince John.
*''Unhurrying Chase'' (1925) by
H. F. M. Prescott, revolves around the conflict between the novel's protagonist, a young Frenchman, and Richard.
[McGarry, Daniel D., White, Sarah Harriman, ''Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels''. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (pgs. 59, 66, 72, 74).]
*"
Hawks of Outremer" (1931) by
Robert E. Howard, is a short story that features a brief appearance by Richard.
*''Kay, the Left-Handed'' (1935) by
Leslie Barringer
Leslie Barringer (1895–1968) was an English editor and author of historical novels and historical fantasy novels, best known for the latter.
Life
Barringer was a Quaker, born in Yorkshire, England. He served in an ambulance unit during World W ...
deals with Richard's travels abroad and the effects of his absence from England.
*''The Golden Knight'' (1937), written by
Frederick Schiller Faust under the pseudonym "George Challis", focuses on Richard's captivity in Austria.
*''The Passionate Brood'' by
Margaret Campbell Barnes
Margaret Campbell Barnes (27 February 1891 – 1 April 1963) was an English writer of short-stories and historical fiction.
Biography
Margaret Campbell Wood was born on 27 February 1891 in Rotherfield, England, UK. She was the youngest of ten ch ...
(1945) is based on the legend of
Blondel de Nesle
Blondel de Nesle – either Jean I of Nesle (c. 1155 – 1202) or his son Jean II of Nesle (died 1241) – was a French trouvère.
The name 'Blondel de Nesle' is attached to twenty-four or twenty-five courtly songs. He was identified in 1942, b ...
's quest to find Richard.
*''King's Man'' (1948) by C. M. Edmondston and M. L. F. Hyde, is a juvenile novel exploring the working relationship between
William Marshal
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: ', French: '), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman. He served five English kings— Henry II, his sons the "Young King" ...
and Richard.
*
Harold Lamb
Harold Albert Lamb (September 1, 1892 – April 9, 1962) was an American writer, novelist, historian, and screenwriter. In both his fiction and nonfiction work, Lamb gravitated toward subjects related to Asia and Middle East.
Lamb was an advocat ...
wrote a short story "Lionheart" (1949), which focuses on Richard near the end of his life.
*
Gore Vidal
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and ...
's novel ''A Search for the King'' (1950) also retells the legend of Blondel and Richard.
*
Ronald Welch
Ronald Welch (14 December 1909 – 5 February 1982) was the pseudonym of Welsh writer Ronald Oliver Felton TD, who wrote in English. He is best known for children's historical fiction. He won the 1956 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association ...
's novel ''
Knight Crusader
''Knight Crusader'', "the story of Philip d'Aubigny", is a children's historical novel by Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Fenton), first published by Oxford in 1954 with illustrations by William Stobbs. It is set primarily in the Crusader states of ...
'' (1954), depicts Richard as a hero.
*
Donald Barr Chidsey
Donald Barr Chidsey (May 14, 1902 – March 17, 1981) was an American writer, biographer, historian, novelist and writer of adventure fiction.
Biography
Donald Barr Chidsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on May 14, 1902. He worked at th ...
's novel ''This Bright Sword'' (1957) features a Richard portrayed as a swashbuckling hero.
*
John Jakes
John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) is an American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, ''North and South'', has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Fam ...
published a novel, ''Sir Scoundrel'' (1962) about Richard and Blondel. ''Sir Scoundrel'' was published under Jakes' pen-name Jay Scotland. Jakes later revised the novel and published it under his own name as ''King's Crusader'' (1977). Jakes' novel is one of the first works of fiction to depict Richard as a homosexual.
*The young Richard is also a major character in
James Goldman's play ''
The Lion in Winter
''The Lion in Winter'' is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas 1183. It premiered on Broadway at the ...
'' (1966), which depicts him as homosexual.
*
Molly Costain Haycraft
Molly Costain Haycraft (6 December 1911 – 5 June 2005) was a Canadian author. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and spent her childhood in Philadelphia, where her father, the well-known novelist Thomas B. Costain, was an editor for ''The ...
's ''My Lord Brother, the Lion Heart'' (1968) is a novel that centres on the relationship between Richard and his sister,
Joan of England.
*He features in
Graham Shelby Graham Shelby (18 September 1939 – 20 December 2016) was a British historical novelist. He worked as a copywriter and book-reviewer before embarking on a series of historical novels, several of which are set in the twelfth century.
List of works ...
's ''The Kings of Vain Intent'' and, more centrally, in ''The Devil is Loose'',
Norah Lofts
Norah Lofts, ''née'' Norah Ethel Robinson, (27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fi ...
' ''The Lute-Player'',
Jean Plaidy
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...
's ''The Heart of the Lion'',
Cecelia Holland
Cecelia Holland (born December 31, 1943) is an American historical fiction novelist.
Early life and education
Holland was born December 31, 1943, in Henderson, Nevada. She grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey, where she started writing at age 12, rec ...
's ''The King's Witch'', and
Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penman (August 13, 1945 – January 22, 2021) was an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She was best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she wrote four medieval ...
's ''
The Devil's Brood'' and ''Lionheart''.
*Richard is depicted in ''
The Isle of Glass'' (1985) by
Judith Tarr
Judith Tarr (born January 30, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author.
Life
Tarr was born in Augusta, Maine on January 30, 1955. She is the daughter of Earle A. Tarr, Jr. (a waterworks manager and salesman of real estate), and ...
, the first volume of her historical fantasy trilogy ''
The Hound and the Falcon''.
*Swedish author
Jan Guillou
Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...
depicts Richard as a merciless Muslim killer in ''
The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy)
The ''Crusades'' Trilogy is a series of historical novels written by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou about the Consolidation of Sweden and the Crusades. The main character of the trilogy is Arn Magnusson, a fictional Knight Templar in ...
'', while Rachel Bard's ''Queen Without a Country'' portrays him as
Berengaria of Navarre
Berengaria of Navarre ( eu, Berengela, es, Berenguela, french: Bérengère; 1165–1170 – 23 December 1230) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard I of England. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Ca ...
's reluctant husband.
*
Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali (; born 21 October 1943) is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the ''New Left Review'' and ''Sin Permiso'', and con ...
depicts Richard in his novel ''
The Book of Saladin
''The Book of Saladin'' is an historical novel by Pakistani-born British writer Tariq Ali, first published in 1998. The second in Ali’s Islam Quintet, the narrative purports to be the memoir of the 12th-century Muslim leader Saladin, or Salah a ...
'' (1998). Here Richard is given the derisive nick-name "Richard the Lion-Arse" by Saladin's soldiers. According to Reed Way Dasenbrock, Ali's Richard "breaks his word repeatedly and falls quite short of the standard of chivalry and courtesy set by Salah-ud-din".
*Richard appears in several of the
Crowner John historical mystery
The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves t ...
novels by
Bernard Knight
Bernard Henry Knight (born 3 May 1931) is a British forensic pathologist and writer. He became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980.
Early life
...
, beginning with ''The Sanctuary Seeker'' (1998).
*
Kamran Pasha
Kamran Pasha ( ur, ; born on 3 April 1972) is an American Hollywood screenwriter, director and novelist of Pakistani origin. He was a writer and producer on the NBC series '' Kings'', after working as a producer on NBC's '' Bionic Woman''.. Previ ...
depicts Richard in his novel, ''Shadow of the Swords'' (2010). This depicts Richard during his conflict with Saladin, and also has Richard meeting the Jewish philosopher
Maimonides
Musa ibn Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (); la, Moses Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( he, רמב״ם), was a Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah ...
.
*Richard is referenced in
Jennifer Roberson
Jennifer Mitchell Roberson (born October 26, 1953) is an American author of fantasy and historical literature.
Personal life
Roberson has lived in Arizona since 1957. Though she grew up in Phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (my ...
's novels ''
Lady of the Forest
''Lady of the Forest: A Novel of Sherwood'' is a 1992 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson. A re-telling of the Robin Hood legend from the perspective of twelve characters associated with the legend, the story centers arou ...
'' and ''
Lady of Sherwood
''Lady of Sherwood'' is a 1999 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson. It is a sequel to her 1992 novel '' Lady of the Forest'', and follows Robin Hood, Lady Marian, and their associates, as they fight injustices in the wake ...
''.
*Richard appears in the Japanese
Light novel
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...
''
Fate/strange fake'' as a Saber class servant.
Theatre
*In 1966 James Rado played Richard in the original Broadway production of "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman.
*In 1999 Chuma Hunter-Gault played Richard in the Broadway revival of "The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, mounted by the Roundabout Theater
*In 2014 a play written by
David Eldridge featuring Richard I, ''Holy Warriors'', was performed at the
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames. The original theatre was built in ...
. The 2014 run of ''Holy Warriors'' featured
John Hopkins as Richard I, as well as
Alexander Siddig
Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 21 November 1965) is a Sudanese-born English actor and director known professionally as Siddig El Fadil and subsequently as Alexander Siddig.
Siddig i ...
as Saladin.
Opera
*''
Riccardo primo, re d'Inghilterra'' by
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...
(1727) is based on Richard's invasion of Cyprus.
*''
Richard Coeur-de-lion'' (1784) by
André Grétry
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a
composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ...
Film
Richard has been portrayed on film by:
*Arthur Hollingsworth in the silent short ''
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
'' (1912)
*Walter Craven in the silent adaptation of ''
Ivanhoe
''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...
'' (1913)
*Walter Gibbs in the silent ''Robin Hood'' (1913)
*
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in ''Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in ''Grand Hotel'' (193 ...
in the silent films ''
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
'' (1922), with
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thie ...
as Robin, and ''
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was ...
'' (1923), based on ''The Talisman''
*S. J. Bingham in the silent ''Robin Hood, Jr.'' (1923)
*
Henry Wilcoxon
Harry Frederick Wilcoxon (8 September 1905 – 6 March 1984), known as Henry Wilcoxon, was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and who was a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associat ...
in
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
's ''
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...
'' (1935)
*
Ian Hunter in ''
The Adventures of Robin Hood
''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de H ...
'' (1938), with
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...
as Robin
*
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series.
Biography
Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...
in ''
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
''The Story of Robin Hood'' is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO- Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and ...
'' (1952), with
Richard Todd
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 19193 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor n ...
as Robin and in ''
The Adventures of Robin Hood
''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de H ...
'' (1955–59) with
Richard Greene
Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) 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 '' ...
as Robin.
*
Norman Wooland
Norman Wooland (16 March 19053 April 1989) was an English character actor who appeared in many major films, including several Shakespearean adaptations.
Wooland was born in Düsseldorf, Germany to British parents. During the Second World War he ...
in ''
Ivanhoe
''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...
'' (1952), with
Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe
*
Patrick Holt
Patrick Holt (31 January 1912 – 12 October 1993) was an English film and television actor.
Biography
Born Patrick G. Parsons in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Holt spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle, after which he was sent ...
in ''
The Men of Sherwood Forest
''The Men of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith, Eileen Moore and David King-Wood. The film follows the exploits of Robin Hood and his followers. Doreen Carwit ...
'' (1954)
*
George Sanders
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous chara ...
in ''
King Richard and the Crusaders
''King Richard and the Crusaders'' is a 1954 American historical drama film made by Warner Bros. The film stars Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders and Laurence Harvey, with Robert Douglas, Michael Pate and Paula Raymond. It was direct ...
'' (1954), loosely based on ''The Talisman''
*Hamdi Geiss in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
ian director
Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...
's ''
El Naser Salah el Dine'' (1963)
*
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolad ...
in the film adaptation of ''
The Lion in Winter
''The Lion in Winter'' is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas 1183. It premiered on Broadway at the ...
'' (1968), for which he was nominated for the
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performan ...
*
Lars Bloch
Lars Bloch (6 August 1938 – 27 March 2022), was a Danish-Italian actor and producer, sometimes credited as ''Lars Block'' or ''Carlos Ewing''.
Born in Hellerup
Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of ...
in the Italian film ''L'Arciere di Sherwood'' (1970)
*
Frankie Howerd
Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian.
Early life
Howerd was born the son of soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Deat ...
in the comedy ''
Up the Chastity Belt
''Up the Chastity Belt'' (also released as ''Naughty Knights'' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd. It was a spin-off from the TV series '' Up Pompeii!''
Plot
Eleanor of Aquit ...
'' (1971), in which Richard is revealed to be the double of the main character, Lurkalot (also played by Howerd)
*
Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...
in the Disney animated film ''
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
'' (1973), in which he also voiced Prince John. Both were lions, in reference to his title 'Lionheart'. In this film, Richard is depicted as the uncle of
Maid Marian
Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circums ...
.
*
Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in ''This Sporting ...
in ''
Robin and Marian
''Robin and Marian'' is a 1976 British-American romantic adventure film from Columbia Pictures, shot in Panavision and Technicolor, that was directed by Richard Lester and written by James Goldman after the legend of Robin Hood. The film stars Sea ...
'' (1976). This is a revisionist version, depicting Richard as obsessive and murderous rather than heroic.
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Neil Dickson
Neil Dickson (born November 26, 1950) is an English actor, who has worked extensively in both American and British film and television.
Biography
At the age of five, Dickson contracted poliomyelitis, but he was fortunate enough to make a comp ...
in ''
Lionheart'' (1987)
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Sean Connery
Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Origina ...
briefly (and uncredited) at the end of ''
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991)
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Aleksandr Baluev in the Russian film ''Richard the Lion-Hearted'' (1992), based on ''The Talisman''
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Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actor ...
in
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began h ...
's parody ''
Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993)
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Iain Glen
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy t ...
briefly (and uncredited) at the end of ''
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven may refer to:
Religious
* Kingdom of Heaven (Gospel of Matthew)
**Kingship and kingdom of God, or simply Kingdom of God, the phrase used in the other gospels
* Kingdom of Heaven (Daviesite), a schismatic sect, founded by Will ...
'' (2005)
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Danny Huston
Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an Italian-born American actor and film director. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston.
He is known for h ...
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Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...
's ''
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
'' (2010)
*Greg Maness in ''
Richard The Lionheart
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...
'' (2013) and ''Richard the Lionheart: Rebellion'' (2015)
Television
Richard has been portrayed on television by:
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David Markham
David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years.
Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex.
In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (19 ...
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in the "Robin Hood" episode of the American series ''Children's Theater'' (1964)
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" (1965), set during Richard's conflict with Saladin, and again in the TV film ''
'' (1984). This version depicts Richard as a villain, who tries to have Robin Hood killed when he realises he cannot control him.
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where he arrives near the end to assist Robin and his allies in overthrowing both his brother Prince John and Baron Alwyn.
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'' (2007); he also portrayed King Richard in the BBC drama documentary "Heroes and Villains: Richard the Lionheart" (2008)
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'' (2010).
'' comics series. The first was a 1953 adaption of Walter Scott's ''The Talisman'', and the second was a 1955 adaption of Scott's ''Ivanhoe''.
'', Richard is featured as a prisoner of Leopold of Austria. As in the previously mentioned legends, Robin Hood is working to raise marks in ransom to release Richard.
*The strategy game ''
'' shows Richard on the box cover, and the player has the opportunity to play the Battle of Arsuf. Richard is also included the expansion pack ''
'', appearing on the box cover, in one of the historical campings and as a AI Lord in Skirmish mode.
*In ''
'' for Nintendo DS, Richard the Lionheart is a usable hero and the final campaign features six missions based upon him, including the Battle of Arsuf and a fictional assault on Jerusalem.
*In ''
'', the player character is a 16th-century descendant of Richard I. The game follows an
timeline in which Richard's execution of the prisoners after the capture of Acre completed a ritual that unleashed magic and demons into the world. (2003)
*In the 2007 action-adventure video game ''
'' (set in the time of the third crusade) Richard plays a major part in the game, making several appearances and at one point interacting with the main character. Richard speaks English with a French accent in the game as a reference to the fact that he spoke
'', King Richard's Crusade is one of the Wonders of the World. This Wonder provides increased production.
*Richard is a playable character in the Mobile/PC Game
.