Also featured Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marian, Alan Rickman as the Sheriff, Christian Slater as Will Scarlett and Morgan Freeman as the Moor, Azeem - a fabricated Muslim character copied from the "Robin of Sherwood" TV series. "Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves" (1991): Kevin Costner blockbuster was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar (Brian Adams's "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"). At that point, Connery, 44, was the oldest actor ever to play Robin.
Starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Marian, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff, Ian Holm as King John and Richard Harris in a cameo as Richard the Lionheart. When she's rescued from the sheriff, who has arrested her on religious grounds, the two become lovers once again. "Robin and Marian" (1976): An aging Robin returns from crusade to woo and win Marian, who by now is an abbess at a priory near Sherwood. Robin, played by Richard Gautier, and his band are portrayed as incompetents, but the sheriff and his men are worse.
"When Things Were Rotten" (1975): Television series is Mel Brooks' first Robin Hood spoof it lasted 13 episodes. Narrated by folk singer Roger Miller as Alan-a-Dale.
"Robin Hood" (1973): Disney animation featuring Robin and his Merry Men - and everybody else - as animals (Robin and Marion as foxes, Little John as a bear, Prince John as a cowardly lion). as King Richard, Arte Johnson as Much and Roddy McDowall as Prince John. "The Legend of Robin Hood" (1968): A musical television version, starring David Watson as Robin, Leigh Berry as Marian, Victor Buono (who also appeared in "Robin and the 7 Hoods") as Sir Guy, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "Rocket Robin Hood" (1967): Animated TV series featuring Rocket Robin and his men in a space-age adventure set in the year 3,000 on the Sherwood Asteroid. Dale, Barbara Rush as Marian and Peter Falk as Guy Gisborne. Starring Frank Sinatra as Robbo, Dean Martin as Little John, Sammy Davis Jr. "Robin and the 7 Hoods" (1964): Robin Hood story brought to Prohibition-era Chicago by the Hollywood "Rat Pack," with gangster Robbo taking on uber-racketeer Guy Gisborne meanwhile, Robbo falls for Big Boss Jim's daughter, Marian. Title song "Robin Hood" - "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen" - was sung by Dick James, who later became John Lennon and Paul McCartney's music publisher, according to. It gave us the iconic slingback green hat with jaunty feather sticking out of it. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1955-1960): American TV series starring Richard Greene as Robin and Donald Pleasence as Prince John. Features one of the great film sword fights between Flynn and Rathbone. It starred Errol Flynn as Robin, Basil Rathbone as the cruel and villainous Sir Guy of Gisborne, Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian and Claude Rains as Prince John. It won three Oscars (Art Direction, Film Editing, Original Score) and was nominated for Best Picture. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938): For many film critics and Robin Hood lovers, this is the quintessential telling of the story. Its premiere was the first Hollywood spectacle, debuting at Sid Grauman's brand-new Egyptian Theater.
Frank Lloyd Wright's son Lloyd designed one set." At the time it was the most expensive Hollywood movie - $1.4 million. The castle set, according to, is "reputed to be the largest Hollywood set built for any silent movie.
This is one of the earliest film versions about the lovable scoundrel. "Robin Hood" (1922): Douglas Fairbanks Sr. By most counts, there are more than 40 versions of the Robin Hood legend on film.