Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 in Plymouth - 1 June 1985 in Norfolk) - some sources list his birthdate as 1914 - was a noted English movie and television actor. His aunt was the musical theatre actress Evie Greene. His father, Richard Abraham Greene and his mother, Kathleen Gerrard, were both actors with the Plymouth Repertory Theatre.^[1] A matinee 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 143 episodes from 1955 to 1960. is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ... Evie Greene in A Country Girl Edith Elizabeth (Evie) Greene (1876[1]–11 September 1917[2]) was a highly photographed English actress and vocalist who played in London and Broadway. ... The Adventures of Robin Hood was a popular, long-running British television series (143 half-hour, black and white episodes, 1955 - 1960) starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood. ...

He was of Irish and Scottish Catholic extraction, being born in Plymouth, England. Son of four generations of actors, Greene was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Kensington, London and left at age 18. He started off his stage career as the proverbial spear carrier in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in 1933. A good looking young man, Greene helped his income by modeling shirts and hats. Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130...

Greene joined the Jevan Brandon Repertory Company in 1936 where he won accolades in the same year for his part in Terence Rattigan's French Without Tears which bought him to the attention of Alexander Korda and Darryl F. Zanuck. Aged 20, he joined 20th Century Fox as a rival to MGM's Robert Taylor. His first film for Fox was John Ford's Four Men and a Prayer. Greene was a huge success, especially with female film goers who sent him mountains of fan mail which at its peak rivaled that of Fox star Tyrone Power. Sir Alexander Korda (September 16, 1893 - January 23, 1956) was a film director and producer, a leading figure in the British film industry and the founder of London Films. ... Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902–December 22, 1979) was a producer, writer, actor and director who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career being rivalled only by that of Adolph Zukor). ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... There are many people known as Bob Taylor or Robert Taylor, including: Robert Taylor (developer) (born 1972-present), Owner of FlashExtensions. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. ...

Greene interrupted his acting life to serve in World War II in the Royal Armoured Corps of the Twenty Seventh Lancers where he distinguished himself and after three months went to Sandhurst and was commissioned in the 27th Lancers in May 1944 with the rank of Captain. His was relieved of duty to appear in the English proaganda films "Flying Fortress" and "Unpublished Story," in 1942, and appeared in "The Yellow Canary" while on furlough in 1943. ^[2] He later toured in Shaw's "Arms and the Man" entertaining the forces. Greene was discharged in December 1944 and appeared in the stage plays "Desert Rats" and "I Capture the Castle". Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Sandhurst is a small town and civil parish in England of around 7,500 homes and 22,000 inhabitants, primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries. ...

The war however effectively ruined Greene's rising career and though he did well in the popular Forever Amber (1947), Greene then found himself cast in a series of swashbuckling roles. Having turned away from films in favor of stage and screen and having been through a divorce from Patricia Medina, who he was married to from 1941 to 1951, Greene was cash strapped when Yeoman Films of Great Britain approached him for the lead role in The Adventures of Robin Hood. Forever Amber is a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a movie by 20th Century Fox. ... Patricia Medina (19 July 1920- ) is an English-born actress. ... The Adventures of Robin Hood was a popular, long-running British television series (143 half-hour, black and white episodes, 1955–1960) starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood. ...

Greene took the role, and was an immediate success. It also solved all his money problems and made him into a star. Greene married Brazilian heiress Mrs.Beatriz Robledo Summers (1960 - 1980, when they separated) and together they purchased a stud farm in County Wexford, Ireland. Within five years he was listed among the top breeders of thoroughbred horses in England and Ireland. ^[3] He also pursued his interest in sailing, successfully competing in yacht racing. He rarely accepted roles from then onwards, seeming to lose interest in the whole industry. His unfulfilled ambition had been to ride in the (British) Grand National. Greene underwent surgery in 1982 for a brain tumor and never fully recovered. He died of cardiac arrest three years later in Norfolk. A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland...

Notes

1. ^ Charles Kidd, Debrett Goes to Hollyhood, (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986), 129.
2. ^ James Parish and William Leonard, Hollywood Players,{New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1976}, 270.
3. ^ Charles Kidd, Debrett Goes to Hollyhood," (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986), 132.

TV Work

Among other programmes, Richard Greene was in A Man For Loving, The Doctors, The Morecombe and Wise Show, Dixon of Dock Green, Mrs Bixby and Colonel's Daughter. The Doctors was a soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ...

Filmography

• Against All Odds ([[Blood of Fu Manchu) (1969)
• The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
• Beyond the Curtain (1961)
• The Black Castle (1952)
• Captain Scarlett (1953)
• The Castle of Fu Manchu (1968)
• Contraband Spain (Contrabando) (1955)
• Coriolanus (1951) (made for TV)
• The Desert Hawk (1950)
• Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
• Don't Take It to Heart (1945)
• The Fan (Lady Windermere's Fan) (1949)
• The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
• Flying Fortress (1942)
• Forever Amber (1947)
• Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
• Gaiety George (Showtime) (1946)
• Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
• I Was an Adventuress (1940)
• Island of the Lost (1968)
• Kentucky (1938)
• Little Old New York (1940)
• The Little Princess (1939)
• Lorna Doone (1951)
• My Daughter Joy (Operation X) (1950)
• My Lucky Star (1938)
• Now Barabbas (1949)
• Robin Hood's Greatest Adventures (1956)
• Robin Hood, the Movie (1958)
• Robin Hood: The Quest for the Crown (1958)
• Rogue's March (1952)
• Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
• Sing As We Go (1934) (bit part)
• Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
• Submarine Patrol (1938)
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (1961)
• That Dangerous Age (If This Be Sin) (1949)
• Unpublished Story (1942)
• The Yellow Canary (1943)

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References

• The Adventures of Robin Hood Appreciation Society

External links

• Richard Greene at the Internet Movie Database

Biography of Richard Greene on The Adventures of Robin Hood Appreciation Society website: www.robinhood-tv.co.uk The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...