# Who is your favorite Robin Hood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055 "2010-05-19T21:39:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/1 "2010-05-19T21:39:02Z")
Following on the thread about the new Robin Hood: Pick your favorite. The classic? The modern? The funny? The duck? Take your pick and tell us why. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/2 "2010-05-19T21:58:29Z")
I wouldn’t have voted for him, but I expected to see Kevin Costner on your list. Did you think he was THAT bad? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/3 "2010-05-19T22:03:22Z")
I didn’t think anyone would vote for him! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/4 "2010-05-19T22:11:55Z")
You have Russel Crowe but not Kevin Costner? And you misspelled Cary Elwes’ name. Double shame. A pox on your house! Edit: I voted for Elwes. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/5 "2010-05-19T22:12:45Z")
Only Flynn was the real deal… ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/6 "2010-05-19T22:14:07Z")
You should have listed Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The first action star. I saw his version about 20 years ago in an arts theater that had a live pianist playing the score. People really got into cheering Robin Hood and hissing the villains. At the end everyone stood up and cheered the movie and then turned 180 degrees to cheer the piano player. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/7 "2010-05-19T22:15:03Z")
Daffy is the only one I can ever remember by name; I don’t think I’ve ever bothered to watch any Robin Hood flicks. As John Moschitta said in _10 Classics in 10 Minutes_, “It’s the one work of literature that _everybody knows_, but _no one has read_.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/8 "2010-05-19T22:15:43Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > You should have listed Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The first action star. And you just beat me to it. My vote would’ve gone to Flynn it it weren’t for this egregious omission. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/9 "2010-05-19T22:20:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I didn’t think anyone would vote for him! Can I use my vote to vote AGAINST him? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/10 "2010-05-19T22:30:05Z")
Errol Flynn, with Cary Elwes close behind. What surprises me is the strong showing by The Fox. I assume it means the Hood analog in _The Court Jester_. I love that movie as much as anybody, but The Fox isn’t even on screen for more than a few minutes. (Now, Danny Kaye pretending to be The Fox in the opening number? That I’ll vote for.) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/11 "2010-05-19T22:37:06Z")
OK, I realize now the fox is the Disney animated version. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/12 "2010-05-19T22:42:57Z")
I’ve only seen a few, but the original image in my head, of how he dies, hasn’t been matched by anything I’ve seen on film. Dying because of a woman, bleeding out and having Little John help him draw his last arrow so he can be buried where it lands…far more poignant than anything I’ve seen yet. In fact, nothing I’ve seen even includes that scene, that I can recall. Perhaps I’ve just missed one that’s more faithful to the book. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/13 "2010-05-19T22:45:52Z")
I wish Q had made Worf Robin instead of Jean Luc. ‘I am _not_ a merry man’ is the only line I can recall out of any Robin Hood visuals I have _ever_ seen. 😛 (Ok, excepting a few from Men in Tights, I am sure) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/14 "2010-05-19T22:48:22Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > …Perhaps I’ve just missed one that’s more faithful to the book. There’s a single source book for Robin Hood? Riiiiiiight. As for ones missing from the poll, I nominate [Captain Picard](http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/robinhood.jpg), [John Cleese](http://www.shareimmage.com/fx_images/ardeides_TimeBandits-RobinHood.png), [Frank Sinatra](http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32542&stc=1&d=1151525671), and [Kevin Kline in a Schlitz Malt Liquor commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGOvn-nybvU). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/15 "2010-05-19T22:50:31Z")
PRINCE JOHN (Richard Lewis): Why should the people listen to you?! ROBIN HOOD (Cary Elwes): Because, unlike **some** Robin Hoods, **I** can speak with an English accent! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/16 "2010-05-19T22:58:22Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I’ve only seen a few, but the original image in my head, of how he dies, hasn’t been matched by anything I’ve seen on film. Dying because of a woman, bleeding out and having Little John help him draw his last arrow so he can be buried where it lands…far more poignant than anything I’ve seen yet. In fact, nothing I’ve seen even includes that scene, that I can recall. > Perhaps I’ve just missed one that’s more faithful to the book. Connery, Sean and Hepburn, Audrey ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/17 "2010-05-19T23:21:21Z")
From that list, I picked Elwes, but I did enjoy Captain Picard as Robin Hood. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/18 "2010-05-19T23:23:33Z")
Brian Bedford. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/19 "2010-05-19T23:29:28Z")
I liked Patrick Bergin in the made-for-TV movie [Robin Hood](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102797/). Too bad it was completely overshadowed by the release that year of Costner’s version (although I have to say, the music for Costner’s version was awesome). So I voted for someone you forgot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/20 "2010-05-19T23:44:02Z")
I like the Disney cartoon best, closely followed by John Cleese from Time Bandits. Has anyone here ever seen any of TV’s first Robin Hood, [Patrick Troughton](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423726/)? I understand that the tapes still exist in the archives, unlike most of his Doctor Who episodes. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055.md?page=2)