# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/41 "2010-05-22T22:59:42Z")
Richard Gautier! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/42 "2010-05-22T23:01:23Z")
Thrust Spin Dodge Perry Twirl! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/43 "2010-05-22T23:13:24Z")
Another vote for John Cleese. “The poor? Oh, you have to meet them!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/44 "2010-05-22T23:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Richard Gautier! Because when other legends are forgotten We’ll all remember back when things were rotten Why hasn’t this been released on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/45 "2010-05-23T19:05:50Z")
> [@Charley](#): > > Yup, also (YMMV) smokin’ hot. As a teenage girl at the time, that was kind of what I wanted from a Robin Hood. You took the words right out of my mouth. I also agree with **Morgyn** & **tdn** for Patrick Bergin - in Europe it even made it to the cinemas. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/46 "2010-05-23T19:19:21Z")
If you’re going to include the Daffy Duck one, then I nominate Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard as Robin Hood via Q. Or maybe the one in Shrek. Naw. I really liked Men in Tights. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/47 "2010-05-23T22:52:48Z")
I grew up with Richard Greene in the TV series- gorgeous man. Errol Flynn second. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/48 "2010-05-24T18:06:00Z")
Back when I was in college, the local independent station ran a commercial… _\_ “This summer, Kevin Costner is Robin Hood.” _\_ It was a promo for their broadcast of Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/49 "2010-05-24T19:41:42Z")
I haven’t seen the Russel Crowe one yet, so Erroll Flynn is still my favorite, and I’m guessing that probably won’t change. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/50 "2010-05-24T20:04:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Just added Kevin Costner, despite the havoc this will wreak with the otherwise meticulous methodology of this rigorously scientific poll. Boy, that was certainly worth it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/51 "2010-05-24T20:46:37Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Boy, that was certainly worth it! 😛 I _really_ wanna know who the two Costner fans are, and why they aren’t speaking up here. Have the courage of your convictions! Robin Hood is all about defending the underdog – tell us what you like about Kev’s version. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/52 "2010-05-24T21:07:45Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Thrust Spin Dodge Perry Twirl! /nitpick: Parry. Or was that a deliberate mistake in the cartoon? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/53 "2010-05-24T21:17:03Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Another vote for John Cleese. > > “The poor? Oh, you have to meet them!” And another vote for John Cleese. > [@](#): > > Robin Hood: You enjoy robbing then? > Wally: Well it helps pay the rent, Sir. > Robin Hood: Ha ha ha ha. Jolly good. Ha ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/54 "2010-05-26T18:59:51Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > I voted for the Fox, mainly because of the phrase, “Begone, long one” in the movie. My husband and I use this all the time. Was this meant to sound dirty!?:o ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/55 "2010-05-26T19:18:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I liked Patrick Bergin in the made-for-TV movie [Robin Hood](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102797/) This gets my vote, too. Bergin was great and Uma Thurman made a very good Maid Marian. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/56 "2010-05-27T09:44:49Z")
Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/57 "2010-05-27T15:46:41Z")
Many years ago, Rich Little did a version of Robin Hood that I saw on HBO, in which he played most of the characters. I never saw it again after that first time, but I and the friend I watched it with still quote from it til this day. I certainly remember it being hilarious…did anyone else see that? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/58 "2010-05-28T05:37:29Z")
For everyone who might have not seen the wonderful film, here’s John Cleese as “the Boss” in [Time Bandits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avNSz8MxlGo). “Is that, uhm, absolutely necessary?” ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055/59 "2010-05-28T07:06:08Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > (although I have to say, the music for Costner’s version was awesome) It became even more awesome when they recycled it for HBO’s _From the Earth to the Moon._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055.md?page=2)