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Gauge as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1959. Gauge was born in a Methodist Mission station in Wenzhou, China. [1] He attended school in California before moving to England. He served in the British Army in India during World War II, where he became acquainted with John Masters. [2] He first appeared on the New York stage in 1945.
Phil Rose (born 2 May 1952) is an English actor, best known for his role as Friar Tuck in the 1980s TV series Robin of Sherwood. [1] [2] Theatre
Henry James Hayter (23 April 1907 – 27 March 1983) was a British actor of television and film. He is best remembered for his roles as Friar Tuck in the film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) and as Samuel Pickwick in the film The Pickwick Papers (1952), the latter earning him a BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nomination.
The veteran character actor James Hayter played Friar Tuck twice: in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) and A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967). In the 1973 Disney animated Robin Hood, Friar Tuck is a badger, voiced by Andy Devine. He is taken to be executed at the end of the film in a plot of Prince John's to lure Robin Hood out ...
McShane played Friar Tuck in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves in 1991, had a small role as a doomed hypnotherapist in the 1999 film Office Space, and played the friendly scientist, Professor Keenbean, in the 1994 movie Richie Rich. In 1998 he appeared in an episode of Frasier as Frank, the manager of the Shangri-La apartments. He also co-starred ...
Pallette thus appeared in more Philo Vance films than any of the ten actors who played the aristocratic lead role of Vance. Pallette's best-known role may be as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood; he made a similar appearance as Friar Felipe two years later in The Mark of Zorro. BBC commentator Dana Gioia described Pallette's onscreen ...
An outspoken, passionate character who generally favours taking action, Tuck's left-field thinking can either be ingenious or make him a liability, particularly if goes against Robin's orders and if the plans go wrong. However, Robin can see the value in Tuck; he is strong and wise, an inspiring second in command.
Eventually, the Sheriff has the wounded Robin at his mercy and demands his surrender. Refusing, Robin kills the Sheriff with the last of his strength. Led by Sir Ranulf, the soldiers attack Robin's ragtag band, many of whom are captured or killed. Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck are captured but Little John kills Sir Ranulf.