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Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" ( Child Ballad 118), [ 1 ] where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him.
Robin Hood & Guy of Gisborne from The Book of British Ballads (1842). Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is Child Ballad 118, part of the Percy collection. It introduces and disposes of Guy of Gisborne who remains next to the Sheriff of Nottingham the chief villain of the Robin Hood legend.
Robin and the 7 Hoods is a 1964 American musical film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby.It features Peter Falk and Barbara Rush, with an uncredited cameo by Edward G. Robinson.
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"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" (Roud 3994, Child 152) is an English folk song, part of the Robin Hood canon. [1] [2] It features an archery competition for a golden (or silver) arrow that has long appeared in Robin Hood tales, but it is the oldest recorded one where Robin's disguise prevents his detection.
Wincott was born in Toronto and grew up in an east-end suburb. [12] [13] His father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy. [13]Wincott also has two brothers, [13] one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Wincott, a star of the late-1980s TV series Night Heat.
Guy peaked at twenty-seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached number one on the R&B Albums chart where it remained for five nonconsecutive weeks. [12] The album was certified platinum in March 1989 and double platinum by July 1994. [13] In addition, Guy was the highest charting R&B album on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1989. [citation ...
Addie was a professional polo player; his skills as a horseman and also with sword and bow [1] led to his frequently appearing in historical dramas set in the medieval era.. At the beginning of his career in the early 1980s he appeared on British television in a number of advertisements for products ranging from Polycell plastering repair wall filler to Mr Kipling cakes. [3]