page_title: Friar Tuck
section_title: Portrayals in other media
hierarchical_section_title: Friar Tuck / Portrayals in other media
caption_attribution_description: "Le Noir Faineant in the Hermit's Cell", by J. Cooper, Sr., after Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. (If a few spoilers will be forgiven: Le Noir Faineant is King Richard the Lionheart, and the Hermit is Friar Tuck)
context_page_description: Friar Tuck is a companion to Robin Hood in the legends about that character.
context_section_description: In the 1891 romantic opera Ivanhoe by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Julian Sturgis, Friar Tuck was played by Avon Saxon.
  In the film Robin Hood (1922) he was portrayed by Willard Louis.
  In the film, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) the character Friar Tuck was played by actor Eugene Pallette as a fat individual fond of food but also skilled with a sword.  He was also quick to quarrel with anyone who slighted him, deprived him of his food or made fun of his girth.
  In the film The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) he was portrayed by Edgar Buchanan.
  In the film The Prince of Thieves (1948) he was portrayed by Alan Mowbray.
  In the film Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) he was portrayed by Billy House.
  In the late 1950s British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, he was played by Alexander Gauge as a fat friar a tad too devoted to good eating. He is also clearly devoted to the Church and the poor people he serves, using his wits to spare them unjust taxes, provide them education or shelter them from harm. He often uses the power and rights of the Church to good effect against the forces of the Sheriff.
  The 1958 Merrie Melodies animated short Robin Hood Daffy featured Porky Pig as a "fat friar", who sought Robin Hood, but refused to believe Daffy Duck was the legendary outlaw. At the end of the cartoon, Daffy becomes "Friar Duck".
  In the 1966 television series Rocket Robin Hood, Friar Tuck is again depicted as a traditional fat friar with a tonsure, despite the story taking place in the year 3000. Friar Tuck is memorable for a vignette that played during each episode depicting him in front of a large feast, taking a single bite of each piece of food on the table before throwing it over his shoulder.
  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 of hiding. He is rescued in time.
  In the 1975 TV series When Things Were Rotten, Friar Tuck was played by Dick Van Patten.
  In the British Robin of Sherwood TV series of the 1980s, Friar Tuck was played by Phil Rose. In this version, the character reluctantly served the Sheriff of Nottingham's brother, an evil abbot, and also served as Maid Marian's confessor. He helped Marian escape and joined the band alongside her.
  In the anime series Robin Hood no Daibōken, Friar Tuck (voiced by Kenichi Ogata) is an old monk who lives on the edge of Sherwood Forest and helps Robin and his friend if needed while offering sagely advice.
  In the animated series Young Robin Hood, Friar Tuck is made to be a young man around Robin's age and re-titled to Brother Tuck (Voiced by Harry Standjofski). A very young monk, sometimes questioning his choice being an outlaw. He is very pious and speaks Latin every now and then.
  In Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Tuck was played by Mike McShane, drawing heavily on the overweight, ale-loving interpretation.
  The Mel Brooks movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights parodies the character as "Rabbi Tuckman," a self-described "purveyor of sacramental wine and mohel extraordinaire." Brooks, who also plays the character, made Tuckman Jewish (as Brooks himself is Jewish), reprising a gag from Blazing Saddles where Brooks made a cameo as a Jewish Native American.
  In the video game Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, Tuck was once again portrayed as Marian's confessor.  He joins the band at her request.  His enjoyment of alcohol is in the game as one of his abilities involves leaving beer flasks to intoxicate the guards.
  In the 1991 film adaptation Robin Hood, Friar Tuck (played by Jeff Nuttall) is portrayed as an itinerant seller of phony relics, who is first mugged and then adopted by the Merry Men. He also confesses to being on the run for killing the nephew of an abbot.
  In the 1997 film The Lost World, the second movie in the Jurassic Park franchise, big game hunter Roland Tembo refer
caption: Friar Tuck meets the disguised Richard the Lionheart in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.
exif: {}