Richard Greene

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Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a well-known English film and television actor.

He was perhaps best known for his lead role in the long-running British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959. He was a matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films.

Early life

Greene of Irish and Scottish ancestry was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. He was raised Roman Catholic and attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School (Kensington, London), which he left at the age of 18. Evie Greene, his aunt, was an actor. Richard Abraham Greene's father, as well as his mother, Kathleen Gerrard, were both actors with the Plymouth Repertory Theatre. He was the grandson of Richard Bentley Greene and a descendant of four generations of actors.

He was credited by some as the grandson of cinematography, but this was later found to be inaccurate, as a result of two parallel lines of genealogical study, which were later published in 2009.

Later life and death

Greene, a fraudster who seemed to be Greene, was unwittingly embroiled in the Lewis vs. Averay court case in 1972.

Greene died of heart arrest at his home in Kelling Hall, Norfolk, England, aged 66. Patricia's son, Eric, said he had never fully recovered from an injury suffered three years ago. "He still had a fan club and was getting letters demanding signed pictures," she said.

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Career

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar's Julius Caesar's, he began his stage career as a spear carrier. Greene, a handsome young man, added to his fortune by designing shirts and hats.

He began his work at the age of 15, as a walk-on in Julius Caesar at the Old Vic. He did some modelling work and appeared in a stage production of Journey's Conclusion (1934), as well as a small part in Sing As We Go (1934). He joined the Jevan Brandon Repertory Company in 1936, where he appeared in Antony and Cleopatra. He received awards for his role in Terence Rattigan's French Without Tears, which attracted MGM, Alexander Korda, and Darryl F. Zanuck, who all made offers for film. Greene signed with Fox on January 17, 1938.

He appeared in 20th Century Fox as a rival to MGM's Robert Taylor at 20 years old. Four Men and a Prayer (1938), John Ford's first film for Fox, was "Women and a Prayer (1938). Greene was a huge success, especially with female filmgoers, who sent him mountains of fan mail, much like that of Fox actor Tyrone Power.

Greene co-starred with Sonia Henie in My Lucky Star (1938) and was reunited with Ford in Submarine Patrol (1939). Zanuck and Loretta Young and Walter Brennan joined him in Kentucky (1938).

In the 1939 Sherlock Holmes film The Hound of the Baskervilles, Greene was the romantic male lead in the Shirley Temple vehicle. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were the first pair of Sherlock Holmes and Watson to appear in the film, but it was Greene who was top billed.

Greene appeared in Stanley and Livingstone (1939), alongside Spencer Tracy and the lead in Here I Am a Stranger (1939). He co-starred with Alice Faye and Fred MacMurray in Little Old New York (1940) and assisted Vera Zorina in I Was an Adventure (1940). He had failed to become a big celebrity, but he was still playing lead roles in "A" films when World War II began.

Greene tried to enlist in the Seaforth Highlanders in Vancouver, but the company refused to give him a commission. He was released from Fox and went to England, where he enlisted in the 27th Lancers, where he distinguished himself. He went to Sandhurst's Royal Military College and was posted with the service number 184251. In May 1944, he was promoted to captain of the 27th Lancers.

He was granted leave in 1942 to appear in the British propaganda film Flying Fortress (1942) with Valerie Hobson (1942). He appeared in the Anna Neagle thriller Yellow Canary while on leave in 1943. He appeared in a British comedy Don't Take It to Heart (1944).

The troops were entertained by him after he toured Arms and the Man in Shaw's Arms and the Arms. Greene was kicked out of school in December 1944 and appeared in the stage play Desert Rats.

He appeared in a British musical that was later released by Warners, Gaiety George (1946), which was a failure.

He returned to Hollywood and appeared in Fox's big budget Forever Amber (1947), but not in favour of Cornel Wilde. He went to Universal to play the villain in The Fighting O'Flynn (1948), based on the play Lady Windermere's Fan.

Greene appeared in Both Dangerous Age (1949) and Barabbas (1949). He went back to Universal in Hollywood to play the hero in a Yvonne de Carlo oriental, The Desert Hawk (1950). Greene, according to director de Cordova, was "everything a man or woman might need in a desert hero."

He was in My Daughter Joy (1950) and Shadow of the Eagle (1950). He went to Italy to make The Rival of the Empress (1951) He was sent by the Empress. He divorced Patricia Medina, a 41-year-old woman who had married in 1941, in 1951.

Edward Small of Hollywood asked him to be Lorna Doone (1951), the male hero of Lorna Doone (1951). In Rogue's March (1952), he continued to act in The Black Castle (1952) and help Peter Lawford. In 1953, Small made The Bandits of Corsica (1953), then he was in another swashbuckler, Captain Scarlett (1953) fired in Mexico.

Greene returned to Britain in search of work. "I haven't had the big build-up part I hoped for" when reflecting on his work. They turned me into a cloak-and-dagger jerk. "I decided to throw it up after four dungeon pictures in a row."

Greene appeared on stage in a production of I Capture the Castle starring Virginia McKenna. In The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–59), Then Yeoman Films of Great Britain approached him for the lead role. He was an instant hit in it. The series and a number of related marketing items based on his likeness, such as comic books and "Robin Hood Shoes," solved his money issues and made him a celebrity.

During the series's run, Robin Hood appeared in Contraband Spain (1955), Beyond the Curtain (1960), and Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960).

He and Nancy Oakes, the wealthy daughter of mining tycoon Sir Harry Oakes, had a long love affair in the 1950s.

Greene appeared in "A Man For Loving," The Doctors, The Morecambe and Wise Show, Dock Green, Scarf Jack, and "Mrs. Bixby and Colonel's Coat," among other television programs.

Douglas Wilmer was hired by Greene to act Sir Denis Nayland Smith in two of Harry Alan Towers' Fu Manchu films, The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) and The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969). Jess Franco produced both films in Spain and shot in Spain.

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