How many actors have portrayed both King Arthur and Robin Hood?

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The late Sean Connery (RIP), among his many roles on stage and screen, played both of the most well-known characters of classic British legend: King Arthur and Robin Hood. Was he the only actor (or, if not, was he the only British actor) to have this distinction?

How many actors have played both King Arthur and Robin Hood during their career?

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Best Answer

Voice Actor Mel Blanc has played both roles.

In Robin Hood Daffy, Daffy Duck (voiced by Blanc) plays the role of Robin Hood. You might argue that Blanc is actually voicing Daffy Duck, but the character in the short is supposed to be the actual Robin Hood, not a duck merely acting like Robin Hood the way Bugs played a rabbit acting like the character without actually being the character in Rabbit Hood. The character on screen, voiced by Blanc, was supposed to be the actual Robin Hood (in satirical anthropomorphic duck form).

Blanc voiced King Arthur numerous times. He did so--again as Daffy, this time filling the role of Arthur--in Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court. Blanc also voiced an actual human version of King Arthur in Knighty Knight Bugs, in which Arthur assigns Bugs the task of retrieving the Singing Sword. He also played King Arthur in The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and a 1963 Chuck Jones short called I was a Teenage Thumb.

Blanc was American of course, so it is possible that Connery is the only British actor to play both roles on screen.




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Who played King Arthur in Robin Hood?

Voice Actor Mel Blanc has played both roles. The character on screen, voiced by Blanc, was supposed to be the actual Robin Hood (in satirical anthropomorphic duck form). Blanc voiced King Arthur numerous times.

What Stars played Robin Hood?

Actors who have played Robin Hood
  • Patrick Bergin.
  • Taron Egerton.
  • Cary Elwes.


How many Robin Hoods are there?

Seven versions of 'Robin Hood'

Who acted the first Robin Hood?

Robin Hood, 1912: the first outing on the big, if silent, screen came in 1912 with Robert Frazer as the eponymous hero.



ROBIN HOOD ACTORS FROM 1912 to 2018




More answers regarding how many actors have portrayed both King Arthur and Robin Hood?

Answer 2

Patrick Bergin

Played Sir Robert Hode in 1991.

Played King Arthur in 2000

Only one I can find, apart from Connery.

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