Richard Greene

Who was Richard Greene?

Richard Marius Joseph Greene was a noted English film and television actor. A matinee idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1960.

It has been stated elsewhere that he was the grandson of the inventor William Friese-Greene, who is credited by some as the inventor of cinematography, but this was finally exploded as a myth, as a result of two parallel lines of genealogical research, conducted by the BFI and Paul Pert respectively, the latter being subsequently published in 2009 .