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| Ivan Craig as an outlaw in The Story of Robin Hood |
That outlaw is portrayed by Ivan Craig—born Walter Ivan Sackville Craig in 1912 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1940, he married fashion model Lillian May Davies in Horsham, West Sussex.
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| Ivan Craig (1912-1995) |
Not long after their wedding, Craig joined the British Army and was deployed to Africa, where he served during the war. While he was away, Lillian met Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland, at her 28th birthday party. The two fell in love, despite Lillian still being married to Craig.
When Craig returned after the war, he expressed a desire to marry someone else. The couple divorced amicably on November 7, 1947. Nearly three decades later, Lillian and Prince Bertil were finally able to marry—on December 7, 1976—at Drottningholm Palace, with the Swedish king and queen in attendance.
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| Ivan Craig in The Story of Robin Hood |
Ivan Craig went on to have a solid career in film and television. His credits include Laughter in Paradise (1951), The Story of Robin Hood (1952), Hell Below Zero (1954), The Gay Cavalier (TV, 1957), and Ivanhoe (TV, 1958).
He passed away in Surrey, England, on March 7, 1995.
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Regular readers of my blog will be aware of our ongoing investigation into Robin Hood’s Chairs. Carmen Dillon and her art department designed these chairs for Walt Disney’s live-action movie The Story of Robin Hood in 1952. Since the release of that wonderful film, they have appeared in numerous media productions related to the Robin Hood legend. And now, King Richard I has been seen using them!
Richard the Lionheart was a British ITV series that ran for a year from 1962-1963. It starred Dermot Walsh, Trader Faulkner, Robin Hunter and Iain Gregory. I remember it well, and just recently, Talking Pictures TV have been showing the series at 9:30 am on a Saturday. So, after sixty-three years, I sat down to watch it, and during the third episode, The Robbers of Ashdown Forest, I spotted that chair.
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| The chair in Richard the Lionheart |
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| From the episode School For A King |
So now, here is the updated list of media that used those Robin Hood chairs as props:
The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men (1952)
The Men of Sherwood Forest (Film, 1954)
The Black Knight (Film, 1954)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV, 1955–1958)
The Dark Avenger (Film, 1955)
Ivanhoe (TV, 1958) – Episode: The Night Raiders (featuring Joan Rice, who would have remembered these chairs from her time filming at Denham Studios)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (Film, 1960)
Richard the Lionheart (TV, 1962-1963)
Robin of Sherwood (TV, 1984–1986)
The Mission – Stay With Me (Official Music Video, 1986)
Horrible Histories (TV, 2013–2015)
So, once again, the chair appears during Richard I's reign!
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