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Robert Alastair Addie (10 February 1960 – 20 November 2003) was an English film and theatre actor, who came to prominence playing the role of Sir Guy of Gisburne in the 1980s British television drama series Robin of Sherwood.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" ( Child Ballad 118), [ 1 ] where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him.
Sir Guy of Gisborne, played by Richard Armitage, is a dark, brooding man always clad in black leather. He is the third main character in the first two series after Robin and Marian, and the second main character in the third series after Robin only. Guy is the Sheriff's second-in-command and manages the Locksley estate in Robin's absence.
Wincott was born in Toronto and grew up in an east-end suburb. [12] [13] His father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy. [13]Wincott also has two brothers, [13] one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Wincott, a star of the late-1980s TV series Night Heat.
In December 2008, he played the role of a young Sir Guy of Gisborne for an episode of the BBC One mini-series Robin Hood which aired on 6 June 2009. [4] In 2009, he also had a role in The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen. [5] Bastow starred in the 2010 Spanish-American horror film Exorcismus, [7] which is produced by Filmax. [8]
Armitage was born in Leicester, England, the younger son of Margaret, a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer.He has an older brother named Christopher. [10]He attended Huncote Community Primary School in Huncote, Blaby District, Leicestershire, [citation needed] and began secondary school at the local comprehensive school, Brockington College in Enderby.
Ramsey Wilson Gilderdale (born 5 August 1962 [1]), professionally known as Ramsay Gilderdale, is an English actor, best known for playing Guy of Gisbourne in BBC children's television comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men from 1990 to 1994. He also appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey and Blackadder's Christmas Carol.
Joining the cast for the third series were Joanne Froggatt, as a character named "Kate", a Locksley villager, [11] Lara Pulver, as Guy of Gisborne's sister Isabella, [12] David Harewood as Friar Tuck and Toby Stephens as Prince John, [13] and Clive Standen as Archer, Robin's half brother. On 7 August 2008 it was announced that Jonas Armstrong ...