On Prince John's orders, he prepares the gallows to hang the Friar, knowing that Robin Hood would no doubt come to stop the execution and lead to his capture. Later, he presumably imprisons most of the townspeople on the Prince's orders for not paying the dramatically increased taxes that Prince John imposed as punishment for the mockery, takes money from the poor box in the church which is the last straw for Friar Tuck who attacks him, he then arrests Friar Tuck for high treason. He then discovers Little John holding a knife to the back of Prince John's neck and attacks him, freeing the prince and resulting in the following battle against Robin Hood.ĭespite his supposed loyalty to Prince John, he is not above making fun of him when Prince John is not around, as the Sheriff is next seen singing a mocking song about Prince John that the villagers had made up. After Prince John unmasks Robin Hood and sentences to beheading, the Sheriff becomes suspicious when the prince suddenly orders Robin to be released. He loses anyway, thanks to Robin Hood's skill. When the "stork" shoots, he nudges the stork's bow, in an attempt to have him miss. First he has his vulture henchman, Nutsy, hide in the target, and the vulture adjusts the target so that the Sheriff gets a bulls-eye. Though the sheriff is apparently a decent archer, making it to the final round, he resorts to cheating to defeat the disguised Robin Hood. He even carries on a conversation with the "stork" about how Robin Hood did not attend, and brags that he could always see through the disguises. Once again, he is unaware of the fact that a stork archer is a disguised Robin Hood. The Sheriff is one of the participants in Prince John's archery tournament. The Sheriff even stoops so low as to take money from a blind beggar, while being completely oblivious to the fact that the beggar is Robin Hood in disguise. At Mother Rabbit's home, he takes the single farthing that was meant as a birthday present for Skippy. First, he takes them from Otto the blacksmith, by hitting Otto's leg until the coins that the dog hid in his cast come out, which causes obvious pain to Otto's broken leg. Later, he is shown traveling though the town for his daily tax collection. Despite his attempts, Robin Hood manages to escape by hiding in a tree. The Sheriff appears at the film's opening, sneaking up on Robin Hood and Little John as the two are swimming. The Sheriff commands a posse of archer wolves, and had authority over Trigger and Nutsy and unlike most Disney villains who are usually serious he's a cheerful character but has a short temper. In addition, he is always fooled by Robin Hood's disguises, despite his claims to the contrary. Despite his constant attempts to capture Robin Hood, he always fails. Because of this, he is hated by the people of Nottingham, who often derisively refer to him as "Bushel-britches," referring to the Sheriff's rather overweight physique. ![]() He is completely unsympathetic to the poverty of the town's people, using immoral ways to collect taxes. In contrast to Prince John, who is the mastermind behind the many plans to stop Robin Hood, the Sheriff is a more active antagonist making him possible to be the main antagonist, constantly fighting and attempting to capture Robin Hood. The Sheriff was charged to collect the taxes by Prince John. He was originally intended to be a goat but the director ordered him to be a wolf Carpenter stated "What did was to have a very realistic look at being an outlaw in the 13th century and I wanted to have that element as well as the occult and humor.The Sheriff is a large, obese gray wolf wearing a sheriff clothing with a gold star and speaks with a thick Texan accent. Writer Richard Carpenter later described Wolfshead as an influence on his own series, Robin of Sherwood. Howard Maxford, in his book Hammer Complete praised Wolfshead as a "brisk and entertaining variation on an over-familiar tale." Maxford added that "the film's only drawback is its rather abrupt ending." Christopher Robbie as Roger of Doncaster.Ciaran Madden as Lady Marian Fitzwalter.Dan Meaden as John Little of Cumberland.Kathleen Byron as Katherine of Locksley.So he enlists the help of the Abbott to have Robert made a Wolfshead: an outlaw whose head is worth that of a wolf's, dead or alive. Sir Roger's ulterior motive is that his intended bride Lady Marian Fitzwater has had feelings for Robert from childhood and this stands in the way of his marriage to her. When Sir Jeffrey's brother, Roger of Doncaster, learns that Robert of Loxley was not killed for his insolence, he determines to use the incident to have him arrested and his lands confiscated. ![]() Robert denies seeing the alleged poacher, and the fight, which ensues, is destined to seal his fate. ![]() Robert of Loxley, a simple farmer, is working his land when a fellow Saxon runs through their property attempting to escape Sir Jeffrey and the Royal Game Warden.
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