Henry James Hayter was a British actor of television and film. He is best remembered for his roles as Friar Tuck in the film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) and as Samuel Pickwick in the film The Pickwick Papers (1952), the latter earning him a BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nomination.
Hayter in 1975
Friar Tuck is one of the Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood.
Figure of Friar Tuck, Scott Monument, Edinburgh, by George Clark Stanton
Friar Tuck meets the disguised Richard the Lionheart in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.