Friar Tuck royal writs in 1417 refer to Robert Stafford, a Sussex chaplain who had assumed the alias of Frere Tuk. This "Friar Tuck" was still at large in 1429. These are the earliest surviving references to a character by that name. In the 1891 romantic opera "Ivanhoe" by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Julian Sturgis, Friar Tuck was played by Avon Saxon. In the film "Robin Hood" (1922) he was portrayed by Willard Louis. In the film, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) the character Friar Tuck was played by actor Eugene Pallette as a fat individual fond of food but also
Friar Tuck Scott's "Robin Hood" (2010). In the film, his hobby is beekeeping, which he uses to make mead and as a weapon against the French. Data impersonates Friar Tuck in the episode "Qpid" (1991) from Gene Roddenberry's "" series (4th season, episode 20). He was portrayed by Michael P. Northey in the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and its spin-off "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland". He was portrayed by Trevor Cooper in the "Doctor Who" Series 8 episode, "Robot of Sherwood". In the "VeggieTales" show, "Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men", Archibald Asparagus portrays a version of him named