Comments on: Which Historical Figure Most Frequently Seen on Silver Screen?

By: Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:39:48 +0000

If Teddy had been in that episode of Star Trek, those evil aliens would’ve had their asses kicked in the first five minutes, and the other twenty five, the good guys would have been eating them around the campfire while Teddy told stories and whittled a tree.
And I don’t remember the episode of the Twilight Zone, but somewhere in there Teddy would have kicked somebodys ass, and a tree would have been whittled.

By: Draybee

Draybee — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:12:59 +0000

Or The Twilight Zone?

By: The Livewire

The Livewire — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:44:35 +0000

ok kevin,

but has Teddy R been on Star Trek? huh? huh? huh?

By: kevin barry

kevin barry — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:52:15 +0000

I’ve been led to believe that Abe Lincoln is the second most portrayed American president on film, and that Teddy Roosevelt was the most. I recall an entire three hour radio show devoted to this very question, and amazingly, at the end of the night Teddy beat out Abe.
Thought you might like to know.

By: Ignatius

Ignatius — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:09:44 +0000

I wonder which American figure is most filmed. Lincoln? Franklin? Valley Girl?

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:24:33 +0000

OK, I’m going to guess Hitler. From The Producers to Zelig to Expelled, he seems to come up a lot. I thought Benjamin Franklin, too, because he was on a couple of episodes of Bewitched which must bring up his numbers.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:50:00 +0000

#12 – AE, now THAT was a rimshot!!

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Draybee

Draybee — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:23:40 +0000

Henry Fonda played Wyatt Earp (nee Earo) in John Ford’s “My Darling Clementine”.

He also played Abe Lincoln in “Young Mr. Lincoln”, a character that at first popped into my mind with this topic, but I don’t think he’s the most portrayed.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:22:15 +0000

He invented the Earoplane

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:45:50 +0000

#9 – Who is Wyatt Earo?

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Bilwick1

Bilwick1 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:58:51 +0000

Don’t have the count but Wyatt Earo was in a lot of movies. Not just movies about him, (TOMBSTONE, GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL and–obviously–WYATT EARP, to name a few) but where he appeared as asupporting character (MASTERSON OF KANSAS, WINCHESTER ’73, et al).

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:45:12 +0000

What more proof do you need that Jesus is Lord of the Universe? Wouldn’t you put yourself in as many movies as possible?

By: Jeb

Jeb — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:16:44 +0000

Jesus wins again!

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:44:02 +0000

Draybee, I just typed the same thing before seeing yours Also in the Life of Brian, right? I don’t think He was in the South Park movie.

By: Draybee

Draybee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:04:05 +0000

Don’t forget the back of his head in “Ben Hur”.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:49:09 +0000

Oh, and I forget, was Jesus in Southpark, bigger longer and uncut?

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:45:25 +0000

Lets see, just counting major motion pictures there’s:

Jesus of Nazareth,
The Nativity Story, which I just watched for Christmas, although Jesus, admittedly has a very small role.
The Passion of the Christ
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Godspell
King of Kings
The Last Temptation of Christ

and a bunch Ive never even heard of:

The Gospel According to St Matthew
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
The Messiah
Jesus
The Miracle Maker

And Im sure theres more.

Moses might be up there too, with The 10 Commandments, Prince of Egypt and I’m sure many others.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:31:53 +0000

Louise beat me to it.

By: Louise B

Louise B — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:43:18 +0000

Me, I would pick Jesus as the historical figure most often on the screen.

By: Draybee

Draybee — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:21:14 +0000

I’m going with Henry VIII, to which I can add two more portrayals, both by Charles Laughton; The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and Young Bess (1953). That last film adds Jean Simmons to the list of Elizabeth I portrayals.

Upon further thought, there was also last year’s “The Other Boleyn Girl” with the fetching Eric Bana as Henry. Add to that Shakespeare’s play about the monarch, which I’m sure has been filmed a couple of times…

Hang on…

A quick IMDb search shows no less than 16 titles with “Henry VIII” in them.

I rest my case.