Presidents on the Screen

Joseph Kilgour in Washington Under the American Flag (1909), Washington Under the British Flag (1909), The Battle Cry of Peace (1915), and The Dawn of Freedom (1915)


William Berry in The Spirit of '76 (1917)

Duke R. Lee in In the Days of Daniel Boone (1923)

Arthur Dewey in America (1924)

George Nash in Alexander Hamilton (1924) and Yorktown (1924)

Francis X. Bushman in The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927)


Alan Dinehart in The Road is Open Again (1933)

Robert Warwick in Give Me Liberty (1936)


Montagu Love in Sons of Liberty (1939)


Frank Windsor in Revolution (1985)

Jeff Daniels in The Crossing (2000)

Terry Layman in The Patriot (2000)


Kelsey Grammer in Benedict Arnold: A Game of Honor (2003)


David Morse in John Adams (2008)

William Daniels in 1776 (1972)


Pat Hingle in Independence (1976)

Paul Giamatti in John Adams (2008)

Paul Giamatti won a Golden Globe for best actor for his role in John Adams.

Ken Howard in 1776 (1972) and Independence (1976)

Nick Nolte in Jefferson in Paris (1995)


Stephan Dillane in John Adams (2008)

Burgess Meredith in Magnificent Doll (1946)


Ken Kercheval in The Adams Chronicles (1972)

Morgan Wallace in Alexander Hamilton (1931)

Charles Waldron in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

Grant Mitchell in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

Anthony Hopkins in Amistad (1997)

Anthony Hopkins received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor for his role in Amistad.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach in John Adams (2008)

Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953) and The Buccaneer (1958)


Basil Ruysdael in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

G.D. Spradlin in Housten: The Legend of Texas (1986)

Dave McArdle in Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, & The Presidency (2008)

Nigel Hawthorne in Amistad (1997)

James Seay in Brave Warrior (1952)


Wolfgang Greese in Tecumseh (1972)

David Clennon in Tecumseh (1994)

Edwin Stanley in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

Ian Wolfe in California (1946)

Addison Richards in The Oregon Trail (1959)

Allan Cavan in Rebellion (1936)

James Gammon in One Man's Hero (1999)

Millard Vincent in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

Porter Hall in The Great Moment (1944)

Peter Carlisle in Edward the Seventh (1975)

James Handy in Deterrence (1999)

Joseph Henabery in The Birth of a Nation (1915)

J. Herbert Frank in In the Days of the Buffalo Bill (1922)

George A. Billings Sr. in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)

Walter Huston in Abraham Lincoln (1930)


Frank McGlynn in Are We Civilized? (1934), The Littlest Rebel (1935), and The Plainsman (1936)

John Carradine in Of Human Hearts (1938)


Henry Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)


Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) and How the West was Won (1957)

Raymond Massey received an Academy Award nomination for best actor for his role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois.

Austin Green in The Story of Mankind (1957)

John Anderson in The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)


Hal Holbrook in North and South (1985) and North and South: Book II (1986)


F. Murray Abraham in Dream West (1986)

Robert V. Barron in Bill & Ted's Excellent Advernture (1989)


Jason Robards in The Perfect Tribute (1991)


Lance Henrikson in The Day Lincoln was Shot (1998)


Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled (2000)

Tim Willett in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Gerald Bestrom in The Conspirator (2010)

Bill Oberst, Jr. in Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies (2012)


Benjamin Walker in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)


Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

Daniel Day-Lewis won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for best actor for his role in Lincoln.

Kevin Sorbo in FDR: American Badass! (2012)


Tom Amandes in Saving Lincoln (2013)

Van Heflin in Tenessee Johnson (1942)


Dennis Clark in The Conspirator (2010)

Donald Crisp in The Birth of a Nation (1915)


Guy Oliver in Only the Brave (1930)

Joseph Crehan in They Died With Their Boots On (1941)


Stan Jones in The Horse Soldiers (1959)


Harry Morgan in How the West Was Won (1962)


Norman Burton in Sandburg's Lincoln (1974)

Jason Robards in The Legend of the Lone Rangers (1981)


Kevin Kline in Wild, Wild West (1999)


Jared Harris in Lincoln (2012)

John Dilson in Buffalo Bill (1944)

Francis Sayles in The Night Riders (1939)

Emmett Corrigan in Silver Dollar (1932)

Stuart Holmes in The Monroe Doctrine (1939) and The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

Pat McCormick in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

Roy Gordon in Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

Brian Keith in Rough Riders (1997)

E. J. Ratcliffe in The Fighting Roosevelts (1919), Sundown (1924), and I Loved a Woman (1933)

Frank Hooper in The Rough Riders (1927)

Sidney Blackmer in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

John Alexander in Fancy Pants (1950)


Brian Keith in The Wind and the Lion (1975)


William Phipps in Eleanor and Franklin (1976)

Tom Berenger in Rough Riders (1997)


Robin Williams in Night at the Museum (2006) and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)


Ed Metzger in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Walter Massey in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Alexander Knox in Wilson (1944)
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