Cultural depictions of George V explained

George V has been portrayed on screen by:

• Derek Erskine in the 1925 silent film The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
• Carleton Hobbs in the 1965 film A King's Story
• Michael Osborne in the 1975 ATV drama series Edward the Seventh
• Marius Goring in the 1978 Thames Television series Edward & Mrs. Simpson
• Keith Varnier in the 1978 LWT drama series Lillie
• Rene Aranda in the 1980 film The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
• Terence Brook in the 1981 drama series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
• Guy Deghy in the 1981 Southern Television drama series
• Andrew Gilmour in the 1985 Australian miniseries A Thousand Skies
• David Ravenswood in the 1990 Australian TV miniseries The Great Air Race
• John Warner in the 1991 RTÉ TV drama The Treaty
• David Troughton in the 1999 BBC TV drama All the King's Men
• Rupert Frazer in the 2002 TV miniseries Shackleton
• Alan Bates in the 2002 Carlton Television drama Bertie and Elizabeth
• Tom Hollander in the 2003 BBC miniseries The Lost Prince and in the 2021 film The King's Man
• Clifford Rose in the 2005 TV drama Wallis & Edward
• Julian Wadham in the 2007 TV drama My Boy Jack
• Michael Gambon in the 2010 film The King's Speech^[1]
• James Fox in the 2011 film W.E.
• Guy Williams in the 2013 Christmas episode of Downton Abbey
• Simon Jones in the 2019 film Downton Abbey
• Richard Dillane in the 2022 fifth season of The Crown

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bradshaw . Peter . Michael Gambon graced cinema and made every cameo a star turn . The Guardian . 26 November 2024 . 28 September 2023.