Cultural depictions of Charles II of England
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Charles II of England has been portrayed many times in popular culture.
[edit] Literature
- Charles is a character in the novel The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat.
[edit] Film
Charles has been portrayed on screen by:
- Augustus Neville in the silent film Sweet Nell of Old Drury, based on the play by Paul Kester
- P.G. Ebbutt in the silent films King Charles (1913) and Old St. Paul's (1914), based on novels by Harrison Ainsworth
- Owen Moore in the silent film Mistress Nell (1915)
- Harry Southard in the silent film The Adventurer (1920)
- William Luff in the silent film The Glorious Adventure (1922)
- Lewis Gilbert in the silent film Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923)
- Dwight Wiman in the silent film Peter Stuyvesant (1924)
- Randle Ayrton in the silent film Nell Gwynne (1926), based on a novel by Joseph Shearing
- Cedric Hardwicke in Nell Gwyn (1934)
- Allan Jeayes in Colonel Blood (1934), telling the story of Thomas Blood
- Vincent Price in Hudson's Bay (1941)
- Dennis Arundell in Penn of Pennsylvania (1942), telling the story of William Penn
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Exile (1947), based on a novel by Cosmo Hamilton
- George Sanders in Forever Amber (1947), based on the novel by Kathleen Winsor, and The King's Thief (1955)
- Anthony Hulme in the comedy Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
- Curt Bois in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini
- Lester Matthews in Lorna Doone, based on the novel by R. D. Blackmore
- Gabriele Antonini in the Italian film D'Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri (1963), about the Three Musketeers
- Peter Jones in the comedy Father Came Too! (1963)
- Mark Burns in The Wicked Lady (1983)
- Simon Callow in England, My England (1995), the story of the composer Henry Purcell
- Sam Neill in Restoration (1995)
- Rupert Everett in Stage Beauty (2004)
- John Malkovich in The Libertine (2004), based on the play by Stephen Jeffreys
[edit] Television
On television, Charles has been portrayed by:
- Barry K. Barnes in the BBC TV drama Thank You, Mr. Pepys (1938)
- David Cargill in the BBC TV drama series The Children of the New Forest (1964)
- James Villiers in the BBC TV series The First Churchills (1969)
- Simon Treves in the BBC TV drama series By the Sword Divided (1983)
- Michael York in the British TV drama The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
- Michael Maloney in the BBC TV drama series Children of the New Forest (1998)
- Rufus Sewell in the BBC TV miniseries Charles II: The Power & the Passion (2003)
- Nathaniel Parker in the BBC drama The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003)
- Julian Wadham in the BBC drama documentary Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (2004)
- Michael Boisvert in the American TV series Young Blades (2005)
- Richard Druitt in the British TV drama documentary True Caribbean Pirates (2006)
