Cultural depictions of King George VI

George VI of the United Kingdom appears in several items of popular culture.

Film, television and radio

George has been portrayed by:

• Andrew Ray in the 1974 LWT adaptation of Royce Ryton's play Crown Matrimonial, and in the 1978 Thames Television mini-series Edward & Mrs. Simpson
• Lyndon Brook in the 1979 BBC TV drama Churchill and the Generals
• Owen Holder in the 1986 TV drama series Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
• James Wilby in the 2002 Carlton Television drama Bertie and Elizabeth
• Anthony Andrews in the 2003 BBC TV series Cambridge Spies
• Mick Rose in the 2004 TV drama Ike: Countdown to D-Day
• Harry Enfield in the 2004 spoof Churchill: The Hollywood Years
• Bill Champion in the 2005 film Wallis and Edward
• Iain Glen in the 2009 TV drama Into the Storm
• Alex Jennings in the 2009 radio play A King's Speech
• Colin Firth, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor^[1] in the 2010 film The King's Speech.^[2] The film also won Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards.^[1]

Novels

George is a significant character in Michael Dobbs' 2003 novel Winston's War, and Len Deighton's alternate history novel SS-GB, in which he is imprisoned, and killed, during a Nazi occupation of Britain.

Comics

In Secret Origins #7 (November, 1986), George and Elizabeth are menaced by the Phantom of the Fair during their visit to New York in 1940. George fights with a robot minion of the Phantom to save his wife and himself, and is assisted by Sandman and the Crimson Avenger in the first battle between superheroes.

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