title: Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant
text: # Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant
  
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  The following is a sample of character portrayals of Ulysses S. Grant in popular entertainment.
  
  ## Film
  
  Grant is the third most popular American president to be portrayed in movies, films, or cinema, his character appearing in 35 movies. He is often portrayed as a drunkard, which is historically inaccurate. Portrayals include:
  
  * The Birth of a Nation (1915), played by Donald Crisp
  * E. Alyn Warren played Grant in
     * Abraham Lincoln (1930)
     * Secret Service (1931)
     * Operator 13 (1934)
  * Joseph Crehan played Grant in
     * Union Pacific (1939)
     * They Died with their Boots On (1941)
     * The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
     * Silver River (1948)
  * Tennessee Johnson (1942), played by Harrison Greene
  * From the Earth to the Moon (1958), played by Morris Ankrum
  * How the West Was Won (1962), played by Harry Morgan
  * The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), played by Jason Robards
  * Wild Wild West (1999), played by Kevin Kline
  * Jonah Hex (2010), played by Aidan Quinn
  * Lincoln (2012), played by Jared Harris
  * Field of Lost Shoes (2014), played by Tom Skerritt
  
  ## Television
  
  * Wagon Train, "The Colter Craven Story", aired November 23, 1960, portrayed by Paul Birch
  * The Wild Wild West, aired on CBS, 1965–1969, portrayed by Roy Engel
  * Branded, "The Assassins: Part One", aired March 27, 1966, portrayed by William Bryant "The Assassins: Part Two", aired April 3, 1966, portrayed by William Bryant
  * Lincoln, 1974, portrayed by Norman Burton
  * The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, aired on NBC, 1978, in its episode 2-20 "The Stranger" shows a young Captain Grant, portrayed by Mark Slade.
  * The Blue and the Gray, aired on CBS, 1982, portrayed by Rip Torn
  * North and South, 1985-1986/1994, portrayed by Mark Moses, Anthony Zerbe and Rutherford Cravens
  * Lincoln, 1988, portrayed by James Gammon
  * The Civil War, aired on PBS, 1990, voiced by Jason Robards
  * Lincoln, aired on PBS, 1992, portrayed by Rod Steiger
  * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,
  * The Day Lincoln Was Shot, aired on TNT, 1998, portrayed by John Ashton.
  * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, aired on HBO, 2007, portrayed by Senator Fred Thompson.
  * Sherman's March, aired on the History Channel, 2007, portrayed by Harry Bulkeley
  * Hell on Wheels, aired on AMC, 2013-2016, portrayed by Victor Slezak
  * Timeless, "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln", aired October 10, 2016, portrayed by Terry Lewis
  * Legends of Tomorrow, "Abominations", aired November 3, 2016, portrayed by John Churchill
  * Grant, a History Channel miniseries which aired from May 25-27, 2020, portrayed by Justin Salinger. In the History Channel miniseries Abraham Lincoln which aired February 20-22, 2022, Salinger reprised his portrayal of Grant in the third episode, entitled "Saving the Union."
  