In Popular Media
Philip Sheridan has been portrayed in Hollywood movies and television over the years:
- Wide Open Spaces (1924), portrayed by actor Billy Engle.
- In Old Chicago (1937), portrayed by Sidney Blackmer.
- Santa Fe Trail (1940), portrayed by David Bruce.
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941), portrayed by John Litel. The movie inaccurately portrays Sheridan as a colonel and the commandant of the U.S. Military Academy before the start of the Civil War.
- Rio Grande (1950), portrayed by J. Carrol Naish.
- The Rifleman (1958), featured in an episode "The Sheridan Story" where he helps a wounded Confederate veteran on Lucas McCain's ranch. It is revealed that McCain, played by Chuck Connors, served under Sheridan during the war.
In the book series The Brotherhood of War, the Parker family males are named after Philip Sheridan. The two most prominent were Philip Sheridan Parker III and Philip Sheridan Parker IV. The latter's great-great-grandfather supposedly fought with General Sheridan in the Indian Wars as a Master Sergeant in the 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
J. Michael Straczynski has stated that the character of Captain John Sheridan in the Babylon 5 television series was intended to be a direct descendant of General Sheridan.
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