Portrayal in Film and Television
Churchill has been portrayed in film and television on more than 100 occasions. Portrayals of Churchill include Dudley Field Malone (An American in Paris, 1951); Peter Sellers (The Man Who Never Was, 1956); Richard Burton (Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years, 1961); Simon Ward ("Young Winston", 1972); Warren Clarke (Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, 1974); Wensley Pithey (Edward and Mrs Simpson, 1978); William Hootkins (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, 1981); Robert Hardy (War and Remembrance, 1989); Timothy West (Hiroshima TV film 1990); Albert Finney ("The Gathering Storm" 2002); Ian Mune ("Ike: Countdown to D-Day", 2004); Rod Taylor (Inglourious Basterds, 2009); Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm, 2009); Ian McNeice (Doctor Who "Victory of the Daleks"; "The Pandorica Opens"; "The Wedding of River Song" in 2010 and 2011); Timothy Spall (The King's Speech, 2010).;
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