Cultural depictions of George II of Great Britain

There are several extant statues of the king: in Golden Square, Soho, London; at Royal Square, St. Helier, Jersey; and at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London.

On screen, King George II of Great Britain has been portrayed by:

  • Alexander Ekert in the 1921 German silent film Exzellenz Unterrock, based on a novel by Adolf Paul
  • Olaf Hytten in the 1936 film The Last of the Mohicans
  • Martin Miller in the 1948 film Bonnie Prince Charlie
  • Ivan Triesault in the 1951 film Dick Turpin's Ride
  • Arthur Young in the 1954 biopic John Wesley
  • Mathias Wieman in the 1957 film Robinson soll nicht sterben (The Girl and the Legend)
  • Richard Harris in the 1989 film King of the Wind
  • Clive Swift in the 1999 BBC TV drama series Aristocrats
  • Richard Griffiths in the 2011 adventure film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs
Kingdom of the
English
886–1066
Kingdom of
England
1066–1649Commonwealth of
England, Scotland and Ireland
1653–1659Kingdom of
England
1660–1707Kingdom of
Scotland
843–1707 (traditional)British monarchs after
the Acts of Union 1707
1Overlord of Britain. 2Also ruler of Ireland. 3Also ruler of Scotland and Ireland. 4Lord Protector.
5Also ruler of England and Ireland. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.