User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/Canada
Appearance
Actor | Film/TV show | Year | Country | Type | Notes |
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Politics and government | |||||
Governors-General of New France | |||||
Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial | |||||
Bradley Barker | Wolfe and Montcalm | 1924 | USA | Silent short | |
Paul Savoie | Battle of the Brave | 2004 | Canada | Film | |
Governors-General of Canada and British North America | |||||
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | |||||
Charles Green | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2017 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond | |||||
Peter Gawthorne | The Iron Duke | 1934 | UK | Film | |
Andrea Esterhazy | Waterloo | 1970 | Italy/USSR | Film | |
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | |||||
Colin Fox | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Noel Burton | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Governors of Newfoundland | |||||
Sir Henry Maxse | |||||
Ben Aris | The Charge of the Light Brigade | 1968 | UK | Film | |
Intendants of New France | |||||
François Bigot | |||||
Vincent Perez | Battle of the Brave | 2004 | Canada | Film | |
Prime Ministers of Canada | |||||
Sir John A. Macdonald | |||||
Robert Christie | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Sir Robert Borden | |||||
Francis X. McCarthy | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Justin Trudeau | |||||
Joseph May | The Windsors | 2017 | UK | TV series | Comedy |
Members of Parliament from Québec | |||||
Henri Bourassa | |||||
Jean-François Blanchard | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Revolutionaries | |||||
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Brien: A leader of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. | |||||
Emmanuel Bilodeau | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal | |||||
Jean-Emery Gagnon | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Amable Daunais: A leader of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. | |||||
Stéphane Simard | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Joseph Duquet | |||||
Philippe Lambert | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Charles Hindelang | |||||
Robert Bouvier | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier | |||||
David Boutin | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Pierre-Rémi Narbonne: A leader of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. | |||||
Roc LaFortune | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
François Nicolas: A leader of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. | |||||
Pierre Lebeau | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Relatives and associates | |||||
Louisa Lambton, Countess of Durham: Second wife of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham. | |||||
Bibi Burton | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Henriette de Lorimier: Wife of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier. | |||||
Julie-Anne Richard | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Military | |||||
French-Canadian colonial army officers of the 18th century | |||||
Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre | |||||
Anthony Zerbe | George Washington | 1984 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner. |
Generals of World War I | |||||
Sir Arthur Currie | |||||
Glen Bowser | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Bruce Turner | 100 Days to Victory | 2018 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Other army officers of World War I | |||||
Talbot Mercer Papineau | |||||
Justin Trudeau | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Royal Canadian Air Force officers of World War II | |||||
Gordon Kidder | |||||
Robert Daws | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | |
Law and crime | |||||
Chief Justices of Nova Scotia | |||||
Sampson Salter Blowers | |||||
Charles Watts | You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
Other judges | |||||
Charles Dewey Day | |||||
Paul Mackan | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Lewis Thomas Drummond | |||||
Sylvain Landry | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Dominique Mondelet | |||||
Claude Lemieux | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and (Royal) North-West Mounted Police officers | |||||
James Morrow Walsh | |||||
Patrick St. Esprit | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
Criminologists | |||||
Karlene Faith | |||||
Merritt Wever | Charlie Says | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books The Family by Ed Sanders and The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten by Karlene Faith. |
Murderers and alleged murderers | |||||
Marie-Andrée Leclerc (1945–1984): Girlfriend and accomplice of Charles Sobhraj. | |||||
Helen Buday | Shadow of the Cobra | 1989 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
Jenna Coleman | The Serpent | 2021 | UK | TV series | |
Patrick J. Whelan | |||||
Patrick McFadden | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Murder victims and alleged victims | |||||
Laurent Carrière (died 1975): Murdered by Charles Sobhraj in Nepal with his girlfriend Connie Jo Bronzich, his sixth and seventh known victims. | |||||
Benjamin Braz | The Serpent | 2021 | UK | TV series | |
Murder witnesses and associates | |||||
Jules Dupont: Ex-boyfriend of Marie-Andrée Leclerc. | |||||
John Cubbidge | Shadow of the Cobra | 1989 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
James Gerard | The Serpent | 2021 | UK | TV series | |
Literature and thought | |||||
Writers | |||||
Will R. Bird | |||||
Pat Kiely | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
John McCrae | |||||
Arthur Holden | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Frederick George Scott | |||||
Michael Rudder | The Great War | 2007 | Canada | TV miniseries | Docudrama |
Journalists | |||||
Rhea Clyman | |||||
Beata Pózniak | Mr Jones | 2019 | Poland/Ukraine/UK | Film | |
Adam Thorn: Editor of the Montreal Herald in the 1830s. | |||||
Johni Keyworth | The Long Winter | 1999 | Canada | Film | |
Art and classical music | |||||
Artists | |||||
Emily Carr | |||||
Nicola Cavendish | Mentors, #3.8 "Work in Progress" | 2001 | Canada | TV episode | |
Science and medicine | |||||
Physicians | |||||
Norman Bethune | |||||
Donald Sutherland | Witness to Yesterday | 1976 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Lewis Yealland | |||||
John Neville | Regeneration | 1997 | UK/Canada | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Pat Barker. |
Medical scientists | |||||
Sir Frederick Banting | |||||
Richard Kiley | Kraft Television Theatre, #10.21 "The Discoverers" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
Matt Frewer | Mentors, #1.8 "A Transient, Shining Trouble" | 1998 | Canada | TV episode | |
Charles Best | |||||
William Shatner | Kraft Television Theatre, #10.21 "The Discoverers" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
Biologists | |||||
Reginald Ruggles Gates | |||||
Ian Thompson | The Velvet Glove, #2 "Married Love" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
Physicists | |||||
Sir C. S. Wright | |||||
Paul Rothery | The Last Place on Earth | 1985 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. |
Business and finance | |||||
Other businesspeople | |||||
Joseph W. Boyle | |||||
Robert Cavanah | Queen Marie of Romania | 2019 | Romania | Film | |
Sir Harry Oakes | |||||
Rod Steiger | Passion and Paradise | 1989 | Canada/UK/USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the non-fiction book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by James Leasor. |
Peter Banks | Any Human Heart | 2010 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by William Boyd. |
Entertainment | |||||
Actors | |||||
Mary Pickford | |||||
Charmion King | Witness to Yesterday | 1998 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Sport and leisure | |||||
Other sports figures | |||||
James Naismith | |||||
Joe Flaherty | Mentors, #2.6 "Nothing But Net" | 2000 | Canada | TV episode | |
Miscellaneous | |||||
Intelligence officers and spies | |||||
Sir William Stephenson | |||||
John Neville | Witness to Yesterday | 1998 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
Explorers | |||||
Médard des Groseilliers | |||||
Laird Cregar | Hudson's Bay | 1941 | USA | Film | |
Pierre-Esprit Radisson | |||||
Paul Muni | Hudson's Bay | 1941 | USA | Film |