Cultural depictions of George V

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Portrait of George V at Delhi by Christopher Clark, 1915. He wears the uniform of the 18th King George's Own Lancers.

George V has been portrayed on screen by:

Derek Erskine in the 1925 silent film The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Carleton Hobbs in the 1965 film A King's Story
Michael Osborne in the 1975 ATV drama series Edward the Seventh
Marius Goring in the 1978 Thames Television series Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Keith Varnier in the 1978 LWT drama series Lillie
Rene Aranda in the 1980 film The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Terence Brook in the 1981 drama series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Guy Deghy in the 1981 Southern Television drama series Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Andrew Gilmour in the 1985 Australian miniseries A Thousand Skies
David Ravenswood in the 1990 Australian TV miniseries The Great Air Race
John Warner in the 1991 RTÉ TV drama The Treaty
David Troughton in the 1999 BBC TV drama All the King's Men
Rupert Frazer in the 2002 TV miniseries Shackleton
Alan Bates in the 2002 Carlton Television drama Bertie and Elizabeth
Tom Hollander in the 2003 BBC miniseries The Lost Prince and in the 2021 film The King's Man
Clifford Rose in the 2005 TV drama Wallis & Edward
Julian Wadham in the 2007 TV drama My Boy Jack
Michael Gambon in the 2010 film The King's Speech
James Fox in the 2011 film W.E.
Guy Williams in the 2013 Christmas episode of Downton Abbey
Simon Jones in the 2019 film Downton Abbey
Richard Dillane in the 2022 fifth season of The Crown

George V

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1910–1936)

Family

Mary of Teck (wife)
Edward VIII (son)
George VI (son)
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (daughter)
Henry, Duke of Gloucester (son)
George, Duke of Kent (son)
Prince John (son)
Edward VII (father)
Alexandra of Denmark (mother)
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (brother)
Louise, Princess Royal (sister)
Princess Victoria (sister)
Maud, Queen of Norway (sister)
Prince Alexander John of Wales (brother)
Descendants
House of Windsor

Events

Depictions

Radio addresses	Royal Christmas Message Royal address to the nation
Film and television	Edward the Seventh (1975) Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) The Treaty (1991) All the King's Men (1999) Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) The Lost Prince (2003) Wallis & Edward (2005) The King's Speech (2010) W.E. (2011) Downton Abbey (2019) The King's Man (2020)
Documentaries	With Our King and Queen Through India (1912) King George and Queen Mary (2012)
Statues and memorials	King George V Memorial Statue at Westminster King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks
Books and poems	The King's Pilgrimage (1922) The Faraway Drums (1981)
Stamps	Admirals Postal Union Congress £1 stamp British Empire Exhibition postage stamps King George V Seahorses

Namesakes

← Edward VII
Edward VIII →

v t e Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs
Kingdom of the English 886–1066	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Æthelflæd Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious¹ Edmund the Magnificent¹ Eadred¹ Eadwig the Fair¹ Edgar the Peaceable¹ Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut¹ Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling
Kingdom of England 1066–1649	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II² Henry the Young King Richard I John² Henry III² Edward I² Edward II² Edward III² Richard II² Henry IV² Henry V² Henry VI² Edward IV² Edward V² Richard III² Henry VII² Henry VIII² Edward VI² Jane² Mary I² with Philip² Elizabeth I ² James I³ Charles I³
Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–1659	Oliver Cromwell⁴ Richard Cromwell⁴
Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ William III and Mary II³ Anne³
Kingdom of Scotland 843–1707 (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI ⁵ Charles I⁵ Charles II⁵ James VII⁵ Mary II⁵ William III⁵ Anne⁵
British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II Charles III
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.