Cultural depictions of George II of Great Britain

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There are several extant statues of the king: in

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

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 VI ² Edward IV² Edward V ² 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 Cromwell ⁴
Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ Mary II ³ 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 II ⁵ 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.