page_title: Ulysses S. Grant cultural depictions
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: Ulysses S. Grant cultural depictions / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: E. Alyn Warren in the public domain movie Abraham Lincoln (1930)
context_page_description: The following is a sample of character portrayals of Ulysses S. Grant in popular entertainment.
context_section_description: Grant is the third most popular American president to be portrayed in movies, films, or cinema, his character appearing in 35 movies. He is often portrayed as a drunkard, which is historically inaccurate. Portrayals include:
  The Birth of a Nation (1915), played by Donald Crisp
  E. Alyn Warren played Grant in
  Abraham Lincoln (1930)
  Secret Service (1931)
  Operator 13 (1934)
  Joseph Crehan played Grant in
  Union Pacific (1939)
  They Died with their Boots On (1941)
  The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
  Silver River (1948)
  Tennessee Johnson (1942), played by Harrison Greene
  From the Earth to the Moon (1958), played by Morris Ankrum
  How the West Was Won (1962), played by Harry Morgan
  The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), played by Jason Robards
  Wild Wild West (1999), played by Kevin Kline
  Jonah Hex (2010), played by Aidan Quinn
  Lincoln (2012), played by Jared Harris
  Field of Lost Shoes (2014), played by Tom Skerritt
caption: E. Alyn Warren as Ulysses S. Grant in D.W. Griffith's 1930 film Abraham Lincoln