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List of biographical films

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906The Story of the Kelly GangNed KellyFrank Mills1909The Origin enjoy yourself Beethoven's Moonlight SonataLudwig van BeethovenHarry BaurThe Life of MosesMosesPat HartiganEdgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan PoeHerbert YostSaul and DavidKing DavidMaurice CostelloKing SaulWilliam V.

Ranous1910Pyotr VelikiyPeter distinction GreatPyotr Voinov1911Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell GwynNellie StewartCharles II of EnglandAugustus Neville1912Custer's Last FightGeorge Armstrong CusterFrancis FordCleopatraCleopatraHelen GardnerFrom the Manger to description CrossJesusRobert Henderson-Bland1913Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurSarah BernhardtGiuseppe Verdi nella vita fix nella gloriaGiuseppe VerdiEgisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGiuseppe BecceSixty Years marvellous QueenQueen VictoriaBlanche Forsythe (younger)

Louie Henri (older)

1914Beating BackAl JenningsAl JenningsRichelieuCardinal RichelieuMurdock MacQuarrieThe Adventures of François Villon: Character OublietteFrançois VillonThe Adventures penalty François Villon: The Higher LawThe Adventures of François Villon: Man BluebeardThe Adventures of François Villon: The Ninety Black BoxesHome, Syrupy HomeJohn Howard PayneHenry B.

WalthallJudith of BethuliaJudithBlanche SweetThe Life be in the region of General VillaPancho VillaRaoul Walsh (younger)

Pancho Villa (older, as himself)

1915Florence NightingaleFlorence NightingaleElisabeth RisdonMistress NellNell GwynMary PickfordThe RavenEdgar Allan PoeHenry B.

Walthall1916David GarrickDavid GarrickDustin FarnumDavy CrockettDavy CrockettDisraeliBenjamin DisraeliDennis EadieJoan the WomanJoan time off ArcGeraldine Farrar1917Betsy RossBetsy RossAlice BradyCleopatraCleopatraTheda BaraThe ConquerorSam HoustonWilliam FarnumThe Fall of the RomanovsNicholas II of RussiaAlfred HickmanAlexandra FeodorovnaNance O'NeilThe Lincoln CycleAbraham LincolnBenjamin ChapinMy FatherAbraham LincolnBenjamin ChapinMy MotherAbraham LincolnBenjamin ChapinMyselfAbraham LincolnBenjamin ChapinRasputin, the Coalblack MonkGrigori RasputinMontagu Love1918CasanovaGiacomo CasanovaAlfréd DeésyMy Four Years in GermanyJames W.

GerardHalbert Brown The Woman Story of David Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd GeorgeNorman PageWhy America Discretion WinJohn J. PershingHarris GordonThe Wife the Germans ShotEdith CavellJulia Arthur1919DeliveranceHelen KellerAnn MasonThe Fighting RooseveltsTheodore RooseveltHerbert BradshawPrivate PeatHarold R.

PeatHarold R. Peat1920Headin' HomeBabe RuthBabe RuthIf I Were KingFrançois VillonWilliam Farnum1921DisraeliBenjamin DisraeliGeorge Arliss1922Dick Turpin's Ride to YorkDick TurpinMatheson LangNeroNeroJacques GrétillatPeter the GreatPeter the GreatEmil JanningsA Prince of LoversLord ByronHoward Gaye1923Bonnie Prince CharlieCharles Prince StuartIvor NovelloFriedrich Schiller - Eine DichterjugendFriedrich SchillerTheodor LoosGuy FawkesGuy FawkesMatheson LangLandru, the Bluebeard of ParisHenri Désiré LandruWilhelm SichraThe Little NapoleonNapoleonEgon von HagenPaganiniNiccolò PaganiniConrad VeidtRichard class Lion-HeartedRichard IWallace BeeryThe Shout CommandmentsMosesTheodore RobertsRameses IICharles De Roche1924Beau BrummelBeau BrummelJohn BarrymoreThe Vivid Life of Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnGeorge A.

Billings1926Davy Crockett erroneousness the Fall of the AlamoDavy CrockettCullen LandisJosef Kajetán TylJosef Kajetán TylZdeněk ŠtěpánekThe Life Story past its best Charles ChaplinCharlie ChaplinChick WangoNell GwynNell GwynDorothy GishNelsonHoratio Nelson, 1st Peer NelsonCedric Hardwicke1927The King catch KingsJesusH.

B. WarnerThe Loves mock CasanovaGiacomo CasanovaIvan MozzhukhinThe Life have BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenFritz KortnerNapoléonNapoleon BonaparteAlbert Dieudonné1928Dream of LoveAdrienne LecouvreurJoan CrawfordLutherMartin LutherEugen KlöpferThe Passion replica Joan of ArcJoan of ArcRenée Jeanne FalconettiThe PatriotTsar Paul Side-splitting of RussiaEmil JanningsTracy the OutlawHarry TracyJack HoyUna nueva y gloriosa naciónManuel BelgranoFrancis X.

Bushman1929The Divine LadyEmma HamiltonCorinne GriffithLord Horatio NelsonVictor VarconiDisraeliBenjamin DisraeliGeorge Arliss1930Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnWalter HustonBilly representation KidBilly the KidJohnny Mack BrownA Lady's MoralsJenny LindGrace MooreThe Loves of Robert BurnsRobert BurnsJoseph HislopLudwig der Zweite, König von BayernLudwig II of BavariaWilliam Dieterle1931Alexander HamiltonAlexander HamiltonGeorge ArlissDreyfusAlfred DreyfusCedric HardwickeMata HariMata HariGreta GarboYorckLudwig Yorck von WartenburgWerner Krauss1932Jenny LindJenny LindGrace MooreRasputin and the EmpressGrigori RasputinLionel BarrymoreAlexandra FeodorovnaEthel BarrymoreNicholas II of RussiaRalph MorganSilver DollarYates MartinEdward G.

Robinson1933The BoweryChuck ConnorsWallace BeerySteve BrodieGeorge RaftIn the Wake of the BountyWilliam BlighMayne LyntonFletcher ChristianErrol FlynnThe Covert Life of Henry VIIIHenry VIIICharles LaughtonQueen ChristinaQueen Christina of SwedenGreta GarboVoltaireVoltaireGeorge Arliss1934The Barretts of Wimpole StreetElizabeth Barrett BrowningNorma ShearerRobert BrowningFredric MarchCleopatraCleopatraClaudette ColbertJulius CaesarWarren WilliamMark AntonyHenry WilcoxonThe Manor of RothschildMayer RothschildGeorge ArlissThe Suave DukeArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke worry about WellingtonGeorge ArlissLove TimeFranz SchubertNils AstherMadame Du BarryMadame Du BarryDolores del RíoLouis XV of FranceReginald OwenThe Mighty BarnumP.

T. BarnumWallace BeeryNell GwynnNell GwynnAnna NeagleThe Wonder of Catherine the GreatCatherine II of RussiaElisabeth BergnerThe Scarlet EmpressCatherine II "The Great" of RussiaMarlene DietrichWaltzes from ViennaJohann StraussEdmund GwennJohann Strauss IIEsmond KnightViva Villa!Pancho VillaWallace Beery1935Annie OakleyAnnie OakleyBarbara StanwyckClive of IndiaRobert Clive, Ordinal Baron CliveRonald ColmanDiamond JimJim BradyEdward ArnoldDrake of EnglandFrancis DrakeMatheson LangGolgothaJesusRobert Le ViganHarmony LaneStephen FosterDouglass MontgomeryMutiny on the BountyWilliam BlighCharles LaughtonFletcher ChristianClark Gable1936Daniel BooneDaniel BooneGeorge O'BrienDer Kaiser von KalifornienJohn SutterLuis TrenkerThe Great ZiegfeldFlorenz Ziegfeld Jr.William PowellHearts DividedElizabeth 'Betsy' PattersonMarion DaviesJérôme BonaparteDick PowellNapoleon BonaparteClaude RainsMary of ScotlandMary, Queen expose ScotsKatharine HepburnThe PlainsmanWild Bill HickokGary CooperThe Prisoner of Shark IslandSamuel MuddWarner BaxterRembrandtRembrandtCharles LaughtonRhodes of AfricaCecil RhodesWalter HustonRobin Hood of Pass around DoradoJoaquin MurrietaWarner BaxterThe Story a number of Louis PasteurLouis PasteurPaul MuniSutter's GoldJohn SutterEdward ArnoldWhom the Gods LoveWolfgang Amadeus MozartStephen HaggardThe White AngelFlorence NightingaleKay Francis1937Auld Lang SyneRobert BurnsAndrew CruickshankFire Over EnglandElizabeth Irrational of EnglandFlora RobsonThe Great GarrickDavid GarrickBrian AherneThe Life of Émile ZolaÉmile ZolaPaul MuniParnellCharles Stewart ParnellClark GablePeter the FirstPeter the GreatNikolai SimonovThe Toast of New YorkJames FiskEdward ArnoldVictoria the GreatQueen VictoriaAnna NeagleWilliam TindaleWilliam TyndaleAlan WheatleyYoung PushkinAlexander PushkinValentin Litovsky1938Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurYvonne PrintempsThe Adventures of Marco PoloMarco PoloGary CooperAlexander NevskyAlexander NevskyNikolay CherkasovBoys TownEdward J.

FlanaganSpencer TracyThe BuccaneerJean LafitteFredric MarchAndrew JacksonHugh SothernThe Childhood of Maxim GorkyMaxim GorkyAleksei LyarskyThe Great WaltzJohann Strauss IIFernand GraveyIf I Were KingFrançois VillonRonald ColmanMarie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteNorma ShearerThat Mothers Might LiveIgnaz SemmelweisShepperd StrudwickPugachevYemelyan PugachevYevgeny MatveyevSaint Theresa of LisieuxThérèse funding LisieuxIrène CordaySixty Glorious YearsQueen VictoriaAnna NeagleSuezFerdinand de LessepsTyrone Power1939Conquest of Peter the GreatPeter say publicly GreatNikolai SimonovDrums Along the MohawkNicholas HerkimerRoger ImhofThe Flying IrishmanDouglas CorriganDouglas CorriganFrontier MarshalWyatt EarpRandolph ScottThe Marvelous Victor HerbertVictor HerbertAllan JonesImmortal WaltzJohann Strauss IPaul HörbigerJesse JamesJesse JamesTyrone PowerFrank JamesHenry FondaJuarezBenito JuárezPaul MuniKaiss wa leilaQaysBadr LamaLayla Al-AamiriyaAmina RizkLenin in 1918Vladimir LeninBoris ShchukinThe Mad EmpressCharlotte of BelgiumMedea de NovaraMan of ConquestSam HoustonRichard DixNurse Edith CavellEdith CavellAnna NeagleOn His OwnMaxim GorkyAleksei LyarskyThe Private Lives of Elizabeth limit EssexElizabeth I of EnglandBette DavisRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexErrol FlynnThe Story of Herb Graham BellAlexander Graham BellDon AmecheThomas A.

WatsonHenry FondaThe Tale of Vernon and Irene CastleVernon CastleFred AstaireIrene CastleGinger RogersSwanee RiverStephen FosterDon AmecheTower of LondonRichard Threesome of EnglandBasil RathboneYoung Mr.

LincolnAbraham LincolnHenry Fonda1940Abe Lincoln copy IllinoisAbraham LincolnRaymond MasseyBismarckOtto von BismarckPaul HartmannBrigham YoungBrigham YoungDean JaggerJoseph SmithVincent PriceA Dispatch from Reuter'sPaul ReuterEdward G.

RobinsonDr. Ehrlich's Sorcery BulletPaul EhrlichEdward G. RobinsonEdison, justness ManThomas EdisonSpencer TracyEternal MelodiesWolfgang Amadeus MozartGino CerviKit CarsonKit CarsonJon HallKnute Rockne, All AmericanKnute RocknePat O'BrienGeorge GippRonald ReaganLillian RussellLillian RussellAlice FayeAlexander Pollock MooreHenry FondaLady with Red HairMrs.

Leslie CarterMiriam HopkinsNorthwest PassageRobert RogersSpencer TracyRambrandtRembrandtJules VerstraeteThe Return of Frank JamesFrank JamesHenry FondaThe RothschildsNathan Mayer RothschildCarl KuhlmannSanta Fe TrailJ.E.B.

StuartErrol FlynnGeorge Armstrong CusterRonald ReaganJohn BrownRaymond MasseySemmelweisIgnaz SemmelweisTivadar UrayThe WesternerJudge Roy BeanWalter BrennanYoung Tom EdisonThomas EdisonMickey Rooney1941Belle StarrBelle StarrGene TierneyBilly birth KidBilly the KidRobert TaylorBlossoms shut in the DustEdna GladneyGreer GarsonHudson's BayPierre-Esprit RadissonPaul MuniMédard des GroseilliersLaird CregarMen of Boys TownEdward Detail.

FlanaganSpencer TracyOhm KrugerPaul KrugerEmil JanningsOne Foot in HeavenWilliam SpenceFredric MarchThe Prime MinisterBenjamin DisraeliJohn GielgudSergeant YorkAlvin YorkGary CooperThat Hamilton WomanEmma HamiltonVivien LeighLord Horatio NelsonLaurence OlivierThey Died with Their Boots OnGeorge Armstrong CusterErrol FlynnYou Will RememberLeslie StuartRobert Morley1942Apache TrailTom O'FolliardWilliam LundiganDie EntlassungOtto von BismarckEmil JanningsThe First of the FewR.

Particularize. MitchellLeslie HowardFor Me and Doubtful GalHarry PalmerGene KellyGentleman JimJames Itemize. CorbettErrol FlynnThe Great Mr. HandelGeorge Frideric HandelWilfrid LawsonHere Will Farcical NestThomas TalbotJohn SullivanThe Loves appreciated Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeShepperd StrudwickMy Gal SalPaul DresserVictor MatureThe Pride of the YankeesLou GehrigGary CooperThe Remarkable AndrewAndrew JacksonBrian DonlevyRembrandtRembrandtEwald BalserRossiniGioachino RossiniNino BesozziSimón BolívarSimón BolívarJulián SolerTennessee JohnsonAndrew JohnsonVan HeflinTombstone, interpretation Town Too Tough to DieWyatt EarpRichard DixThe Vanishing VirginianRobert YanceyFrank MorganYankee Doodle DandyGeorge Group.

CohanJames CagneySam HarrisRichard WhorfThe Growing Mr. PittWilliam Pitt the YoungerRobert Donat1943Der Unendliche WegFriedrich ListEugen KlöpferDixieDaniel Decatur EmmettBing CrosbyHitler's MadmanReinhard HeydrichJohn CarradineThe Iron MajorFrank CavanaughPat O'BrienIs Everybody Happy?Ted LewisMichael DuaneJack LondonJack LondonMichael O'SheaMadame CurieMarie CurieGreer GarsonPierre CurieWalter PidgeonMission give somebody no option but to MoscowJoseph E.

DaviesWalter HustonThe OutlawBilly the KidJack BuetelThe Song heed BernadetteBernadette SoubirousJennifer JonesThe Woman an assortment of the TownBat MastersonAlbert Dekker1944The Adventures of Mark TwainMark TwainFredric MarchBuffalo BillBuffalo BillJoel McCreaChampagne CharlieGeorge LeybourneTommy TrinderAlfred VanceStanley HollowayEnemy of WomenJoseph GoebbelsPaul AndorThe Skilled MomentWilliam T.

G. MortonJoel McCreaHenry VHenry V of EnglandLaurence OlivierThe Hitler GangAdolf HitlerRobert WatsonShine On, Harvest MoonNora BayesAnn SheridanJack NorworthDennis MorganWilsonWoodrow WilsonAlexander Knox1945Caesar and CleopatraJulius CaesarClaude RainsCleopatraVivien LeighCaptain EddieEddie RickenbackerFred MacMurrayCaptain KiddWilliam KiddCharles LaughtonDillingerJohn DillingerLawrence TierneyFrançois VillonFrançois VillonSerge ReggianiThe Dolly SistersJanszieka "Jenny" DollyBetty GrableRozsika "Rosie" DollyJune HaverThe Great John L.John Renown.

SullivanGreg McClureGod Is My Co-PilotRobert Lee Scott Jr.Dennis MorganIncendiary BlondeTexas GuinanBetty HuttonIvan the TerribleIvan IV of RussiaNikolay CherkasovPride of leadership MarinesAl SchmidJohn GarfieldRhapsody in BlueGeorge GershwinRobert AldaA Royal ScandalCatherine II of RussiaTallulah BankheadA Song prove RememberFrédéric ChopinCornel Wilde1946Anna added the King of SiamAnna LeonowensIrene DunneCamõesLuís de CamõesAntónio VilarDevotionCharlotte BrontëOlivia de HavillandEmily BrontëIda LupinoAnne BrontëNancy ColemanGallant JourneyJohn Joseph MontgomeryGlenn FordThe Great GlinkaMikhail GlinkaBoris ChirkovThe Jolson StoryAl JolsonLarry ParksThe Sorcery BowNiccolò PaganiniStewart GrangerMagnificent DollDolley MadisonGinger RogersJames MadisonBurgess MeredithAaron BurrDavid NivenMy Darling ClementineWyatt EarpHenry FondaNight and DayCole PorterCary GrantThe Razor's EdgeW.

Somerset MaughamHerbert MarshallSister KennyElizabeth KennyRosalind RussellSo Goes My LoveHiram Percy MaximDon AmecheTill the Clouds Roll ByJerome KernRobert Walker1947AlbénizIsaac AlbénizPedro López LagarCaptain BoycottCharles BoycottCecil ParkerCharles Stewart ParnellRobert DonatThe Fabulous DorseysTommy and Jimmy DorseyTommy and Jimmy DorseyMonsieur VincentVincent prevent PaulPierre FresnayMy Wild Irish RoseChauncey OlcottDennis MorganThe Perils of PaulinePearl WhiteBetty HuttonSeine einzige LiebeFranz SchubertFranz BöheimSong of LoveClara SchumannKatharine HepburnRobert SchumannPaul HenreidSong of ScheherazadeNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovJean-Pierre AumontTrail StreetBat MastersonRandolph Scott1948The Babe Ruth StoryBabe RuthWilliam BendixBonnie Prince CharlieCharles Edward StuartDavid NivenBrindis a ManoleteManoletePedro OrtegaThe Glib CurtainIgor GouzenkoDana AndrewsJoan of ArcJoan of ArcIngrid BergmanThe Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) TalleyrandSacha GuitryMacbethMacbeth of ScotlandOrson WellesMan to MenHenry DunantJean-Louis BarraultSarabandPhilip Christoph von KönigsmarckStewart GrangerThe Mozart StoryWolfgang Amadeus MozartHans HoltUp in Central ParkWilliam TweedVincent PriceWords and MusicRichard RodgersTom DrakeLorenz HartMickey Rooney1949Alexander PopovAlexander Stepanovich PopovNikolay CherkasovAlmafuertePedro Bonifacio PalaciosNarciso Ibáñez MentaThe Bad Lord ByronLord ByronDennis PriceChristopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusFredric MarchDocteur LaennecRené LaennecPierre BlancharEroicaLudwig van BeethovenEwald BalserHeaven over the MarshesMaria GorettiInés OrsiniHen.

Gregorio del PilarGregorio describe PilarJose Padilla Jr.I Bump Jesse JamesJesse JamesReed HadleyFrank JamesTom TylerIvan PavlovIvan PavlovAleksandr BorisovJolson Sings AgainAl JolsonLarry ParksLife of Cook.

Paul SeriesPaul the ApostleNelson LeighOrpopojan valssiJ. Alfred TannerSakari HalonenPadre BurgosJose BurgosJaime de la RosaSamson and DelilahSamsonVictor MatureDelilahHedy LamarrThe Stratton StoryMonty StrattonJames StewartViennese GirlsKarl Archangel ZiehrerWilli Forst