Where is President Bartlett?
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me present the Presidents of the United States.
Douglas, Pullman, Ford, Freeman, Kline, Sellers...
Not the roster you're used to, perhaps, but the one offered up by Yahoo Movies in this fantastic list of screen presidents.
But who's missing? John Travolta in Primary Colours? Martin Sheen in the West Wing?
All suggestions welcome.


If sheen is permitted in a movie president list, then why not Dennis Haysbert as President Palmer in 24
Posted by: Francis Madeira | 19 Feb 2008 14:58:01
Henry Fonda in "Fail Safe", who let his wife and family die in a nuclear attack. We need more people like that.
Posted by: Peter Briffa | 19 Feb 2008 15:10:13
Although it goes slightly beyond films (but then so doesn't Bartlett, technically?), here's a great list of fictional presidents.
http://tinyurl.com/2nu7ba
And here's its British equivalent.
http://tinyurl.com/2v79es
Posted by: Nick Anstead | 19 Feb 2008 16:04:27
Bruce Greenwood was pretty good as JFK in Thirteen Days.
Posted by: Mark Braund | 19 Feb 2008 16:22:59
Tim Robbins in Austin Powers... a laughable idea?
Posted by: Pattycake | 19 Feb 2008 16:37:25
I think John Travolta was playing a candidate for President in Primary Colours. The film stopped short of the election
All debate is however irrelevant. We have been comprehensively out-googled by Nick Anstead.
Posted by: Adrian | 19 Feb 2008 17:05:00
My vote's with Fonda - Fail Safe is a truly great movie and he played the part perfectly. His exchanges with Walter Matthau's Prof Groeteschele are mesmerising.
Does Patrick Swayze in Point Break count?
Posted by: Richard Young | 19 Feb 2008 17:56:41
Actually, Richard Dreyfuss played the Fonda role in George Clooney's 2000 "as live" remake of Fail Safe, too.
Posted by: Richard Young | 19 Feb 2008 17:59:15
Morgan Freeman, in "Deep Impact" ...
Posted by: Scott Redding, Coventry | 19 Feb 2008 21:37:25