Screen
On screen, Edward has been portrayed by:
- John Greenidge in the silent film The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama (1925)
- Richard Chamberlain in the American TV drama The Woman I Love (1972), which focused on the love between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
- Peter Barkworth in the LWT adaptation of Royce Ryton's play Crown Matrimonial (1974)
- Ian Ogilvy in the BBC TV drama The Gathering Storm (1974), based on the book by Winston Churchill
- Edward Fox in the Thames Television drama series Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), based on Frances Donaldson's 1974 biography, Edward VIII
- David Yelland in Chariots of Fire (1981). During a meeting with the committee regarding the status of British runner Eric Liddell, Lord Birkenhead (Nigel Davenport) calls him "David". He was known to close friends and family as "David".
- Madison Mason in the episode of the American TV series Tales of the Gold Monkey entitled "God Save the Queen" (1983)
- John Standing in the TV drama To Catch a King (1984), based on the novel by Jack Higgins
- Anthony Andrews in the HTV drama The Woman He Loved (1988)
- Peter Sands in the LWT TV drama Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
- Andrew Ray in the TV drama Passion in Paradise (1989), about the murder of Sir Harry Oakes. Ray had previously portrayed Edward's brother (the future George VI) in both Crown Matrimonial and the TV series Edward and Mrs Simpson (above)
- Jonathan Weightman in the Portuguese film Passagem por Lisboa (1994)
- William Boyde in the TV series A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), based on the novels by Anthony Powell
- Charles Edwards in the Carlton Television drama Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
- Julian Firth in the BBC TV series Cambridge Spies (2003)
- Stephen Campbell Moore in the TV drama Wallis & Edward (2005), billed as the first scripted account of the romance from Wallis Simpson's point of view.
- Guy Pearce in the 2010 Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, a film about his brother's battle to overcome his stammer, a task made still more imperative when he ascended to the throne because of his brother's abdication.
- Tom Hollander in the 2010 TV adaptation of Any Human Heart.
- James D'Arcy in the 2011 film W.E. directed by Madonna.
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