There were not only
Matt Smith
and
Tobias Menzies
of "The Crown", with
Jonathan Pryce
in
tow
for the fifth and sixth seasons of Peter Morgan's award-winning series for Netflix: Prince Philip, who died today at 99, was more 'times protagonist of films for the big and small screen and even a cartoon.
Two years ago
Tom Courtenay
, the two-time Oscar nominee, voiced the character of the Duke of Edinburgh in "The Queen's Corgi," a cartoon centered around Queen Elizabeth's famous and beloved dogs and their invasion of the royal bed. .
Among the other actors who have given the face to the husband of the sovereign,
Christopher Lee
in 1982 he abandoned his usual roles as the villain for a television movie about Charles and Diana's wedding, "Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story".
Andrew Morton's scandalous biography of Diana and the end of her marriage was at the center of another television film, "Diana: Her True Story" (1993) starring
Donald Douglas as
the prince.
Another "Philip" on TV was
David Threlfall
in 2005 "The Queen's Sister" about the life of Princess Margaret.
Finally
James Cromwell
: perfect counterpoint in 2006's "The Queen" to Queen Helen Mirren who won an Oscar for that film.