List of biographical films of the 1970s

The following is a list of biographical films released of the 1970s.

1970

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
A Bullet for Pretty Boy[1] Pretty Boy Floyd Fabian
Chisum[2] John Chisum John Wayne
Cromwell[3] Oliver Cromwell Richard Harris
The Cross and the Switchblade[4] David Wilkerson Pat Boone
The Honeymoon Killers[5] Martha Beck Shirley Stoler
Raymond Fernandez Tony Lo Bianco
Julius Caesar[6] Julius Caesar Charlton Heston
Michael the Brave[7] Michael the Brave Amza Pellea
Ned Kelly[8] Ned Kelly Mick Jagger
Patton[9] George S. Patton George C. Scott
Song of Norway[10] Edvard Grieg Toralv Maurstad
Rikard Nordraak Frank Porretta
Szerelmi álmok – Liszt[11] Franz Liszt Imre Sinkovits
Tropic of Cancer[12] Henry Miller Rip Torn
The Wild Child[13] Victor of Aveyron Jean-Pierre Cargol

1971

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Brian's Song[14] Brian Piccolo James Caan
The Devils[15] Urbain Grandier Oliver Reed
Doc[16] Doc Holliday Stacy Keach
Evel Knievel[17] Evel Knievel George Hamilton
Macbeth[18] Macbeth of Scotland Jon Finch
Mary, Queen of Scots[19] Mary, Queen of Scots Vanessa Redgrave
Elizabeth I of England Glenda Jackson
The Music Lovers[20] Pyotr Tchaikovsky Richard Chamberlain
Nicholas and Alexandra[21] Tsar Nicholas II Michael Jayston
Tsaritsa Alexandra of Russia Janet Suzman
Rain for a Dusty Summer[22] Miguel Pro Humberto Almazán
10 Rillington Place[23] John Reginald Christie Richard Attenborough

1972

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Spike Milligan Jim Dale
The Assassination of Trotsky[24] Leon Trotsky Richard Burton
Aguirre, the Wrath of God[25] Lope de Aguirre Klaus Kinski
Antony and Cleopatra[26] Mark Antony Charlton Heston
Cleopatra VII Hildegarde Neil
Brother Sun, Sister Moon[27] St. Francis of Assisi Graham Faulkner
St. Clare of Assisi Judi Bowker
Dirty Little Billy[27] Billy the Kid Michael J. Pollard
The Great Waltz[27] Johann Strauss II Horst Buchholz
Henry VIII and His Six Wives[28] Henry VIII Keith Michell
Anne Boleyn Charlotte Rampling
Lady Caroline Lamb[29] Lady Caroline Lamb Sarah Miles
Lady Sings the Blues[30] Billie Holiday Diana Ross
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean[31] Judge Roy Bean Paul Newman
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci[32] Leonardo da Vinci Philippe Leroy
Living Free[33] George Adamson Nigel Davenport
Joy Adamson Susan Hampshire
Ludwig[34] Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger
Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King[35] Ludwig II of Bavaria Harry Baer
The Mattei Affair[36] Enrico Mattei Gian Maria Volonté
Pancho Villa[37] Pancho Villa Telly Savalas
Pope Joan[38] Pope Joan Liv Ullmann
Savage Messiah[39] Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Scott Antony
Tadas Blinda Tadas Blinda Vytautas Tomkus
The Valachi Papers Joseph Valachi Charles Bronson
Young Winston[40] Winston Churchill Simon Ward

1973

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Dillinger[41] John Dillinger Warren Oates
Giordano Bruno Giuliano Montaldo Gian Maria Volonté
Edvard Munch[42] Edvard Munch Geir Westby
Hitler: The Last Ten Days[43] Adolf Hitler Alec Guinness
Jesus Christ Superstar[44] Jesus Ted Neeley
The Last American Hero[45] Junior Johnson Jeff Bridges
Lucky Luciano[46] Lucky Luciano Gian Maria Volonté
Maurie[47] Maurice Stokes Bernie Casey
Jack Twyman Bo Svenson
Papillon[48] Henri Charrière Steve McQueen
Louis Dega Dustin Hoffman
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Pat Garrett James Coburn
Billy the Kid[48] Kris Kristofferson
Serpico[49] Frank Serpico Al Pacino
Walking Tall[50] Buford Pusser Joe Don Baker

1974

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
The Abdication[51] Queen Christina of Sweden Liv Ullmann
Conrack[52] Pat Conroy Jon Voight
The Education of Sonny Carson[53] Robert "Sonny" Carson Rony Clanton
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser[54] Kaspar Hauser Bruno S.
Karl May[35] Karl May Helmut Käutner
The Great McGonagall[55] William McGonagall Spike Milligan
Lenny[56] Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman
Mahler[57] Gustav Mahler Robert Powell
Alma Mahler Georgina Hale
Stavisky[58] Alexandre Stavisky Jean-Paul Belmondo
The Story of Jacob and Joseph[59] Jacob Keith Michell
Joseph Tony Lo Bianco
Visit to a Chief's Son[60] Kevin Gorman John Philip Hogdon

1975

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Babe Babe Didrickson Susan Clark
Capone[61] Al Capone Ben Gazzara
Dog Day Afternoon[62] Sonny Wortzik Al Pacino
Galileo[63] Galileo Galilei Chaim Topol
The Happy Hooker Xaviera Hollander Lynn Redgrave
The Hiding Place[64] Corrie ten Boom Julie Harris
Lepke[65] Louis Buchalter Tony Curtis
Lisztomania[66] Franz Liszt Roger Daltrey
Moses the Lawgiver[67] Moses Burt Lancaster
Murph the Surf[68] Jack Roland Murphy Don Stroud
The Naked Civil Servant[68] Quentin Crisp John Hurt
The Other Side of the Mountain[69] Jill Kinmont Marilyn Hassett
The Story of Adele H.[70] Adèle Hugo Isabelle Adjani
Un prete scomodo Lorenzo Milani Enrico Maria Salerno

1976

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Amelia Earhart[71] Amelia Earhart Susan Clark
Bound for Glory[72] Woody Guthrie David Carradine
Bruce Lee and I[73] Bruce Lee Danny Lee
Betty Ting Pei Betty Ting Pei
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth[74] Bruce Lee Bruce Li
Buffalo Bill and the Indians[75] Buffalo Bill Paul Newman
The Disappearance of Aimee Aimee Semple McPherson Faye Dunaway
Eleanor and Franklin[76] Franklin D. Roosevelt Edward Herrmann
Eleanor Roosevelt Jane Alexander
Fellini's Casanova Giacomo Casanova Donald Sutherland
Gable and Lombard[77] Clark Gable James Brolin
Carole Lombard Jill Clayburgh
Helter Skelter Vincent Bugliosi George DiCenzo
Charles Manson Steve Railsback
James Dean[78] James Dean Stephen McHattie
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Julie Harris
Mad Dog Morgan[79] Dan Morgan Dennis Hopper[80]
The Message[81] Muhammad Anthony Quinn
The Story of David King David Timothy Bottoms
Sybil[82] Shirley Ardell Mason Sally Field
W.C. Fields and Me[83] W. C. Fields Rod Steiger

1977

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Chanakya Chandragupta[84] Chanakya Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Chandragupta N. T. Rama Rao
The Amazing Howard Hughes Howard Hughes Tommy Lee Jones
Greased Lightning[85] Wendell Scott Richard Pryor
The Greatest[86] Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali
MacArthur[87] Douglas MacArthur Gregory Peck
Looking for Mr. Goodbar[88] Roseann Quinn Diane Keaton
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover[89] J. Edgar Hoover Broderick Crawford
The Trial of Ned Kelly Ned Kelly John Waters
Rembrandt fecit 1669 Rembrandt Frans Stelling as (Rembrandt young)
Ton de Koff as (Rembrandt old)
Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Billy Dee Williams
Valentino[90] Rudolph Valentino Rudolf Nureyev
Wilma Wilma Rudolph Shirley Jo Finney

1978

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
American Hot Wax[91] Alan Freed Tim McIntire
Bud and Lou Bud Abbott Harvey Korman
Lou Costello Buddy Hackett
The Buddy Holly Story[92] Buddy Holly Gary Busey
Deadman's Curve[93] Jan Berry Richard Hatch
Dean Torrence Bruce Davison
Diary of Korean-Japanese War[94] Yi Sun-sin Kim Jin-kyu
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe[95] Ishi Eloy Casados
La Vida y Poesia de Julia de Burgos Julia de Burgos Ana Li Diaz
King[96] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Paul Winfield
The Lost Boys J. M. Barrie Ian Holm
Midnight Express[97] Billy Hayes Brad Davis
Pretty Baby[98] Ernest J. Bellocq Keith Carradine
Veera Puran Appu[99] Puran Appu Ravindra Randeniya
Gongalegoda Banda Joe Abeywickrama
The Defection of Simas Kudirka[100] Simas Kudirka Alan Arkin
The Roads of Exile Jean-Jacques Rousseau François Simon

1979

Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
Backstairs at the White House[101] Maggie Rogers Olivia Cole
Lillian Rogers Parks Leslie Uggams
Birth of The Beatles[102] John Lennon Stephen MacKenna
Paul McCartney Rod Culbertson
George Harrison John Altman
Ringo Starr Ray Ashcroft
A Glass Of Water[103] Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham Svetlana Smirnova
The Bronte Sisters[104] Charlotte Brontë Isabelle Adjani
Emily Brontë Marie-France Pisier
Anne Brontë Isabelle Huppert
Caligula[105] Gaius Germanicus Caligula Malcolm McDowell
Elvis[106] Elvis Presley Kurt Russell
Escape from Alcatraz[107] Frank Morris Clint Eastwood
Jesus[108] Jesus Brian Deacon
Les Égouts du paradis Albert Spaggiari Francis Huster
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery[109] Ian McShane
Meetings with Remarkable Men[109] George Gurdjieff Dragan Maksimovic
The Onion Field[110] Karl Francis Hettinger John Savage
Gregory Powell James Woods
Jimmy Lee Smith Franklyn Seales
Vlad Tepes Vlad the Impaler Stefan Sileanu[111]

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