Editing Basil Zaharoff (section)

==In popular culture==
* Zaharoff was portrayed by [[Leo McKern]] in the 1983 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]''.
* Zaharoff was depicted in the "[[Lanny Budd]]" series by reformer [[Upton Sinclair]].
* Zaharoff appears in the [[Thomas Pynchon]] novel ''[[Against the Day]]''.
* 'Zaroff' is an unscrupulous arms dealer in the [[Tom Mix]] serial ''[[The Miracle Rider]]'' (1935).
* Zaharoff is played by [[Serhat Tutumluer]] in the Turkish crime and detective movie series '''[[Filinta]]''<nowiki/>', portraying crime, secrets and action in late 19th century Ottoman era Constantinople.
* Zaharoff is portrayed as a main antagonist in Jacopo Della Quercia's 2015 novel [[The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy]].
* Zaharoff is played by Adnan Biricik as a weapons dealer and an antagonist on Season 1 of the Turkish Drama series '''[[Payitaht: Abdülhamid]]''<nowiki/>'
* In the 2019 Greek series ''[[To Kokkino Potami]]'', Zaharoff, portrayed by Sotiris Hatzakis, is depicted as a pivotal figure in the protagonist's life, urging him to follow him to Paris and become his right-hand man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group) |first=Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital |date=1980-01-01 |title=Κόκκινο Ποτάμι: Ποιος είναι ο έμπορος όπλων Βασίλειος Ζαχάρωφ που έκλεψε την παράσταση |url=https://www.ethnos.gr/tv-media/article/66510/kokkinopotamipoioseinaioemporosoplonbasileioszaxarofpoyeklepsethnparastash |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=ΕΘΝΟΣ |language=el}}</ref>
* Zaharoff was used by [[Ian Fleming]] as the model for [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] leader of the international criminal organization [[SPECTRE]] and a main antagonist in the [[James Bond]] series of novels and films.