Editing P. T. Barnum (section)

==In popular culture==
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===Films and television===
* ''[[A Lady's Morals]]'' (1930) – played by [[Wallace Beery]]
* ''[[Jenny Lind (film)|Jenny Lind]]'' (1932) – played by [[André Berley]] 
* ''[[The Mighty Barnum]]'' (1934) – played again by Wallace Beery
* ''[[Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon]]'' (1967) – played by [[Burl Ives]]
* ''Barnum!'' (1986) – played by [[Michael Crawford]]; a filmed version of the Broadway musical (see below), filmed in London
* ''Barnum'' (1986) – played by [[Burt Lancaster]]; made-for-TV movie
* ''P.T. Barnum'' (1999) – played by [[Beau Bridges]]; made-for-TV movie
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' (2002) – played by [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]]
* ''[[The Greatest Showman]]'' (2017) – a pop musical loosely based around Barnum and his circus. [[Hugh Jackman]] plays Barnum and coproduced the film<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/true-story-greatest-showman-how-accurate-are-characters-1063088 |title='The Greatest Showman': 8 of the Film's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations |first=Paulina |last=Cachero |date=December 20, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine  |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/greatest-showman-hugh-jackman-p-t-barnum-jenny-lind |title=The Greatest Showman: The True Story of P. T. Barnum and Jenny Lind |first=Betsy Golden |last=Kellem |date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |magazine=Vanity Fair }}</ref>
* ''[[Legends of Tomorrow|DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]'' (2018) – [[Billy Zane]] plays Barnum in season 3, episode 2 "Freakshow"
* ''[[I Didn't See You There]]'' (2022) –&nbsp;a disabled filmmaker from Barnum's hometown of [[Bethel, Connecticut|Bethel]] meditates on the ableist legacy of the freak show

===Theater===
* ''[[Barnum (musical)|Barnum]]'' (1980) – Broadway musical based on Barnum's life, starring [[Jim Dale]]
* [[The Greatest Showman (musical)|''The Greatest Showman'']] (2026) – an upcoming stage musical based on the [[The Greatest Showman|2017 film]]

===Books===
* ''The Great and Only Barnum; the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum''

===Music===
* "U.S. Blues" – a song from the album ''[[From the Mars Hotel]]'' by [[Grateful Dead|the Grateful Dead]]
* "Killer Clowns" – a song from the EP ''[[Killer Clowns From Outer Space]]'' by [[The Dickies]] makes reference to P.T. Barnum and his associate James Anthony Bailey, as well as the often misattributed quote: "there's a sucker born every minute you know" ("There's one born every minute, don't you know?").