Editing Allan Pinkerton (section)

==In popular culture==
* In the 1951 feature film ''[[The Tall Target]]'', a historical drama loosely based on the [[Baltimore Plot]], Allan Pinkerton is portrayed by Scottish actor Robert Malcolm. The M-G-M production stars [[Dick Powell]] and was directed by [[Anthony Mann]].
* In the 1956 episode "The Pinkertons" of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/[[Desilu]] [[Western (genre)|western]] [[television series]], ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'', set in [[Wichita, Kansas]], [[Douglas Evans (actor)|Douglas Evans]] portrays Allan Pinkerton, who is seeking to recover $40,000 in stolen money but interferes with the attempt of Marshal [[Wyatt Earp]] ([[Hugh O'Brian]]) to catch the entire gang of Crummy Newton ([[Richard Alexander (actor)|Richard Alexander]]).
* In the 1969 [[Spaghetti Western]] ''[[The Price of Power]]'', Pinkerton appears as an associate of President [[James A. Garfield]] who takes part in his (highly fictionalized) assassination. He is portrayed by Spanish actor [[Fernando Rey]].
* Pinkerton is portrayed in an episode of ''[[The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams]]'' (1974) by [[Don Galloway]].
* In 1990, [[Turner Network Television]] aired the 1990 speculative historical drama ''[[The Rose and the Jackal]]'', with [[Christopher Reeve]] as Pinkerton, recounting his (completely fictional) romance with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] spy [[Rose O'Neal Greenhow]].
* In 1994, "''Pinkertonova detektivní agentura''" ('Pinkerton's Detective Agency") <ref>{{cite AV media |title=Pinkertonova detektivní agentura |trans-title= |type=Television production |language=Czech |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0562580/ |access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref> an episode of the Czech TV series ''Dobrodružství kriminalistiky'' ("The Adventure of Criminology") was aired.
* Pinkerton is portrayed in the 1994 American [[biographical film|biographical]] [[Western (genre)|western film]] ''[[Frank and Jesse]]'' by [[William Atherton]]
* Pinkerton is a major character portrayed by [[Timothy Dalton]] in the 2001 film ''[[American Outlaws (2001 film)|American Outlaws]]''.
* Pinkerton's role in foiling the assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln was dramatized in the 2013 film ''[[Saving Lincoln]]'', which tells President Lincoln's story through the eyes of [[Ward Hill Lamon]], a former law partner of Lincoln who served as his primary bodyguard during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Pinkerton is played by Marcus J. Freed.
* [[Charlie Day]] portrayed Pinkerton in "Baltimore", a Season 2 episode of the docudrama TV series ''[[Drunk History]]'', first broadcast on July 22, 2014.
* Pinkerton is a recurring character  played by [[Angus Macfadyen]] in the 2014 TV series ''[[The Pinkertons]]''.
* Pinkerton is an important character in  [[Steven Price (writer)|Steven Price]]'s 2016 novel ''By Gaslight''.
* The Pinkerton Detective Agency plays a large role in the plot of the 2018 western video game ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]''.
* "The Pinkerton Agency" is a podcast episode of the Dollop in 2024.
* Pinkerton is the titular character portrayed by Dean Chandler Bowden in the 2025 [[Xumo|Xumo Play]] Original film ''Pinkerton''.