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100 REASONS WHY ELVIS IS 'STILL' THE KING

100 REASONS WHY ELVIS IS 'STILL' THE KING 

 1. "Elvis Has Left the Building" turns up 823 hits on Google.com. 

 2. Sideburns. 

 3. Disney's new animated cartoon, "Lilo and Stitch," will feature 

    five classic Elvis tunes and a new version of "Burning Love" by 

    Wynonna. 

 

 4. Las Vegas. 

 5. El Vez, "the Latin Elvis," whose discography 

    includes "Graciasland" and "Misery Tren." 

 6. The official Elvis site carries a 24-hour "GracelandCam" with 

    live shots of the mansion, as if the "the King" himself might walk 

    outside any minute. 

 

 7. British TV chef Nigella Lawson featured Elvis's fried peanut 

    butter and banana sandwiches on her program "Nigella Bites." 

 

 8. Just last month, a Florida company was granted rights by a 

    division of Elvis Presley Enterprises in Memphis to use Elvis's 

    image on its cellular phone face plates. 

 

 9. The list of countries that have issued an Elvis postage stamp now 

    includes the Central African Republic, St. Vincent and the Malagasy 

    Republic. 

 

10. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sang "I Can't Help 

    Falling in Love With You" at a recent dinner in Australia and 

    proclaimed it his favorite song. 

 

11. More than 600,000 people go to Graceland every year, making it 

    second only to the White House as a tourist draw. More than half of 

    the visitors are under the age of 35. 

 

12. Priscilla Presley, who remade herself into a successful actress 

    and is said to be looking to produce a Broadway play. 

 

13. A book called "The Inventory of the Estate of Elvis A. Presley" 

    is currently in its second edition. Amazon.com has only three copies 

    left; more are on the way. 

 

14. Documentary film "Schmelvis: Searching for the King's Jewish 

    Roots," will debut on the Bravo cable network June 18. 

 

15. The number of officially registered Elvis impersonators in the 

    United States is up to 35,000. 

 

16. Ann-Margret. 

 

17. The "Elvis Presley 6 Figure Series 1: Aloha from Hawaii," by X 

    Toys. 

 

18. Mike Powell, an Elvis impersonator from Texas, recent started 

    a "support page" for Elvis impersonators on the Internet to "provide 

    links to manufacturers of Elvis jumpsuits and accessories." 

 

19. Gyrating hips. 

 

20. A Virginia furniture manufacturer is releasing The Elvis Presley 

    Collection that includes large "Love Me Tender" bed and the "Burning 

    Love" heart-shaped mirror. 

 

21. At the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, weddings cost $55 

    to $225, but having an Elvis impersonator officiate will cost $495. 

 

22. A Texas A & M professor has written "The Tao of Elvis," 

    described as "the first attempt to illustrate Elvis's Taoist nature 

    and interpret his never-ending search for purpose and meaning." 

 

23. Today marks the release of the CD "Karaoke: Songs Made Famous By 

    Elvis Presley." 

 

24. The book, "Are You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis' Favorite Recipes," 

    features detailed instructions for recreating Elvis and Priscilla's 

    wedding cake. 

 

25. "Suspicious Minds," his last No. 1 single. 

 

26. The sneer. 

 

27. The pine oaks in front of Graceland are featured in the 

    book, "America's Famous and Historic Trees." 

 

28. Elvis' motorcycle collection is a major pilgrimage for members 

    of the Hells Angels. 

 

29. The National Archives has more than 9 million photographs. The 

    one of President Richard Nixon shaking hands with Elvis in December 

    1970 is still by the far the most requested reprint. 

 

30. Hate-rapper Eminem feels its necessary to lash out at Elvis fans 

    on his new CD. 

 

31. U2 - spiritual descendants. 

 

32. Bill Clinton's Secret Service code name: Elvis. When he played 

    the sax on "The Arsenio Hall Show," the song was "Heartbreak Hotel." 

 

33. "Be Elvis! A Guide to Impersonating the King" by Rick Marino, 

    Adam Woog - only two copies left on Amazon.com; more on the way. 

 

34. Shoppers on AandE.com can buy a genuine piece of Elvis' hair 

    that was clipped and saved by his barber, Fred Stoll, in 1970. The 

    price: $695. 

 

35. Girlfriend June Juanico, Elvis' date back in 1955, is still out 

    there talking about it to anyone who will listen. She insists they 

    never did "the wild thing." 

 

36. Cybill Shepherd is still talking about her date with Elvis in 

    Memphis back in 1972. She said: "He was gorgeous then, and I didn't 

    look so bad either." 

 

37. Lisa Marie Presley, who managed to put a new twist on her dad's 

    rebelliousness and spirituality by marrying Michael Jackson, quite 

    briefly, and joining the Church of Scientology. 

 

38. More than 600 pages of Elvis' FBI file are on the Internet. Most 

    of the papers concern extortion plots against "The King" and his 

    bizarre contacts with Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover. 

 

39. Among the 425 books about Elvis on Amazon are several cookbooks 

    and "Christmas with Elvis." 

 

40. The Flintstones in "Viva Rock Vegas." 

 

41. VH1's "100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV" special lists 

    Elvis's 1968 comeback special as No. 2. (The Beatles on "The Ed 

    Sullivan Show" was No. 1.) 

 

42. The cellblock performance clip from "Jailhouse Rock." 

 

43. "Blue Hawaii" on late-night cable TV. 

 

44. The ElvisPresleyNews.com from Australia" Web site. 

 

45. In the current voting for the United Kingdom's favorite No. 1 

    song of all-time, "Jailhouse Rock" is No. 9. 

 

46. The closing riff on 1972's "Burning Love" - "I said a hunka 

    hunka burning love!" 

 

47. Radio Two, the most popular radio station in Belgium, recently 

    announced plans to play nothing but Elvis records for 24 hours on 

    Aug. 15. 

 

48. "Blue Christmas." 

 

49. A new musical "jukebox" program for Palm handheld devices has 

    just been released. Its name: "Elvis." 

 

50. Emergency patients at Regional Medical Center in Memphis are 

    sent to the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center. 

 

51. "Tervetuloa Suomen Elis-kerho" - The Official Elvis Presley Fan 

    Club of Finland. 

 

52, Also on the Web, "The First Church of Jesus Christ, Elvis." 

 

53. The Elvis fan club of Ireland has raised more than $200,000 for 

    various charities. Its other stated mission is "Keeping the name 

    of 'Elvis Presley' in the public domain." 

 

54. A lengthy article was recently posted on the Internet regarding 

    this question: "Was Elvis Presley Welsh?" 

 

55. "You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of 

    mine." 

 

56. After all these years, Elvis still holds the record for most 

    chart singles, most Top 10 singles and most weeks at No. 1. Only the 

    Beatles had more No. 1 hits. 

 

57. Kurt Russell's movie debut, at age 10, was kicking Elvis in the 

    shin in "It Happened at the World's Fair." 

 

58. From a recent posting on the "Elvis Tales" Web site: "I am from 

    Iran. I just want to take time to say that Elvis is a God in my 

    country and one of the main reasons that I came to America." 

 

59. The world "Elvis" is an anagram for "lives." 

60. Even Ivy-League Princeton University has an Elvis Web site, 

    called "Pelvis." 

 

61. David Letterman did a Top 10 list of "Things Elvis Would Say if 

    He Came Back Today." No. 10: "I've been dead for 20 years, and I 

    still look better than Keith Richards." 62. The Flying Elvi, the 10- 

    member skydiving team featured in "Honeymoon in Vegas," is still 

    vailable for hire. 

 

63. The B-sides. 

 

64. Last month, the University of Arkansas Press released "All Shook 

    Up: Collected Poems about Elvis" which included works by Joyce Carol 

    Oates, Charles Bukowski, and others. 

 

65. Bob Meyer is the founder of a group called Americans for Cloning 

    Elvis. Thousands of people have signed his online petition. 

 

66. Elvis Costello. 

 

67. The opening chant of "Blue Suede Shoes." 

 

68. Rhinestones. 

 

69. The "Aloha from Hawaii" special on DVD. 

 

70. "The Elvis Presley Scholarship Fund" at the University of 

    Memphis. 

 

71. Shooting out the TV set. 

 

72. The "ugh!" between "I'm in love" and "I'm all shook up." 

 

73. A new product line of "Elvis-style seasonings" includes 

    Jailhouse Rock (BBQ), King Creole (Cajun) and the all-purpose "G.I. 

    Blues." 

 

74. The Sun Studios. 

 

75. Libertyland, the Memphis amusement park that Elvis used to rent 

    out late at night for his friends. You can still go on his favorite 

    ride, the Zippin Pippin. 

 

76. Bruce Springsteen jumping the fence at Graceland. 

 

77. The Overton Park Shell in Memphis, where Elvis first performed. 

 

78. The opening two notes of "Jailhouse Rock." 

 

79. The talking part of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 

 

80. The Grammy-winning gospel recordings. 

 

81. The movie "2000 Miles from Graceland" - proof that Hollywood 

    will green-light anything if it involves Elvis. 

 

82. The Jordanaires. 

 

83. "The Memphis Mafia," the role model for posses everywhere. 

 

84. The Tennessee Karate Institute, where Elvis worked out, will be 

    the site of a memorial tournament on Aug. 17. 

 

85. "That's Alright Mama," his first 45, and possibly still the 

    best. 

 

86. "In the Ghetto" - Elvis' plea for racial understanding and 

    harmony. 

 

87. Col. Tom Parker, his manager. No fiction writer could invent a 

    character like that. 

 

88. The Loudermilk Boarding House in Cornelia, Ga., has more than 

    30,000 pieces of Elvis memorabilia. One of them is the "Maybe Elvis 

    Toenail" that the owner picked up on a tour of Graceland. 

 

89. "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong." 

 

90. Erin Brockovich has a life-sized Elvis statue inside her front 

    door. 

 

91. Andy Warhol's paintings of Elvis. 

 

92. The Pennsylvania Lottery's Elvis instant game. 

 

93. Sotheby's is auctioning a jukebox given by RCA Records to Elvis 

    containing 50 of his hit singles. It's expected to go for as much as 

    $60,000. 

 

94. "Elvis Day by Day," a book that faithfully reconstructs it all. 

 

95. "American Trilogy" - now more than ever. 

 

96. Krispy Kreme doughnuts lists Elvis as "a great fan." 

 

97. Giving away Cadillacs to friends and strangers - how cool is 

    that? 

 

98. Rock 'n' roll - which, like Elvis, can never die. 

 

99. 25 years after his death, he still sells copies of the Daily 

    News. 

 

100. "Thank you. Thank you very much." 

1956 PICTURES

May 26, 1956 in Columbus, Oh.

August 4, 1956 in Miami when Elvis bought his 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II.

August 7, 1956 - St. Petersburg, Florida

October 28, 1956 in a break prior to the Ed Sullivan show. last pic. is with with British comedienne Joyce Grenfell seen in the background,who starred in the same Ed Sullivan show.. From Joyce Grenfell's autobiography 'In Pleasant Places', Joyce recalls that when she arrived at the CBS Studio at two o'clock that afternoon,there were barricades on West 56th Street to hold back the crowds of girls who had been there since early morning hoping to catch a glimpse of Elvis. Diary entry 28th October 1956: "Elvis is a pasty-faced plump boy of twenty one. At rehearsal he wore a navy blue sweater with red stripes round the yoke. His hair isn't long and his sideburns arn't that long either. For the show he wore a Kelly green jacket,grey pants and white buckskin desert boots. When he was introduced to me he said,as he looked away 'Nice to know you honey' . I asked him if all the adulation was very trying. He called me ma'am and said.'I don't want to brag,but I'm kinda used to it now. It's been goin' on a year' I thought he was pleasant,a bit of a roly-ploy boy,but a good singer of his sort of hillbilly songs. We were photographed together. He put his arm round my neck and breathed down my ear-hole."

Elvis fans gather at Studio 50,Sunday October 28th 1956.

The New York Times October 29, 1956, Monday PRESLEY RECEIVES A CITY POLIO SHOT; Singer Sets an Example for Teen-Agers ....

A shot in the arm - Elvis Presley receives a salk polio vaccine shot in New York City on Oct. 28. Giving the shot is Dr. Harold Fuerst of New York. Holding Presleys arm is Dr. Leona Baumgartner, commissioner of the New York City health department.

10/29/1956-New York, NY: Elvis Presley stands in the doorway signing autographs for a group of girl fans today. The rock 'n roll sensation was cornered at a midtown movie studio where he is filming an additional scene for his first film "Love Me Tender."

Colonel Parker's Contracts Kept
Elvis Working in Hollywood

In November 1955, Tom Parker was not yet Elvis Presley's legal manager. He wouldn't achieve that goal until four months later. But Parker already had big plans in mind for the 20-year-old rock 'n' roll phenom. On November 14, 1955, the Colonel informed Harry Kalcheim at the William Morris Agency in New York that he was "interested in making a picture with this boy." From that simple initial inquiry eventually grew the remarkable and controversial Hollywood career of Elvis Presley.

Over the following 16 years, Presley would appear in 31 theatrical movies and 2 documentary films. While Elvis toiled before the cameras of seven different Hollywood studios, Colonel Parker did the contractual work behind the scenes. Between 1956-1972, Parker negotiated 16 motion picture contracts for Elvis. In arriving at those agreements, the Colonel utilized his unique "skill set" of tough negotiating techniques, combined with occasional shady maneuvers, to maximize Elvis's income (and his own). Laying that backstory aside for now, let's take a brief look at the details of the 16 contracts that Parker parleyed for his client. Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen's Elvis: Day by Day is the main source for the following information.

Parker didn't have to sell Elvis to Hollywood. Instead, Hollywood came looking for Elvis in the form of Paramount producer Hal Wallis. After seeing Elvis on the Dorsey Brothers national TV program in February 1956, Wallis quickly arranged a screen test for Presley in late March. Convinced that Elvis would lure a multitude of teenagers into movie theaters, Wallis offered the singer a movie contract on April 2. Wallis and Parker then got to work hammering out the details.

• Contract #1: Paramount | April 1956

Finalized on April 25, 1956, the contract was for one picture with studio options for six more. The deal was to pay Elvis $15,000 for the first movie, $20,000 for the second, $25,000 for the third, and so on, culminating in $100,000 for the seventh one. Parker would be allowed to contract with another studio for one other Presley film per year. Two films, Loving You(1957) and King Creole (1958), would be made under this contract. In January 1957, Parker cajoled Wallis into paying Elvis a $50,000 bonus on top of his $15,000 salary for Loving You. In November 1957, the Colonel got Wallis to pay Elvis $30,000 in expenses and a $50,000 bonus to go with his $20,000 fee for King Creole.

• Contract #2: 20th Century-Fox | August 1956

Unable to find a suitable script for Elvis, Wallis waived his contractual right to produce Presley's first movie. Parker moved quickly to make a deal with 20th Century-Fox. Presley's star had risen considerably since the Paramount contract was signed, and so the Colonel was in a position to ask for a much higher fee for his client. The contract called for Elvis to receive $100,000 and costar billing for his first film, Love Me Tender. The contract gave Fox an option for two more films at $150,000 and $200,000. In October 1958, Parker renegotiated Elvis's fee for the two optional films up to $200,000 and $250,000. The two option pictures made under this contract were Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961).

• Contract #3: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer | February 1957

Exercising his right under the existing Paramount contract to one outside Presley movie per year, Parker came to terms with MGM on a single-film deal. Elvis was to receive $250,000 in salary for Jailhouse Rock (1957). Also, for the first time, the Colonel got a 50% share of the film's profits for Elvis written into the contract.

• Contract #4: Paramount | October 1958

The 1956 Paramount contract was completely rewritten. For his first film after leaving the army, Elvis was to receive $175,000 (a $150,000 raise over what the previous contract allowed). Wallis got options for three more films, at $125,000, $150,000, and $175,000 "against 7½% of gross receipts after the film has earned out." Only G.I. Blues (1960) was made under this revised contract.

• Contract #5: United Artists | November 1960

Colonel Parker negotiated a two-picture deal with the Mirisch Brothers production company. It would pay Elvis $500,000 and 50% of the profits for each movie. Hal Wallis had the right to override the deal by matching its financial terms, but he declined to do so. Follow That Dream (1961) and Kid Galahad (1962) were produced under this contract.

• Contract #6: Paramount | January 1961

Wallis agreed to rewrite the 1958 Presley contract. It became a five-picture deal with Elvis getting $175,000 for each of the first three films and $200,000 apiece for the last two. The five movies completed under this contract wereBlue Hawaii (1960), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Fun in Acapulco (1963),Roustabout (1964), and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966). Later, a bonus of $90,000, to be split evenly between Elvis and the Colonel, was added for the last film.

• Contract #7: MGM | January 1961

Just a few weeks after completing the five-picture Paramount deal, Colonel Parker obligated Elvis to do four movies for MGM. The finances were the same for all the films. Elvis's salary would be $400,000 per picture, plus $75,000 in general expenses and $25,000 for musical expenses. After MGM recouped $500,000, Elvis would receive 50% of the profits. The four films made under this contract were It Happened At the World's Fair (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1963), Kissin' Cousins (1964), and Girl Happy(1965).

• Contract #8: Allied Artists | November 1963

Colonel Parker and the struggling Allied Artists company agreed to a one-picture deal that would pay Elvis $600,000 plus $150,000 in expenses and 50% of the profits. The contract also put a ceiling on production costs at $1,500,000. Thus, Elvis's compensation package of $750,000 would be at least half of the picture's budget. The profits from Tickle Me in 1965 helped keep Allied from going bankrupt.

• Contract #9: United Artists | December 1964

Colonel Parker entered into another two-picture deal with United Artists, which had produced Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad in 1962. Under this new agreement, Elvis would receive $650,000 each for the two films, which were Frankie and Johnny (1966) and Clambake (1967).

• Contract #10: MGM | December 1964

Parker completed a new agreement with MGM for three more pictures. It called for Elvis to receive $1 million for the first film. A quarter of that was to be paid to Elvis at $1,000 a week over five years. For the other two movies, Elvis was to receive $750,000 each. In addition, the contract gave Presley 40% of the profits from all three films. Made under this pact were Harum Scarum (1965), Spinout (1966), and Double Trouble (1967).

• Contract #11: MGM | January 1966

Although only one picture had been made under the December 1964 contract, the MGM agreement was extended to include four more films. Elvis's fee was set at $850,000 for each film with profit sharing increased to 50%. Titles produced under this agreement were Speedway (1967), Stay Away, Joe(1968), Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), and The Trouble With Girls (1968).

• Contract #12: Paramount | April 1966

With work under the 1961 Paramount contract completed, Parker entered into contentious discussions with Hal Wallis over a new contract for Elvis. The Colonel wanted $500,000 per picture for his client, with 20% of the profits. After seven months of wrangling over details, Wallis finally agreed to those figures. However, Wallis, who had become increasingly disappointed with Elvis's work, made the agreement for one picture only. There were no options. Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), made under this contract, was Elvis's last film for Paramount.

• Contract #13: National General | November 1967

With Paramount out of the picture and only two more films left to do for MGM, Parker scouted other studios to get Elvis work. He lined up a one-picture deal with National General that would pay Elvis $850,000 and 50% of the profits. Parker also got from National something that Wallis wouldn't give him—a commitment to a non-singing role for Elvis in Charro! (1969).

• Contract #14: NBC-Universal | January 1968

On January 12, 1968, NBC Vice President Tom Sarnoff announced a deal with Colonel Parker and Elvis had been reached for Presley to make a television special. Given little note in the anticipation of Elvis's return to TV was his commitment under the contract to make a feature film for NBC's subsidiary company, Universal Studios. Elvis received $850,000 for the movie, Change of Habit (1969), and another $25,000 for the music in the film.

• Contract #15: MGM | April 1970

Colonel Parker worked out a deal with MGM to have Elvis's Las Vegas show filmed for a documentary movie. The agreement paid Presley $500,000.Elvis: That's the Way It Is was released in November 1970.

• Contract #16: MGM | March 1972

Just a month prior to Elvis's fifteen-city tour in April 1972, Parker quickly put together a deal with MGM for another documentary. Apparently, the deal was not completely worked out when filming began, but Elvis reportedly received $1 million for his thirty-third and final motion picture, Elvis on Tour.

Certainly, the unprecedented salaries, expenses, and bonuses Colonel Parker won for Elvis in the 16 Hollywood contracts he negotiated were impressive. It's important to keep in mind, however, that throughout Presley's career, his manager received 25% of his acting income, as dictated in their personal contract. If a studio contract called for Elvis to receive $500,000 for a film, Parker took $125,000, leaving his client $375,000. Actually, it was less than that, since Colonel Parker deducted all of his expenses from Elvis's share. |Alan Hanson (June 2012)

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News Elvis Presley

N.C. congressman seeks 'Elvis Presley Day' N.C. congressman seeks 'Elvis Presley Day' BARTHOLOMEW SULLIVAN Scripps Howard News Service Posted December 17, 2012 at 4:03 p.m A North Carolina congressman defeated for re-election last month has introduced a resolution expressing congressional support for designating Jan. 8 as "Elvis Presley Day." Rep. Larry Kissell has already picked up 10 co-sponsors. (SHNS file photo by Charles Nicholas / The Commercial Appeal) (RS) WASHINGTON - A North Carolina congressman defeated for re-election last month has introduced a resolution expressing congressional support for designating Jan. 8 as "Elvis Presley Day." Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C., has already picked up 10 co-sponsors. The resolution notes that Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Miss., and "remains one of the most famous American entertainers of all time whose influence on music and whose cultural impact continues today." It notes that Presley served in the U.S. Army and has been "hailed as the 'King of Rock and Roll.'" It notes that he died in Memphis and that Graceland is on the National Register of Historic Places. And it points out that the 1993 postage stamp featuring Elvis became the most popular commemorative stamp in United States history. In a statement shortly after introducing the resolution, Kissell, who represents a district east of Charlotte, said that in 1973, a billion people eventually watched the Elvis television broadcast, "Aloha from Hawaii." "We have many Elvis fans in our district, and on their behalf I have introduced a resolution to express the sense of Congress that Elvis' birthday, January 8, should be celebrated," Kissell said in the statement. "This legislation costs no money to taxpayers and doesn't require a day off for the federal government, but it does celebrate perhaps our first real worldwide cultural icon whose legacy continues to help us export our culture internationally. "I believe our government can do more than one thing at a time, and that as we continue to try to find a resolution to our budget woes and get our fiscal house in order, we can also find common ground on a simple bill like this one." The legislation-monitoring website Govtrack.us gives the bill a 31 percent chance of passing before Congress adjourns later this month. Contact Bartholomew Sullivan of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., at sullivanb@shns.com.

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List of some actors who have played Elvis Presley

 List of some actors who have played Elvis Presley

- Actor type of character type of media

- Bruce Campbell Elvis Presley/Sebastian Haff Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

- Dale Midkiff Elvis Presley Elvis and Me (1988) (TV)

- Dana MacKay Elvis at 35 years of age This Is Elvis (1981)

- David Dunavent young Elvis Presley Elvis (1990) (TV mini-series)

- David Keith Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel (1988)

- David Scott Elvis at 18 years of age This Is Elvis (1981)

- Don Johnson Elvis Presley Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV)

- Ed Shifres Elvis Presley King and Me, The (1999)

- Gil McKinney young Elvis Presley Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)

- Harvey Keitel Elvis Presley Finding Graceland (1998)

- Johnny Bravo on the Cartoon Network

- Johnny Harra Elvis at 42 years of age This Is Elvis (1981)

- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Elvis Presley Elvis (2005) (TV mini-series)

- Karlo Metikos Elvis Presley Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) (TV)

- Kurt Russell Elvis Presley Elvis (1979/I) (TV)

- Michael St. Gerard young Elvis Elvis (1990) TV mini-series   Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Heart of Dixie (1989)

- Paul Boensch Elvis Presley at 10 years of age This Is Elvis (1981)
- Paul Hipp Elvis Presley Liberace: Behind the Music (1988)
- Peter Dobson young Elvis Presley Forrest Gump (1994)

- Rick Peters Elvis Presley Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) (TV)

- Rob Fenton young Elvis Presley Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol (1999) (TV)

- Rob Youngblood Elvis Presley Elvis and  the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993) (TV)

- Shawn Wayne Klush young Elvis Presley Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999) (TV mini-series)

- Smith, Jason Alan Crazy 2005

- Todd Peterson young Elvis Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999) (mini) TV Series
- Tyler Hilton young Elvis Presley Walk the Line (2005)
- Val Kilmer Elvis Presley ghost True Romance (1993)

Actor	Credited character	Title (year of theatrical release, unless otherwise noted)
Jason Biggs	(fictional) Elvis Presley	Picasso at the Lapin Agile (2008)
Paul Boensch	Elvis Presley, age 10.	This Is Elvis (1981)
Lucas Cain	Elvis Presley, age 10.	Elvis (1990) (TV mini-series)
Bruce Campbell	i) and ii) (fictional) Elvis Presley	i) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) ii) Bubba Nosferatu (2006/7)
Peter Dobson	i) (fictional) young Elvis Presley ii) The King	i) Forrest Gump (1994) ii) The Headhunter (2006/7)
Casting as of 25/1/07	Elvis Presley, ages 23-25	Sgt. Presley (2007)
David Dunavent	teenage Elvis Presley	Elvis (1990) (TV mini-series)
Jerry Eeten	Aaron Presley (Elvis re-incarnated)	Elvis took a bullit (2001)
Rob Fenton	young Elvis Presley	Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol (1999) (TV-made)
Martin Fox	(fictional) Elvis Presley	Give My Head Peace (2003) (BBC TV comedy show)
Randy Gray	Elvis as a boy	Elvis (1979) (TV-made)
Johnny Harra	Elvis Presley, age 42.	This Is Elvis (1981)
Tyler Hilton	young Elvis Presley	Walk the Line (2006)
Paul Hipp	Elvis Presley	Liberace: Behind the Music (1988) (TV-made)
Don Johnson	Elvis Presley	Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV-made)
Harvey Keitel	(fictional) Elvis Presley	Finding Graceland (1998)
David Keith	(fictional) Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Val Kilmer	(fictional)The mentor	True Romance (1993)
Shawn Wayne Klush	young Elvis Presley	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999) (TV mini-series)
Matt Lewis	Elvis Presley	Tears of a King (2006/7)
Steve Martin	The visitor (Elvis Presley, age 21).	Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993, play)
Dana MacKay	Elvis Presley, age 35.	This Is Elvis (1981)
Gil McKinney	(fictional) Elvis Presley	Elvis Has Left the Building (2004, Video release only)
Karlo Metikos	Elvis Presley	Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) (TV)
Dale Midkiff	Elvis Presley	Elvis and Me (1988) (TV-made)
Ryan Pelton	(fictional) Elvis Presley, age 26	Hounddog (2006/7)
Robert Patrick	(fictional) Mr. Aaron	Lonely Street (2006/7)
Rick Peters	Elvis Presley	Elvis meets Nixon (1997) (TV-made)
Todd Peterson	young Elvis Presley	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999) (TV mini-Series)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers	Elvis Presley	Elvis (2005) (TV mini-series)
Kurt Russell	Elvis Presley	Elvis (1979) (TV-made)
Joe Sagal	(fictional)Elvis Presley	Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" (2006) (TV-made)
David Scott	Elvis Presley, age 18.	This Is Elvis (1981)
Martin Shaw	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1985, play)
Jason Alan Smith	Elvis Presley	Crazy (2006/7)
Ed Shifres	Elvis Presley	King and Me, The (1999)
Michael St. Gerard	i)and ii) young Elvis Presley iii)(fictional) young Elvis Presley	i) Elvis (1990) (TV mini-series) ii) Great Balls of Fire! (1989) iii)Heart of Dixie (1989)
Rob Youngblood	Elvis Presley	Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993) (TV-made)

Thus far, more than 50 actors have tried, with varying degrees of success, to play an Elvis Presley character at any age, and during every period of Presley's life and career, both on films and in the theater.