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== In popular culture == === Film and television === The character of Johnny Ringo has been depicted in the following film and television shows: * ''[[The Gunfighter]]'' (1950) depicts Jimmy Ringo, a fictional depiction of Johnny Ringo's life<ref>Tefertiller, C. ''Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend''. Wiley (1997), pp. 86β90. {{ISBN|0471189677}}</ref><ref>Gatto, S. ''John Ringo: The Reputation of a Deadly Gunman''. San Simon (1997), pp. 201β216. {{ASIN|B0006QCC9U}}</ref> * ''[[City of Bad Men]]'' (1953) played by [[Richard Boone]] * ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'' includes two episodes depicting Ringo. [[John Pickard (American actor)|John Pickard]] played the role in 1957; Peter M. Thompson in 1959.<ref name="tefertiller">{{cite book |title=Wyatt Earp β Life Behind The Legend |first=Casey |last=Tefertiller |year= 1997 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=0471189677 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wyattearplifebeh00tefe_0 }}</ref>{{rp|88β90}} * '"The Johnny Ringo Story" (March 17, 1958), an episode of ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'' portrayed by [[Paul Richards (actor)|Paul Richards]] * ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' (1957), portrayed by [[John Ireland]]<ref name="sturges">Lovell, G. ''Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges''. University of Wisconsin Press (2008), pp. 151β153 {{ISBN|0299228347}}</ref> * "Johnny Ringo's Last Ride" (1958), an episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[Tombstone Territory]]'', starring [[Myron Healey]]<ref>[http://www.westernclippings.com/remember/tombstoneterritory_doyouremember.shtml "Tombstone Territory"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001112537/http://www.westernclippings.com/remember/tombstoneterritory_doyouremember.shtml |date=2016-10-01 }} at western clippings.com, retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref> * ''[[Johnny Ringo (TV series)|Johnny Ringo]]'', starring [[Don Durant]], aired for one season (1959β1960) on [[CBS]]. It depicted virtually nothing about Ringo's actual life.<ref>{{cite book|title=Total Television |year= 1996 |first1=Alex |last1= McNeil |edition=revised |publisher= Penguin Books |isbn=0140249168 }}</ref>{{rp|135}} * "The Melancholy Gun" (1963), an episode of the [[syndicated television]] [[anthology series]] ''[[Death Valley Days]]''. Portrayed by [[Ken Scott (actor)|Ken Scott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556845/|title=The Melancholy Gun on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|access-date=September 8, 2018|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208232440/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556845/|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''[[Ringo and His Golden Pistol]]'', a [[Sergio Corbucci]] [[Spaghetti Western]] featuring a character called Johnny Ringo in the English dubbed version, though there is no reference to any real-life deeds or companions of the historical Ringo, and he is depicted as being of Mexican ancestry * ''[[The High Chaparral]]'' (1969) included two appearances of Ringo, portrayed first by [[Robert Viharo]] and then by [[Luke Askew]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061263/fullcredits|title=''The High Chaparral'' full credits|website=IMDb.com|access-date=October 4, 2016|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213165128/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061263/fullcredits|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''[[The Gunfighters (Doctor Who)|The Gunfighters]]'' (1966), the eighth serial of the third season of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', portrayed by [[Laurence Payne]]. Strangely, Ringo is depicted as one of the cowboys killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. <ref name=ortega29may /> * ''[[Doc (film)|Doc]]'' (1971), played by [[Fred Dennis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067003/|title=Doc|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' (1993), played by [[Michael Biehn]]<ref name=truewest>Beck, Henry Cabot. "[http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/93006/russell.pdf The "Western" ''Godfather''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705162648/http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/93006/russell.pdf |date=2008-07-05 }}" ''True West Magazine''. October 2006.</ref> * ''[[Wyatt Earp (film)|Wyatt Earp]]'' (1994), played by Norman Howell === In music === * "Johnny Ringo" is a song on [[Crown the Empire]]'s ''[[Limitless (Crown the Empire EP)|Limitless]]'' EP. Also, the songs "Johnny's Revenge" and "Johnny's Rebellion" are part of this trilogy.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} * "[[Ringo (song)|Ringo]]" (1964), a number-one hit for [[Lorne Greene]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961β2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=108}}</ref> === In literature === ''Confessions of Johnny Ringo'', a fictionalized memoir. Ringo is depicted as a bookish and introspective observer of his era whose sweetheart is killed by Union troops during the Civil War. He is driven to become an outlaw until he is killed by Wyatt Earp.<ref>Aggeler, G. ''Confessions of Johnny Ringo''. E.P. Dutton (1987). {{ISBN|0451159888}}</ref>
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