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Grissom has been noted and remembered in many film and television productions.

Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet ( 1951 ) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U. S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas.

Grissom was depicted by Fred Ward in the film The Right Stuff ( 1983 ) and ( very briefly ) in the film Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) by Steve Bernie.

He was portrayed in the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon ( 1998 ) by Mark Rolston.

Actor Kevin McCorkle played Grissom in the third season finale of the NBC television show American Dreams.

Bryan Cranston played Grissom as a nervous variety-show guest in the film That Thing You Do!