Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer.

Mark Twain as a character

• Hal Holbrook famously portrayed Mark Twain in a one-man show on stage and on television
• Sam Clemens is a character in Philip José Farmer's Riverworld. In the film version he is portrayed by actor Cameron Daddo.
• The journalist Clemens makes an appearance in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman, in issue #31, "", where he is proclaimed Royal Storyteller by the Emperor of the United States, Norton I.
• Samuel Clemens is a character in the ' episodes "Time's Arrow Part I"and "Time's Arrow Part II", portrayed by actor Jerry Hardin.
• Samuel Clemens appears as a viewpoint character in Harry Turtledove's book How Few Remain.
• Robert A. Heinlein modeled the father of Maureen in To Sail Beyond the Sunset after Mark Twain, and included him as a minor character in one scene.
• Major character in The Adventures of Mark Twain, a film in claymation by Will Vinton Studios.
• Samuel Clemens arrives in Virginia City, Nevada, in an episode of Bonanza as a reporter who causes some trouble for the Cartwrights.