CBS ‘Elvis’ bio isn’t Kingly, but it’s closer

Times Staff Writer Elvis Presley would have been 70 this year, a difficult thing to conceive given the persistence of his lively younger selves in the public mind and pop culture whirl. * ‘Elvis’ Where: CBS When: Part 1: 9 to 11 p.m. Sunday Part 2: 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday Ratings: TV-14-L Jonathan Rhys Meyers.Elvis Presley Randy Quaid.”Colonel” Tom Parker Rose McGowan.Ann-Margret Tim Guinee.Sam Phillips Jack Noseworthy.Steve Binder Robert Patrick.Vernon Presley Camryn Manheim.Gladys Presley Executive producers Howard Braunstein, Michael Jaffe, Robert Greenblatt, David Janollari. -- Kurt Russell Less than two years after Presley’s death, Russell took on the role of Presley in the acclaimed 1979 ABC movie “Elvis,” directed by John Carpenter. Unfortunately, he resurrected Presley’s white jumpsuit for his role as a thief disguised as an Elvis impersonator in the 2001 flop “3,000 Miles to Graceland.” Don Johnson Three years before he landed the role of Sonny Crockett in the seminal series “Miami Vice,” Johnson, sporting a bad pompadour and even worse Southern accent, headlined the ludicrous 1981 TV movie “Elvis and the Beauty Queen.” David Keith The actor had Presley swagger, the accent and the sideburns in the 1988 feature “Heartbreak Hotel,” but the film’s reviews were less than fantastic, and it died a quick death at the box office Dale Midkiff Reactions were decidedly mixed for the actor’s rather bland impersonation of the King in the 1988 miniseries “Elvis and Me,” which was based on Priscilla Presley’s bestseller. Rob Youngblood The lanky actor was miscast in the forgettable 1993 TV movie “Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story.” Val Kilmer Though it’s no more than a cameo, Kilmer gave a rare comedic performance as the ghost of Elvis in Tony Scott’s 1993 action-thriller, “True Romance.” Bruce Campbell The veteran of such Sam Raimi films as “The Evil Dead” gave a comical tour-de-force in the 2002 indie film “Bubba Ho-Tep.” Campbell portrayed a cranky 68-year-old Presley living in an East Texas old-age home.