Books Written About Porter:
There are 3 biographies written about Orrin Porter Rockwell
- Orrin Porter Rockwell: Man of God, Son of Thunder by Harold Schindler
- Porter Rockwell A Biography by Richard Lloyd Dewey
- Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell by John Rockwell
The last also has an accompanying DVD and Audio CD.
Richard Lloyd Dewey also wrote a historical novel called “Rockwell: U.S. Marshal” and a 4 part historical novel series called “The Porter Rockwell Chronicles”
Additionally, in 2015 W. W. Foote published "Wheat: The Reminiscences of Porter Rockwell" which is also historical fiction.
Movies About or With Porter:
Rockwell was the primary subject of the 1994 film Rockwell, in which he was portrayed by Randy Gleave. Rockwell has also been portrayed on screen by John Carradine in the 1940 film Brigham Young, by James Coburn in the 1995 TV-movie The Avenging Angel, and by Gyll Huff in the 1995 Trent Harris film Plan 10 from Outer Space. He was also the main character in the 1969 Death Valley Days episode called the “Son of Thunder.” Rockwell, played by Gregg Palmer, touched on his Avenging Angel persona and his fight to live with the reputation he had as a gun fighter that could not be killed by any bullets.
In 2010, a documentary called Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell was created by Issimo Productions, which includes historical re-creations of events from the life of Rockwell as well as interviews with scholars and historians, including John W. Rockwell, great-great-grandson of Rockwell.
In 2019 Covenant Communications published a booklet and then a feature film based on an excerpt from Stories of the Life of Porter Rockwell called "The Trial of Porter Rockwell" which is historical fiction.