- Family Guy Fanon: Season 11's "Death of a Mailman
"'s title is an allusion to the play.
Films - Live-Action
- Billy from Most Likely to Murder (2018) finds two copies of the Death of a Salesman CliffsNotes in his childhood bedroom.
- Angel: "Are You Now Or Have Your Ever Been" contains a double Shout-Out to Arthur Miller: Much of the plot owes some subtle points to The Crucible. The play itself was written during the McCarthy era - the time slot in which the show takes place. In this case, Angel expies John Proctor, who is sent to the gallows by Abigail Williams, expied by Judy. Bonus points when you realize that the Thesulac's first victim is a salesman Driven to Suicide, commented on by the other guests.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- In "Ted" the first time Joss Whedon alluded to Death of a Salesman with "A good salesman always Bounces back".
- In "Band Candy" when the candy is handed out for sale, Buffy asks Snyder for advice "before we go all Willy Loman here".
- In "Restless" Willow shows up for her drama class and is faced with the opening performance of the class' production of Death of a Salesman directed by Giles, and also starring Buffy, Harmony and Riley.
- Luke Cage (2016): In the episode "Wig Out" the Bulletin front page headline for Arturo Rey's death is "Death of a Salesman".
- Mystery Science Theater 3000:
- "Outlaw": Mike doesn't seem that embarrassed about his early acting career, but he did seem to wear a lot of sailor suits. Even for Death of a Salesman, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, Richard III, Inherit the Wind, Oh! Calcutta! ... Not even Mike realized this until the bots pointed it out to him, leading to some relatively mild Fridge Horror on Mike's part.
- "Yongary": "He's doing Death of a Salesmonster."
- "Lords of the Deep": "But there were promises made across this desk! You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away! A man's not a piece of fruit!"
- Seinfeld: Jerry advises George not to whistle in the elevator while on a job interview. George takes offense at being compared to "the biggest loser in the history of American literature," prompting Jerry to call him "Biff" for the rest of the season.
- Supernatural: In "Hollywood Babylon" the character Gerard St. James tells Sam and Dean he is playing Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman.
Theatre
- Assassins: John Wilkes Booth references Death of a Salesman multiple times during the "Take a Look, Lee" sequence, using Willy Loman as an example of what Lee Harvey Oswald would be if he didn't kill the president like Booth wants him to. Later in the same scene, when Booth reveals his name and Oswald recognizes it as the name of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, Booth's response is to say "attention has been paid", a twist on a quote from the show.
- Kentucky Route Zero: The Márquez Farmhouse is based on the two most well known production designs of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The episode title of "Birth of a Salesman" is an allusion to the play.
- Darkwing Duck: The episode "Merchant of Menace" featured a villain named Weasel Loman.
- The Fairly OddParents!: "Stage Fright" has a field day with theater references: Vicky gets to act in "Girl on a Hot Tin Roof", "A Streetcar Named Destruction", "Death of a Saleswoman", "Who's Afraid of a Wolf, Virginia?", and finally, "Crock of Ages". Not to mention Timmy's fake director name, "Goodnight Shamalot".
- The Simpsons:
- In "Burns, Baby Burns", the scene between Willy and Howard is being performed inside Mr. Burns' "playroom"
- In "Goo Goo Gai Pan", The Simpsons see a Chinese version of the play. The play's popularity there is Truth in Television.
- In "Fears of a Clown", Krusty stars as a Willy Loman-like character in the The Salesman's Bad Day, a cheap knock-off of Death of a Salesman.
