John Gielgud
Acting
Born: April 14, 1904 · London, England
Died: May 21, 2000 (aged 96)
Highest Rated
Biography
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to a silver trumpet muffled in silk. Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
Known for
The Elephant Man
1980
Gandhi
1982
DragonHeart
1996
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Elizabeth
1998
First Knight
1995
Chariots of Fire
1981
Caligula
1979
Quest for Camelot
1998
Shine
1996
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Hamlet
1996
Photos (7)
Movies (115)
Caligula
Nerva
Murder on the Orient Express
Mr. Beddoes
The Elephant Man
Carr Gomm
First Knight
Oswald
DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Foster
Appointment with Death
Colonel Carbury
Chariots of Fire
Master of Trinity
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
Elizabeth
The Pope
Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
Julius Caesar
Cassius
The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
Hamlet
Priam
David
Stimme Gottes
Arthur
Hobson
Shining Through
Sunflower
Lion of the Desert
Sharif El Gariani
Becket
King Louis VII of France
The Scarlet and the Black
Pope Pius XII
The Power of One
St. John
The Whistle Blower
Sir Adrian Chappie
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV
Haunted
Dr Henry Doyle
Priest of Love
Herbert G. Muskett
Les Misérables
Gillenormand
Shine
Cecil Parkes
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wicked Lady
Hogarth
Secret Agent
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Gold
Farrell
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Raglan
Prospero's Books
Prospero
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
Lost Horizon
Chang
Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence
The Formula
Dr. Abraham Esau
Aces High
Headmaster
Hamlet
Ghost (voice)
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Marquis of Caterhan
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
Hamlet
The Ghost
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
Camille
Duke de Charles
Providence
Clive Langham
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Reverend Jones
No Man's Land
Spooner
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
A TV Dante
Virgil
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Peter Pan
Narrator
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
Richard II
John of Gaunt
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
Home
Harry
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
Insult
Henri Dubois
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
Frankenstein
De Lacey
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
Eagle in a Cage
Lord Sissal
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
The Conductor
John Lasocki
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
The Leopard Son
Narrator
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
Ages of Man
1966
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
TV Shows (39)
Play for Today
Harry · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Chorus · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
The Inquisitor · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Charles II · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Capt. Shotover · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lord Burleigh · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Gabriel Quantara · 1 eps
Screen Two
Eddie Loomis · 1 eps
Screen Two
Jasper Swift · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Jelks · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Cyril Boggis · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Lord Hinksey · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Writer · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Various Roles · 1 eps
Performance
Stephen Dawlish · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Chorus · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
John of Gaunt · 1 eps
War and Remembrance
Aaron Jastrow · 11 eps
Lovejoy
Lord Wakering · 1 eps
Merlin
King Constant · 2 eps
Scarlett
Pierre Robillard · 1 eps
ABC Stage 67
Rich Man · 1 eps
Brideshead Revisited
Edward 'Ned' Ryder · 5 eps
Marco Polo
Doge di Venezia · 1 eps
Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer Sr. · 2 eps
A Dance to the Music of Time
St. John Clarke · 4 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Professor of Light · 2 eps
The Far Pavilions
Cavagnari · 2 eps
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler · 6 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ghost · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Charmolue · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lord Durrisdeer · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duke · 1 eps
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable · 2 eps
Wagner
Pfistermeister · 10 eps
QB VII
Clinton-Meek · 2 eps
Summer's Lease
Haverford Downs · 4 eps
A TV Dante
Virgil(voice) · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
Great Performances
Self · 3 eps
Omnibus
Self · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
Second City Television
Self · 1 eps
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self · 1 eps
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Presenter · 16 eps
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 1 eps
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
To Be Hamlet
Self
Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Heredity in Man
Self
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Self
