John Gielgud
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1904
- Died
- May 21, 2000 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- London, England
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.
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Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Movie · as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie
Revisiting Brideshead
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie · as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Catastrophe
Movie · as The Protagonist
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Movie · as Self
The Tichborne Claimant
Movie · as Cockburn
Elizabeth
Movie · as The Pope
Quest for Camelot
Movie · as Merlin (voice)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Movie
Merlin
TV · as King Constant · 2 eps
David
Movie · as Stimme Gottes
A Dance to the Music of Time
TV · as St. John Clarke · 4 eps
DragonHeart
Movie · as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
The Leopard Son
Movie · as Narrator
Looking for Richard
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
Movie · as Priam
The Portrait of a Lady
Movie · as Mr. Touchett
Shine
Movie · as Cecil Parkes
Gulliver's Travels
TV · as Professor of Light · 2 eps
First Knight
Movie · as Oswald
Haunted
Movie · as Dr Henry Doyle
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Movie · as Self (Voice)
Stick with Me, Kid
TV · as Grandpa · 13 eps
A Summer Day's Dream
Movie
Scarlett
TV · as Pierre Robillard · 1 ep
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shining Through
Movie · as Sunflower
The Power of One
Movie · as St. John
Swan Song
Movie · as Svetlovidov
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Movie · as Prospero
Prospero's Books
Movie · as Prospero
The Best of Friends
Movie · as Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
Movie · as Drechsler
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Movie · as Virgil (voice)
The Strauss Dynasty
TV · as Drechsler · 6 eps
Performance
TV · as Stephen Dawlish · 1 ep
A TV Dante
Movie · as Virgil
Strike It Rich
Movie · as Herbert Dreuther
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Movie · as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A TV Dante
TV · as Virgil(voice) · 4 eps
Getting It Right
Movie · as Sir Gordon Munday
Barbablù, Barbablù
Movie · as Barbablù
Summer's Lease
TV · as Haverford Downs · 4 eps
Appointment with Death
Movie · as Colonel Carbury
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Movie · as Hobson
A Man for All Seasons
Movie · as Cardinal Wolsey
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie · as Self
War and Remembrance
TV · as Aaron Jastrow · 11 eps
Quartermaine's Terms
Movie · as Eddie Loomis
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Movie · as British Lord
Inspector Morse
TV · as Lord Hinksey · 1 ep
The Whistle Blower
Movie · as Sir Adrian Chappie
Time After Time
Movie · as Jasper Swift
The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Sir Simon de Canterville
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Movie · as Tieresias
Theban Plays: Antigone
Movie · as Tiresias
Lovejoy
TV · as Lord Wakering · 1 ep
To Be Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Plenty
Movie · as Sir Leonard Darwin
The Shooting Party
Movie · as Cornelius Cardew
Romance on the Orient Express
Movie · as Theodore Woodward
Leave All Fair
Movie · as John Middleton Murry
Screen Two
TV · as Eddie Loomis, Jasper Swift · 1 ep
Frankenstein
Movie · as De Lacey
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Movie · as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
The Master of Ballantrae
Movie · as Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous
Movie · as Uncle Willie
Camille
Movie · as Duke de Charles
Six Centuries of Verse
TV · as Self - Presenter · 16 eps
The Far Pavilions
TV · as Cavagnari · 2 eps
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie · as Pope Pius XII
The Wicked Lady
Movie · as Hogarth
Invitation to the Wedding
Movie
Wagner
TV · as Pfistermeister · 10 eps
Gandhi
Movie · as Lord Irwin
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as Charmolue
The Critic
Movie · as Lord Burleigh
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Movie · as Self
Marco Polo
TV · as Doge di Venezia · 1 ep
Inside the Third Reich
TV · as Albert Speer Sr. · 2 eps
Chariots of Fire
Movie · as Master of Trinity
Lion of the Desert
Movie · as Sharif El Gariani
Arthur
Movie · as Hobson
Sphinx
Movie · as Abdu-Hamdi
Priest of Love
Movie · as Herbert G. Muskett
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Movie · as Marquis of Caterhan
Brideshead Revisited
TV · as Edward 'Ned' Ryder · 5 eps
The Elephant Man
Movie · as Carr Gomm
The Formula
Movie · as Dr. Abraham Esau
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Movie · as Reverend Jones
The Conductor
Movie · as John Lasocki
Caligula
Movie · as Nerva
Murder by Decree
Movie · as Prime Minister
The Human Factor
Movie · as Brigadier Tomlinson
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Jelks, Cyril Boggis · 1 ep
Les Misérables
Movie · as Gillenormand
No Man's Land
Movie · as Spooner
Richard II
Movie · as John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Chorus
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Chorus, John of Gaunt · 1 ep
The Grand Inquisitor
Movie · as Inquisitor
Providence
Movie · as Clive Langham
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Movie · as The Preacher
Joseph Andrews
Movie · as The Doctor
Heartbreak House
Movie · as Captain Shotover
Aces High
Movie · as Headmaster
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Lord Henry Wotton
Peter Pan
Movie · as Narrator
Second City Television
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Galileo
Movie · as The Old Cardinal
Frankenstein: The True Story
Movie · as Chief Constable
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Edward Beddoes
Gold
Movie · as Farrell
11 Harrowhouse
Movie · as Meecham
QB VII
TV · as Clinton-Meek · 2 eps
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Movie · as Various
Lost Horizon
Movie · as Chang
Frankenstein: The True Story
TV · as Chief Constable · 2 eps
Eagle in a Cage
Movie · as Lord Sissal
Probe
Movie · as Harold L. Streeter
Home
Movie · as Harry
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Various Roles · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Movie · as The Ghost
Play for Today
TV · as Harry · 1 ep
Menace
TV · as Frederick William Densham · 1 ep
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie · as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · as Lord Raglan
Assignment to Kill
Movie · as Curt Valayan
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Movie · as Rich Man
Sebastian
Movie · as Head of Intelligence
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Movie · as The Elder Pope
From Chekhov with Love
Movie · as Anton Chekhov
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Chorus
October Revolution
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Mock Turtle
Ages of Man
Movie
The Mayfly and the Frog
Movie · as Gabriel Quantara
Ivanov
Movie · as Nikolai ivanov
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Rich Man · 1 ep
Chimes at Midnight
Movie · as Henry IV
The Loved One
Movie · as Sir Francis Hinsley
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Chorus, The Inquisitor, Charles II, Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton, Capt. Shotover, Lord Burleigh · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as The Writer · 1 ep
Becket
Movie · as King Louis VII of France
Hamlet
Movie · as Ghost (voice)
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Gabriel Quantara · 1 ep
To Die in Madrid
Movie · as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Gaev
The Big Party
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Immortal Land
Movie
Saint Joan
Movie · as Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Movie · as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Foster
Richard III
Movie · as George, Duke of Clarence
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
Movie · as John Worthing, JP
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Movie · as Self
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Chorus
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Cassius
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Movie · as Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as The Ghost, Charmolue, Lord Durrisdeer, Duke · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
A Diary for Timothy
Movie · as Hamlet
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Movie · as Narrator
The Prime Minister
Movie · as Disraeli
Heredity in Man
Movie · as Self
Secret Agent
Movie · as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions
Movie · as Inigo Jollifant
Insult
Movie · as Henri Dubois
The Clue of the New Pin
Movie · as Rex Trasmere
Who Is the Man?
Movie · as Daniel