John Gielgud
Acting
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
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movieNothing Like a Dame
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
movieRevisiting Brideshead
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
movieCatastrophe
2001
The Protagonist
movieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999
Cockburn
movieElizabeth
1998
The Pope
movieQuest for Camelot
1998
Merlin (voice)
tvMerlin
1998
King Constant
tvA Dance to the Music of Time
1997
St. John Clarke
movieDavid
1997
Stimme Gottes
movieHamlet
1996
Priam
movieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
Mr. Touchett
movieLooking for Richard
1996
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Leopard Son
1996
Narrator
movieShine
1996
Cecil Parkes
movieDragonHeart
1996
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
tvGulliver's Travels
1996
Professor of Light
movieHaunted
1995
Dr Henry Doyle
movieFirst Knight
1995
Oswald
movieThe Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
Self (Voice)
tvScarlett
1994
Pierre Robillard
movieThe Power of One
1992
St. John
movieShining Through
1992
Sunflower
Swan Song
1992
Svetlovidov
tvThe Strauss Dynasty
1991
Drechsler
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Self (archive footage)
tvPerformance
1991
Stephen Dawlish
movieProspero's Books
1991
Prospero
movieA TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991
Virgil (voice)
movieThe Best of Friends
1991
Sydney Cockerell
movieThe Strauss Dynasty
1991
Drechsler
movieRabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
Narrator (voice)
movieA TV Dante
1990
Virgil
movieStrike It Rich
1990
Herbert Dreuther
movieBarbablù, Barbablù
1989
Barbablù
tvSummer's Lease
1989
Haverford Downs
movieGetting It Right
1989
Sir Gordon Munday
movieA Man for All Seasons
1988
Cardinal Wolsey
tvWar and Remembrance
1988
Aaron Jastrow
movieAppointment with Death
1988
Colonel Carbury
movieQuartermaine's Terms
1987
Eddie Loomis
tvInspector Morse
1987
Lord Hinksey
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1986
Sir Simon de Canterville
movieThe Whistle Blower
1986
Sir Adrian Chappie
movieTheban Plays: Antigone
1986
Tiresias
movieTime After Time
1986
Jasper Swift
tvLovejoy
1986
Lord Wakering
moviePlenty
1985
Sir Leonard Darwin
movieLeave All Fair
1985
John Middleton Murry
movieRomance on the Orient Express
1985
Theodore Woodward
movieThe Shooting Party
1985
Cornelius Cardew
tvScreen Two
1985
Eddie Loomis / Jasper Swift
movieCamille
1984
Duke de Charles
movieFrankenstein
1984
De Lacey
tvSix Centuries of Verse
1984
Self - Presenter
tvThe Far Pavilions
1984
Cavagnari
movieThe Master of Ballantrae
1984
Lord Durrisdeer
movieScandalous
1984
Uncle Willie
movieJames Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
tvWagner
1983
Pfistermeister
movieThe Wicked Lady
1983
Hogarth
movieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
Pope Pius XII
tvMarco Polo
1982
Doge di Venezia
movieGandhi
1982
Lord Irwin
The Critic
1982
Lord Burleigh
tvInside the Third Reich
1982
Albert Speer Sr.
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
Charmolue
tvBrideshead Revisited
1981
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
moviePriest of Love
1981
Herbert G. Muskett
movieArthur
1981
Hobson
movieChariots of Fire
1981
Master of Trinity
movieLion of the Desert
1981
Sharif El Gariani
movieAgatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
Marquis of Caterhan
movieSphinx
1981
Abdu-Hamdi
movieThe Formula
1980
Dr. Abraham Esau
movieThe Elephant Man
1980
Carr Gomm
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
Reverend Jones
movieThe Conductor
1980
John Lasocki
movieThe Human Factor
1979
Brigadier Tomlinson
movieCaligula
1979
Nerva
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Jelks / Cyril Boggis
movieMurder by Decree
1979
Prime Minister
movieLes Misérables
1978
Gillenormand
movieRichard II
1978
John of Gaunt
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Chorus / John of Gaunt
movieNo Man's Land
1978
Spooner
movieA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
The Preacher
movieHeartbreak House
1977
Captain Shotover
movieJoseph Andrews
1977
The Doctor
movieProvidence
1977
Clive Langham
moviePeter Pan
1976
Narrator
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
Lord Henry Wotton
movieAces High
1976
Headmaster
movieGalileo
1975
The Old Cardinal
movieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
Mr. Beddoes
movie11 Harrowhouse
1974
Meecham
movieFrankenstein: The True Story
1974
Chief Constable
movieGold
1974
Farrell
tvQB VII
1974
Clinton-Meek
tvFrankenstein: The True Story
1973
Chief Constable
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972
Various Roles
movieProbe
1972
Harold L. Streeter
movieEagle in a Cage
1972
Lord Sissal
movieHome
1972
Harry
movieHamlet
1970
The Ghost
tvPlay for Today
1970
Harry
Menace
1970
Frederick William Densham
movieJulius Caesar
1970
Julius Caesar
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
movieThe Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
The Elder Pope
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieAssignment to Kill
1968
Curt Valayan
movieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Lord Raglan
movieSebastian
1968
Head of Intelligence
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
movieOctober Revolution
1967
Narrator (voice)
movieAlice in Wonderland
1966
Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
Gabriel Quantara
tvABC Stage 67
1966
Rich Man
movieIvanov
1966
Nikolai ivanov
movieChimes at Midnight
1965
Henry IV
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Chorus / The Inquisitor / Charles II / Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Capt. Shotover / Lord Burleigh
movieThe Loved One
1965
Sir Francis Hinsley
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Gabriel Quantara
movieHamlet
1964
Ghost (voice)
movieBecket
1964
King Louis VII of France
movieTo Die in Madrid
1963
Narrator (English version) (voice)
movieSaint Joan
1957
Earl of Warwick
movieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
Edward Moulton-Barrett
movieRichard III
1955
George, Duke of Clarence
movieJulius Caesar
1953
Cassius
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Ghost / Charmolue / Lord Durrisdeer / Duke
movieThe Prime Minister
1941
Disraeli
movieSecret Agent
1936
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
movieThe Good Companions
1933
Inigo Jollifant
movieInsult
1932
Henri Dubois
Writing3
Directing2
movieIvanov
1966
Director
movieHamlet
1964
Director