John Gielgud
Known for Acting · 178 credits
- Born
- 1904-04-14
- Died
- 2000-05-21
- Place of birth
- London, England
- Also known as
- Arthur John Gielgud · Sir John Gielgud · A Gentleman · Джон Гилгуд
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
TV Shows (37)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Harry
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Chorus / The Inquisitor / Charles II / Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Capt. Shotover / Lord Burleigh
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jelks / Cyril Boggis
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Eddie Loomis / Jasper Swift
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gabriel Quantara
Inspector Morse
1987
as Lord Hinksey
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Various Roles
Lovejoy
1986
as Lord Wakering
Performance
1991
as Stephen Dawlish
Second City Television
1976
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Rich Man
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
War and Remembrance
1988
as Aaron Jastrow
Merlin
1998
as King Constant
Marco Polo
1982
as Doge di Venezia
Scarlett
1994
as Pierre Robillard
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Ghost / Charmolue / Lord Durrisdeer / Duke
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Professor of Light
Menace
1970
as Frederick William Densham
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as St. John Clarke
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Presenter
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Albert Speer Sr.
The Far Pavilions
1984
as Cavagnari
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
QB VII
1974
as Clinton-Meek
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Chief Constable
Wagner
1983
as Pfistermeister
Stick with Me, Kid
1995
as Grandpa
Summer's Lease
1989
as Haverford Downs
Movies (141)
Caligula
1979
as Nerva
The Elephant Man
1980
as Carr Gomm
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Mr. Beddoes
DragonHeart
1996
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Irwin
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Foster
First Knight
1995
as Oswald
Julius Caesar
1953
as Cassius
Shine
1996
as Cecil Parkes
Elizabeth
1998
as The Pope
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Master of Trinity
Haunted
1995
as Dr Henry Doyle
David
1997
as Stimme Gottes
Hamlet
1996
as Priam
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Merlin (voice)
Arthur
1981
as Hobson
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mr. Touchett
Julius Caesar
1970
as Julius Caesar
Becket
1964
as King Louis VII of France
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Sharif El Gariani
Sphinx
1981
as Abdu-Hamdi
Shining Through
1992
as Sunflower
Chimes at Midnight
1965
as Henry IV
Plenty
1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
as Marquis of Caterhan
Les Misérables
1978
as Gillenormand
The Power of One
1992
as St. John
Lost Horizon
1973
as Chang
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Pope Pius XII
11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Meecham
Appointment with Death
1988
as Colonel Carbury
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Lord Raglan
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Gold
1974
as Farrell
Assignment to Kill
1968
as Curt Valayan
The Loved One
1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
as Hobson
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as The Elder Pope
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Hogarth
Providence
1977
as Clive Langham
Aces High
1976
as Headmaster
The Canterville Ghost
1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
Probe
1972
as Harold L. Streeter
Richard III
1955
as George, Duke of Clarence
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Mock Turtle
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Murder by Decree
1979
as Prime Minister
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Charmolue
Secret Agent
1936
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Galileo
1975
as The Old Cardinal
Priest of Love
1981
as Herbert G. Muskett
Hamlet
1964
as Ghost (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
The Whistle Blower
1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Scandalous
1984
as Uncle Willie
Camille
1984
as Duke de Charles
A TV Dante
1990
as Virgil
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Chief Constable
A Man for All Seasons
1988
as Cardinal Wolsey
A Diary for Timothy
1945
as Hamlet
The Prime Minister
1941
as Disraeli
Romeo and Juliet
1954
as Chorus
Sebastian
1968
as Head of Intelligence
Prospero's Books
1991
as Prospero
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Chorus
Frankenstein
1984
as De Lacey
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as British Lord
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
The Formula
1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
as Theodore Woodward
Swan Song
1992
as Svetlovidov
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Reverend Jones
The Human Factor
1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson
Time After Time
1986
as Jasper Swift
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self
The Conductor
1980
as John Lasocki
Saint Joan
1957
as Earl of Warwick
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
Joseph Andrews
1977
as The Doctor
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Rich Man
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
as Prospero
Peter Pan
1976
as Narrator
Richard II
1978
as John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Chorus
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Gaev
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Lord Durrisdeer
Strike It Rich
1990
as Herbert Dreuther
October Revolution
1967
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet
1970
as The Ghost
To Die in Madrid
1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
as Gabriel Quantara
Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Lord Sissal
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
as Various
Leave All Fair
1985
as John Middleton Murry
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
as Lord Henry Wotton
The Critic
1982
as Lord Burleigh
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Cockburn
Getting It Right
1989
as Sir Gordon Munday
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
as Self (Voice)
No Man's Land
1978
as Spooner
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
as The Preacher
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
as Barbablù
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991
as Virgil (voice)
Catastrophe
2001
as The Protagonist
Die Letzte Jagd
1985
as Cornelius Cardew
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Tiresias
The Leopard Son
1996
as Narrator
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Tieresias
About John Gielgud
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. With 178 credits spanning from 1924 to 2018, John Gielgud has appeared in 141 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Gielgud Movies
- Caligula (1979) — as Nerva
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Carr Gomm
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Mr. Beddoes
- DragonHeart (1996) — as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
- Gandhi (1982) — as Lord Irwin
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