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)
Play for Today
1970
as Harry
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Chorus / The Inquisitor / Charles II / Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Capt. Shotover / Lord Burleigh
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jelks / Cyril Boggis
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gabriel Quantara
Inspector Morse
1987
as Lord Hinksey
Screen Two
1985
as Eddie Loomis / Jasper Swift
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
Marco Polo
1982
as Doge di Venezia
Merlin
1998
as King Constant
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 Far Pavilions
1984
as Cavagnari
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
Wagner
1983
as Pfistermeister
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Albert Speer Sr.
QB VII
1974
as Clinton-Meek
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Chief Constable
Summer's Lease
1989
as Haverford Downs
Stick with Me, Kid
1995
as Grandpa
Movies (141)
Caligula
1979
as Nerva
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Mr. Beddoes
DragonHeart
1996
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
The Elephant Man
1980
as Carr Gomm
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Irwin
First Knight
1995
as Oswald
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Foster
Elizabeth
1998
as The Pope
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Master of Trinity
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Merlin (voice)
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
as Marquis of Caterhan
Hamlet
1996
as Priam
Shine
1996
as Cecil Parkes
Arthur
1981
as Hobson
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mr. Touchett
Julius Caesar
1953
as Cassius
David
1997
as Stimme Gottes
Julius Caesar
1970
as Julius Caesar
Haunted
1995
as Dr Henry Doyle
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Sharif El Gariani
The Power of One
1992
as St. John
Appointment with Death
1988
as Colonel Carbury
Shining Through
1992
as Sunflower
Chimes at Midnight
1965
as Henry IV
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Lord Raglan
Gold
1974
as Farrell
Lost Horizon
1973
as Chang
Les Misérables
1978
as Gillenormand
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Becket
1964
as King Louis VII of France
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Loved One
1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Plenty
1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Richard III
1955
as George, Duke of Clarence
The Canterville Ghost
1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Hogarth
Sphinx
1981
as Abdu-Hamdi
Providence
1977
as Clive Langham
Secret Agent
1936
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Pope Pius XII
Murder by Decree
1979
as Prime Minister
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
as Hobson
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as The Elder Pope
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Sebastian
1968
as Head of Intelligence
Hamlet
1964
as Ghost (voice)
Assignment to Kill
1968
as Curt Valayan
Camille
1984
as Duke de Charles
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Charmolue
The Whistle Blower
1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Mock Turtle
11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Meecham
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as British Lord
Galileo
1975
as The Old Cardinal
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Chief Constable
Romeo and Juliet
1954
as Chorus
Saint Joan
1957
as Earl of Warwick
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
Priest of Love
1981
as Herbert G. Muskett
The Formula
1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
as Lord Henry Wotton
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Scandalous
1984
as Uncle Willie
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Gaev
Frankenstein
1984
as De Lacey
Aces High
1976
as Headmaster
Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Lord Sissal
Swan Song
1992
as Svetlovidov
Prospero's Books
1991
as Prospero
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self
Peter Pan
1976
as Narrator
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Tiresias
A TV Dante
1990
as Virgil
Joseph Andrews
1977
as The Doctor
The Human Factor
1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Reverend Jones
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Rich Man
The Conductor
1980
as John Lasocki
The Prime Minister
1941
as Disraeli
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
as Theodore Woodward
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Chorus
Probe
1972
as Harold L. Streeter
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
A Man for All Seasons
1988
as Cardinal Wolsey
Hamlet
1970
as The Ghost
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Chorus
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
as Gabriel Quantara
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
as Self (Voice)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Tieresias
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
To Die in Madrid
1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Leave All Fair
1985
as John Middleton Murry
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Richard II
1978
as John of Gaunt
A Diary for Timothy
1945
as Hamlet
Getting It Right
1989
as Sir Gordon Munday
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Lord Durrisdeer
Die Letzte Jagd
1985
as Cornelius Cardew
Time After Time
1986
as Jasper Swift
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Cockburn
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
as Prospero
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
as Barbablù
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
as Various
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
as The Preacher
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
The Critic
1982
as Lord Burleigh
Strike It Rich
1990
as Herbert Dreuther
October Revolution
1967
as Narrator (voice)
Catastrophe
2001
as The Protagonist
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
as Eddie Loomis
The Leopard Son
1996
as Narrator
Heartbreak House
1977
as Captain Shotover
Insult
1932
as Henri Dubois
The Good Companions
1933
as Inigo Jollifant
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
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Mr. Beddoes
- DragonHeart (1996) — as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Carr Gomm
- Gandhi (1982) — as Lord Irwin
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