John Gielgud
Known for Acting · 182 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
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
Screen Two
1985
as Eddie Loomis / Jasper Swift
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gabriel Quantara
TV Shows (40)
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
Screen Two
1985
as Eddie Loomis / Jasper Swift
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gabriel Quantara
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jelks / Cyril Boggis
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Inspector Morse
1987
as Lord Hinksey
Film '72
1971
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Various Roles
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Writer
Second City Television
1976
as Self
Performance
1991
as Stephen Dawlish
Lovejoy
1986
as Lord Wakering
Merlin
1998
as King Constant
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
War and Remembrance
1988
as Aaron Jastrow
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Rich Man
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Chorus / John of Gaunt
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
Marco Polo
1982
as Doge di Venezia
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as St. John Clarke
Summer's Lease
1989
as Haverford Downs
The Far Pavilions
1984
as Cavagnari
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
Menace
1970
as Frederick William Densham
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Albert Speer Sr.
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Presenter
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
Movies (142)
Caligula
1979
as Nerva
The Elephant Man
1980
as Carr Gomm
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Foster
DragonHeart
1996
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Mr. Beddoes
Arthur
1981
as Hobson
First Knight
1995
as Oswald
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Master of Trinity
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Irwin
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Merlin (voice)
Elizabeth
1998
as The Pope
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mr. Touchett
Hamlet
1996
as Priam
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Sharif El Gariani
David
1997
as Stimme Gottes
Appointment with Death
1988
as Colonel Carbury
Julius Caesar
1953
as Cassius
Shine
1996
as Cecil Parkes
Les Misérables
1978
as Gillenormand
The Power of One
1992
as St. John
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Shining Through
1992
as Sunflower
The Canterville Ghost
1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Chimes at Midnight
1965
as Henry IV
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Reverend Jones
Catastrophe
2001
as The Protagonist
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Lord Raglan
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
Hamlet
1964
as Ghost (voice)
Haunted
1995
as Dr Henry Doyle
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Pope Pius XII
Murder by Decree
1979
as Prime Minister
Hamlet
1970
as The Ghost
Sphinx
1981
as Abdu-Hamdi
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Hogarth
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Becket
1964
as King Louis VII of France
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Charmolue
A Man for All Seasons
1988
as Cardinal Wolsey
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
as Hobson
Lost Horizon
1973
as Chang
Julius Caesar
1970
as Julius Caesar
Aces High
1976
as Headmaster
Home
1972
as Harry
Gold
1974
as Farrell
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as The Elder Pope
Plenty
1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
The Human Factor
1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson
The Clue of the New Pin
1929
as Rex Trasmere
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Providence
1977
as Clive Langham
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Chorus
Priest of Love
1981
as Herbert G. Muskett
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
1954
as Chorus
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Getting It Right
1989
as Sir Gordon Munday
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Mock Turtle
Richard III
1955
as George, Duke of Clarence
No Man's Land
1978
as Spooner
Assignment to Kill
1968
as Curt Valayan
Camille
1984
as Duke de Charles
The Loved One
1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Secret Agent
1936
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
October Revolution
1967
as Narrator (voice)
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
The Whistle Blower
1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie
A Diary for Timothy
1945
as Hamlet
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
as John Worthing, JP
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
as Marquis of Caterhan
A TV Dante
1990
as Virgil
The Best of Friends
1991
as Sydney Cockerell
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Lord Durrisdeer
Ivanov
1966
as Nikolai ivanov
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Cockburn
Leave All Fair
1985
as John Middleton Murry
Joseph Andrews
1977
as The Doctor
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
as Prospero
The Immortal Land
1958
Time After Time
1986
as Jasper Swift
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Chief Constable
Saint Joan
1957
as Earl of Warwick
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Tiresias
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Chorus
The Conductor
1980
as John Lasocki
11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Meecham
The Critic
1982
as Lord Burleigh
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Gaev
The Formula
1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau
Prospero's Books
1991
as Prospero
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
as Theodore Woodward
Heredity in Man
1937
as Self
Richard II
1978
as John of Gaunt
Strike It Rich
1990
as Herbert Dreuther
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as British Lord
The Leopard Son
1996
as Narrator
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Lord Sissal
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Rich Man
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Scandalous
1984
as Uncle Willie
The Shooting Party
1985
as Cornelius Cardew
Peter Pan
1976
as Narrator
Galileo
1975
as The Old Cardinal
The Good Companions
1933
as Inigo Jollifant
The Prime Minister
1941
as Disraeli
Sebastian
1968
as Head of Intelligence
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
as Eddie Loomis
Swan Song
1992
as Svetlovidov
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Tieresias
To Die in Madrid
1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Probe
1972
as Harold L. Streeter
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 182 credits spanning from 1924 to 2018, John Gielgud has appeared in 142 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Gielgud Movies
- Caligula (1979) — as Nerva
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Carr Gomm
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Foster
- DragonHeart (1996) — as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Mr. Beddoes
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