John Gielgud
Known for acting · Born 14 April 1904 · Died 21 May 2000 · aged 96 · London, England
188 credits
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
The Elephant Man
1980
Gandhi
1982
Arthur
1981
Elizabeth
1998
Chimes at Midnight
1965
Julius Caesar
1953
Becket
1964
Secret Agent
1936
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
Prospero's Books
1991
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Shining Through
1992
Acting (183)
2018Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Play On! Shakespeare in Silent FilmSelfFilm
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsHogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2011Discovering HamletKing Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)Film
2009Behind The Scenes of CaligulaFilm
2005Revisiting BridesheadSelf (archive footage)Film
2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")Film
2001CatastropheThe ProtagonistFilm
2000Vivien Leigh: A Delicate BalanceSelfFilm
1999The Tichborne ClaimantCockburnFilm
1998ElizabethThe PopeFilm
1998Quest for CamelotMerlin (voice)Film
1998MerlinKing Constant · 2 episodesSeries
1998Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of SorrowFilm
1997DavidStimme GottesFilm
1997A Dance to the Music of TimeSt. John Clarke · 4 episodesSeries
1996DragonHeartKing Arthur (voice) (uncredited)Film
1996ShineCecil ParkesFilm
1996HamletPriamFilm
1996The Portrait of a LadyMr. TouchettFilm
1996Looking for RichardSelf - IntervieweeFilm
1996Gulliver's TravelsProfessor of Light · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Leopard SonNarratorFilm
1995First KnightOswaldFilm
1995HauntedDr Henry DoyleFilm
1995The Thomas The Tank Engine ManSelf (Voice)Film
1995Stick with Me, KidGrandpa · 13 episodesSeries
1994ScarlettPierre RobillardSeries
1994A Summer Day's DreamFilm
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelfSeries
1992Shining ThroughSunflowerFilm
1992The Power of OneSt. JohnFilm
1992Swan SongSvetlovidovFilm
1992A Walk Through Prospero's LibraryProsperoFilm
1991Prospero's BooksProsperoFilm
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerSelf (archive footage)Film
1991The Strauss DynastyDrechslerFilm
1991The Best of FriendsSydney CockerellFilm
1991PerformanceStephen DawlishSeries
1991A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)Virgil (voice)Film
1991The Strauss DynastyDrechsler · 6 episodesSeries
1990A TV DanteVirgilFilm
1990Strike It RichHerbert DreutherFilm
1990Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and BeyondSelfFilm
1990A TV DanteVirgil(voice) · 4 episodesSeries
1990Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New ClothesNarrator (voice)Film
1989Getting It RightSir Gordon MundayFilm
1989Summer's LeaseHaverford Downs · 4 episodesSeries
1989Barbablù, BarbablùBarbablùFilm
1988Appointment with DeathColonel CarburyFilm
1988Arthur 2: On the RocksHobsonFilm
1988War and RemembranceAaron Jastrow · 11 episodesSeries
1988A Man for All SeasonsCardinal WolseyFilm
1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonSelfFilm
1987Inspector MorseLord HinkseySeries
1987Quartermaine's TermsEddie LoomisFilm
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleBritish LordFilm
1986LovejoyLord WakeringSeries
1986The Whistle BlowerSir Adrian ChappieFilm
1986The Canterville GhostSir Simon de CantervilleFilm
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingTieresiasFilm
1986Time After TimeJasper SwiftFilm
1986Theban Plays: AntigoneTiresiasFilm
1985PlentySir Leonard DarwinFilm
1985The Shooting PartyCornelius CardewFilm
1985Romance on the Orient ExpressTheodore WoodwardFilm
1985Screen TwoEddie Loomis, Jasper SwiftSeries
1985Leave All FairJohn Middleton MurryFilm
1985To Be HamletSelfFilm
1984CamilleDuke de CharlesFilm
1984FrankensteinDe LaceyFilm
1984The Far PavilionsCavagnari · 2 episodesSeries
1984The Master of BallantraeLord DurrisdeerFilm
1984ScandalousUncle WillieFilm
1984Six Centuries of VerseSelf - Presenter · 16 episodesSeries
1984James Mason: The Star They Loved to HateSelf - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)Film
1983The Scarlet and the BlackPope Pius XIIFilm
1983The Wicked LadyHogarthFilm
1983WagnerPfistermeister · 10 episodesSeries
1983Invitation to the WeddingFilm
1982GandhiLord IrwinFilm
1982The Hunchback of Notre DameCharmolueFilm
1982Marco PoloDoge di VeneziaSeries
1982Inside the Third ReichAlbert Speer Sr. · 2 episodesSeries
1982Laurence Olivier: A LifeSelfFilm
1982The CriticLord BurleighFilm
1981Chariots of FireMaster of TrinityFilm
1981ArthurHobsonFilm
1981Lion of the DesertSharif El GarianiFilm
1981Brideshead RevisitedEdward 'Ned' Ryder · 5 episodesSeries
1981SphinxAbdu-HamdiFilm
1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials MysteryMarquis of CaterhanFilm
1981Priest of LoveHerbert G. MuskettFilm
1980The Elephant ManCarr GommFilm
1980The FormulaDr. Abraham EsauFilm
1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Reverend JonesFilm
1980The ConductorJohn LasockiFilm
1979CaligulaNervaFilm
1979Murder by DecreePrime MinisterFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedJelks, Cyril BoggisSeries
1979The Human FactorBrigadier TomlinsonFilm
1978Les MisérablesGillenormandFilm
1978Romeo and JulietChorusFilm
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareChorus, John of GauntSeries
1978No Man's LandSpoonerFilm
1978Richard IIJohn of GauntFilm
1977ProvidenceClive LanghamFilm
1977Joseph AndrewsThe DoctorFilm
1977A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManThe PreacherFilm
1977The Grand InquisitorInquisitorFilm
1977Heartbreak HouseCaptain ShotoverFilm
1976Aces HighHeadmasterFilm
1976Second City TelevisionSelfSeries
1976The Picture of Dorian GrayLord Henry WottonFilm
1976Peter PanNarratorFilm
1975GalileoThe Old CardinalFilm
1974Murder on the Orient ExpressMr. BeddoesFilm
1974GoldFarrellFilm
1974Frankenstein: The True StoryChief ConstableFilm
197411 HarrowhouseMeechamFilm
1974QB VIIClinton-Meek · 2 episodesSeries
1973Lost HorizonChangFilm
1973Frankenstein: The True StoryChief Constable · 2 episodesSeries
1973William: The Life, Works and Times of William ShakespeareVariousFilm
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialVarious RolesSeries
1972HomeHarryFilm
1972ProbeHarold L. StreeterFilm
1972Eagle in a CageLord SissalFilm
1971Great PerformancesSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1971Film '72Self · 2 episodesSeries
1970Julius CaesarJulius CaesarFilm
1970Play for TodayHarrySeries
1970HamletThe GhostFilm
1970MenaceFrederick William DenshamSeries
1969Oh! What a Lovely WarCount Leopold Von BerchtoldFilm
1968The Shoes of the FishermanThe Elder PopeFilm
1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeLord RaglanFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1968SebastianHead of IntelligenceFilm
1968Assignment to KillCurt ValayanFilm
1968The Love Song of Barney KempinskiRich ManFilm
1968From Chekhov with LoveAnton ChekhovFilm
1967OmnibusSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1967October RevolutionNarrator (voice)Film
1967Romeo and JulietChorusFilm
1966Alice in WonderlandMock TurtleFilm
1966ABC Stage 67Rich ManSeries
1966The Mayfly and the FrogGabriel QuantaraFilm
1966Ages of ManFilm
1966IvanovNikolai ivanovFilm
1965Chimes at MidnightHenry IVFilm
1965The Loved OneSir Francis HinsleyFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthChorus, The Inquisitor, Charles II, Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton, Capt. Shotover, Lord BurleighSeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe WriterSeries
1964BecketKing Louis VII of FranceFilm
1964HamletGhost (voice)Film
1964The Wednesday PlayGabriel QuantaraSeries
1963To Die in MadridNarrator (English version) (voice)Film
1962The Cherry OrchardGaevFilm
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelfSeries
1959The Big PartySelfSeries
1958The Immortal LandFilm
1957Saint JoanEarl of WarwickFilm
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1957The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-BarrettFilm
1956Around the World in 80 DaysFosterFilm
1955Richard IIIGeorge, Duke of ClarenceFilm
1955ITV Opening Night at the GuildhallJohn Worthing, JPFilm
1954Romeo and JulietChorusFilm
1954Hamlet: The Actor's ViewSelfFilm
1953Julius CaesarCassiusFilm
1953Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom FiveNarratorFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameThe Ghost, Charmolue, Lord Durrisdeer, DukeSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1945A Diary for TimothyHamletFilm
1941An Airman's Letter to His MotherNarratorFilm
1941The Prime MinisterDisraeliFilm
1937Heredity in ManSelfFilm
1936Secret AgentRichard Ashenden / Edgar BrodieFilm
1933The Good CompanionsInigo JollifantFilm
1932InsultHenri DuboisFilm
1929The Clue of the New PinRex TrasmereFilm
1924Who Is the Man?DanielFilm
Directing (2)
1966IvanovDirectorFilm
1964HamletDirectorFilm
Writing (3)
2016Boys On Film 15: Time & TiedWriterFilm
2016Trouser BarWriterFilm
1962The Cherry OrchardWriterFilm