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John Gielgud
John Gielgud

John Gielgud

ActingBorn April 14, 1904Died May 21, 2000 (age 96)London, England

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.

Filmography

2018
Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2011
Discovering Hamlet

as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

Movie
2005
Revisiting Brideshead

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")

Movie
2001
Catastrophe

as The Protagonist

Movie
1999Movie
1998
Elizabeth

as The Pope

Movie
1998
Quest for Camelot

as Merlin (voice)

Movie
1998
Merlin

as King Constant

TV
1997TV
1997
David

as Stimme Gottes

Movie
1996
Hamlet

as Priam

Movie
1996
The Portrait of a Lady

as Mr. Touchett

Movie
1996
Looking for Richard

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
1996
The Leopard Son

as Narrator

Movie
1996
Shine

as Cecil Parkes

Movie
1996
DragonHeart

as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1996
Gulliver's Travels

as Professor of Light

TV
1995
Haunted

as Dr Henry Doyle

Movie
1995TV
1995
First Knight

as Oswald

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Scarlett

as Pierre Robillard

TV
1992
The Power of One

as St. John

Movie
1992
Shining Through

as Sunflower

Movie
1992
Swan Song

as Svetlovidov

Movie
1991TV
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991
Performance

as Stephen Dawlish

TV
1991
Prospero's Books

as Prospero

Movie
1991Movie
1991
The Best of Friends

as Sydney Cockerell

Movie
1991Movie
1990Movie
1990
A TV Dante

as Virgil

Movie
1990
Strike It Rich

as Herbert Dreuther

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Summer's Lease

as Haverford Downs

TV
1989
Getting It Right

as Sir Gordon Munday

Movie
1988
A Man for All Seasons

as Cardinal Wolsey

Movie
1988
War and Remembrance

as Aaron Jastrow

TV
1988Movie
1988
Appointment with Death

as Colonel Carbury

Movie
1987
Quartermaine's Terms

as Eddie Loomis

Movie
1987
Inspector Morse

as Lord Hinksey

TV
1986
The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

Movie
1986
The Whistle Blower

as Sir Adrian Chappie

Movie
1986Movie
1986Movie
1986
Time After Time

as Jasper Swift

Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Lord Wakering

TV
1985
Plenty

as Sir Leonard Darwin

Movie
1985
Leave All Fair

as John Middleton Murry

Movie
1985
Romance on the Orient Express

as Theodore Woodward

Movie
1985
The Shooting Party

as Cornelius Cardew

Movie
1985Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Eddie Loomis

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Jasper Swift

TV
1984
Camille

as Duke de Charles

Movie
1984
Frankenstein

as De Lacey

Movie
1984
Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Presenter

TV
1984
The Far Pavilions

as Cavagnari

TV
1984
The Master of Ballantrae

as Lord Durrisdeer

Movie
1984
Scandalous

as Uncle Willie

Movie
1984
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)

Movie
1983
Wagner

as Pfistermeister

TV
1983
The Wicked Lady

as Hogarth

Movie
1983Movie
1982
Marco Polo

as Doge di Venezia

TV
1982
Gandhi

as Lord Irwin

Movie
1982Movie
1982
The Critic

as Lord Burleigh

Movie
1982
Inside the Third Reich

as Albert Speer Sr.

TV
1982Movie
1981
Brideshead Revisited

as Edward 'Ned' Ryder

TV
1981
Priest of Love

as Herbert G. Muskett

Movie
1981
Arthur

as Hobson

Movie
1981
Chariots of Fire

as Master of Trinity

Movie
1981
Lion of the Desert

as Sharif El Gariani

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Sphinx

as Abdu-Hamdi

Movie
1980
The Formula

as Dr. Abraham Esau

Movie
1980
The Elephant Man

as Carr Gomm

Movie
1980Movie
1980
The Conductor

as John Lasocki

Movie
1979
The Human Factor

as Brigadier Tomlinson

Movie
1979
Caligula

as Nerva

Movie
1979TV
1979
Murder by Decree

as Prime Minister

Movie
1978
Les Misérables

as Gillenormand

Movie
1978
Richard II

as John of Gaunt

Movie
1978Movie
1978TV
1978
No Man's Land

as Spooner

Movie
1977
Heartbreak House

as Captain Shotover

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Joseph Andrews

as The Doctor

Movie
1977
Providence

as Clive Langham

Movie
1976
Peter Pan

as Narrator

Movie
1976
The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

Movie
1976
Aces High

as Headmaster

Movie
1975
Galileo

as The Old Cardinal

Movie
1974Movie
1974
11 Harrowhouse

as Meecham

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Gold

as Farrell

Movie
1974
QB VII

as Clinton-Meek

TV
1973TV
1973
Lost Horizon

as Chang

Movie
1972
ABC Afterschool Special

as Various Roles

TV
1972
Probe

as Harold L. Streeter

Movie
1972
Eagle in a Cage

as Lord Sissal

Movie
1972
Home

as Harry

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971TV
1970
Hamlet

as The Ghost

Movie
1970TV
1970
Menace

as Frederick William Densham

TV
1970
Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

Movie
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War

as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Assignment to Kill

as Curt Valayan

Movie
1968Movie
1968
From Chekhov with Love

as Anton Chekhov

Movie
1968
Sebastian

as Head of Intelligence

Movie
1967
Omnibus

as Self

TV
1967
October Revolution

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1967Movie
1966
Alice in Wonderland

as Mock Turtle

Movie
1966
The Mayfly and the Frog

as Gabriel Quantara

Movie
1966
ABC Stage 67

as Rich Man

TV
1966
Ivanov

as Nikolai ivanov

Movie
1966Movie
1965Movie
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as The Inquisitor

TV
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton

TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Capt. Shotover

TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Lord Burleigh

TV
1965
The Loved One

as Sir Francis Hinsley

Movie
1965TV
1964
The Wednesday Play

as Gabriel Quantara

TV
1964
Hamlet

as Ghost (voice)

Movie
1964
Becket

as King Louis VII of France

Movie
1963
To Die in Madrid

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

Movie
1962Movie
1959TV
1957
Saint Joan

as Earl of Warwick

Movie
1957
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

Movie
1956Movie
1955
Richard III

as George, Duke of Clarence

Movie
1955Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1953
Julius Caesar

as Cassius

Movie
1951TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lord Durrisdeer

TV
1945Movie
1941Movie
1937Movie
1936
Secret Agent

as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Movie
1933
The Good Companions

as Inigo Jollifant

Movie
1932
Insult

as Henri Dubois

Movie
1929Movie
1924Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 14, 1904
Day of DeathMay 21, 2000
Place of BirthLondon, England
Popularity1.2