John Gielgud
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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
Credits
Caligula (1979)
as Nerva
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Mr. Beddoes
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Carr Gomm
First Knight (1995)
as Oswald
DragonHeart (1996)
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Foster
Gandhi (1982)
as Lord Irwin
Elizabeth (1998)
as The Pope
Quest for Camelot (1998)
as Merlin (voice)
Appointment with Death (1988)
as Colonel Carbury
Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Master of Trinity
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Mr. Touchett
Julius Caesar (1953)
as Cassius
Lion of the Desert (1981)
as Sharif El Gariani
Shining Through (1992)
as Sunflower
Arthur (1981)
as Hobson
Becket (1964)
as King Louis VII of France
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
as Pope Pius XII
Hamlet (1996)
as Priam
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
as Hobson
Shine (1996)
as Cecil Parkes
David (1997)
as Stimme Gottes
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self - Interviewee
The Power of One (1992)
as St. John
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
as Henry IV
Murder by Decree (1979)
as Prime Minister
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Loved One (1965)
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Richard III (1955)
as George, Duke of Clarence
Haunted (1995)
as Dr Henry Doyle
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Lord Raglan
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Whistle Blower (1986)
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003)
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Gold (1974)
as Farrell
Secret Agent (1936)
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Lost Horizon (1973)
as Chang
Les Misérables (1978)
as Gillenormand
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
as The Elder Pope
Julius Caesar (1970)
as Julius Caesar
Aces High (1976)
as Headmaster
The Wicked Lady (1983)
as Hogarth
Prospero's Books (1991)
as Prospero
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Catastrophe (2001)
as The Protagonist
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Charmolue
Sphinx (1981)
as Abdu-Hamdi
Plenty (1985)
as Sir Leonard Darwin
The Formula (1980)
as Dr. Abraham Esau
The Human Factor (1979)
as Brigadier Tomlinson
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
as Marquis of Caterhan
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
as Reverend Jones
A TV Dante (1990)
as Virgil
Getting It Right (1989)
as Sir Gordon Munday
Providence (1977)
as Clive Langham
Hamlet (1964)
as Ghost (voice)
Frankenstein: The True Story (1974)
as Chief Constable
Priest of Love (1981)
as Herbert G. Muskett
Saint Joan (1957)
as Earl of Warwick
Assignment to Kill (1968)
as Curt Valayan
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Pan (1976)
as Narrator
Camille (1984)
as Duke de Charles
Joseph Andrews (1977)
as The Doctor
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
as Mock Turtle
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
as Chorus
The Strauss Dynasty (1991)
as Drechsler
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
To Be Hamlet (1985)
as Self
Probe (1972)
as Harold L. Streeter
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987)
as British Lord
Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982)
as Self
Hamlet (1970)
as The Ghost
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
as Cardinal Wolsey
Scandalous (1984)
as Uncle Willie
No Man's Land (1978)
as Spooner
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
as Meecham
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall (1955)
as John Worthing, JP
Sebastian (1968)
as Head of Intelligence
Leave All Fair (1985)
as John Middleton Murry
Galileo (1975)
as The Old Cardinal
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
as Lord Durrisdeer
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (1990)
as Self
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
as The Preacher
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance (2000)
as Self
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
as Tieresias
Romeo and Juliet (1967)
as Chorus
Heredity in Man (1937)
as Self
Richard II (1978)
as John of Gaunt
Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
Actor
A Diary for Timothy (1945)
as Hamlet
Frankenstein (1984)
as De Lacey
Romance on the Orient Express (1985)
as Theodore Woodward
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
as Cockburn
Home (1972)
as Harry
The Shooting Party (1985)
as Cornelius Cardew
Ivanov (1966)
as Nikolai ivanov
Behind The Scenes of Caligula (2009)
Actor
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Swan Song (1992)
as Svetlovidov
Romeo and Juliet (1978)
as Chorus
Time After Time (1986)
as Jasper Swift
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
as Tiresias
Strike It Rich (1990)
as Herbert Dreuther
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
as Lord Henry Wotton
The Immortal Land (1958)
Actor
Revisiting Brideshead (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Friends (1991)
as Sydney Cockerell
To Die in Madrid (1963)
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1968)
as Rich Man
The Clue of the New Pin (1929)
as Rex Trasmere
Eagle in a Cage (1972)
as Lord Sissal
The Critic (1982)
as Lord Burleigh
The Conductor (1980)
as John Lasocki
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow (1998)
Actor
The Prime Minister (1941)
as Disraeli
October Revolution (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
Barbablù, Barbablù (1989)
as Barbablù
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare (1973)
as Various
Quartermaine's Terms (1987)
as Eddie Loomis
The Good Companions (1933)
as Inigo Jollifant
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
as Gaev
Insult (1932)
as Henri Dubois
From Chekhov with Love (1968)
as Anton Chekhov
A Summer Day's Dream (1994)
Actor
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (1995)
as Self (Voice)
The Mayfly and the Frog (1966)
as Gabriel Quantara
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film (2016)
as Self
Ages of Man (1966)
Actor
A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992)
as Prospero
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five (1953)
as Narrator
Heartbreak House (1977)
as Captain Shotover
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
as Narrator
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14) (1991)
as Virgil (voice)
Who Is the Man? (1924)
as Daniel
The Leopard Son (1996)
as Narrator
The Grand Inquisitor (1977)
as Inquisitor
Hamlet: The Actor's View (1954)
as Self