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