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