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