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