John Gielgud

John Gielgud

  • Birthday: 1904-04-14
  • Deathday: 2000-05-21
  • Place of birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: Arthur John Gielgud

Biography

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gielgud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Prospero's Books

1991

As Prospero

The Leopard Son

1996

As Narrator

Catastrophe

2001

As The Protagonist

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

As Marquis of Caterhan

No Man's Land

1978

As Spooner

Swan Song

1992

As Svetlovidov

The Best of Friends

1991

As Sydney Cockerell

Ages of Man

1966

As

Home

1972

As Harry

The Prime Minister

1941

As Disraeli

The Mayfly and the Frog

1966

As Gabriel Quantara

The Conductor

1980

As John Lasocki

A TV Dante

1990

As Virgil

Leave All Fair

1985

As John Middleton Murry

To Die in Madrid

1963

As Narrator (English version) (voice)

Eagle in a Cage

1972

As Lord Sissal

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

As Lord Henry Wotton

Who Is the Man?

1924

As Daniel

Romeo & Juliet

1978

As Chorus

Heartbreak House

1977

As Captain Shotover

October Revolution

1967

As Narrator (voice)

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

1991

As Virgil (voice)

Time After Time

1986

As Jasper Swift

The Grand Inquisitor

1977

As Inquisitor

Secret Agent

1936

As Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

As Reverend Jones

The Master of Ballantrae

1984

As Lord Durrisdeer

Richard II

1978

As John of Gaunt

Inside the Third Reich

1982

As Albert Speer Sr.

Quartermaine's Terms

1987

As Eddie Loomis

Insult

1932

As Henri Dubois

Chimes at Midnight

1965

As Henry IV

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988

As Hobson

Arthur

1981

As Hobson

Plenty

1985

As Sir Leonard Darwin

Julius Caesar

1970

As Julius Caesar

Becket

1964

As King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

As Pope Pius XII

Julius Caesar

1953

As Cassius

The Good Companions

1933

As Inigo Jollifant

The Wicked Lady

1983

As Hogarth

A Diary for Timothy

1945

As Hamlet

Assignment to Kill

1968

As Curt Valayan

A Man for All Seasons

1988

As Cardinal Wolsey

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957

As Edward Moulton-Barrett

The Strauss Dynasty

1991

As Drechsler

Camille

1984

As Duke de Charles

Strike It Rich

1990

As Herbert Dreuther

To Be Hamlet

1985

As John Gielgud

Gandhi

1982

As Lord Irwin

The Elephant Man

1980

As Carr Gomm

Frankenstein

1984

As De Lacey

Appointment with Death

1988

As Colonel Carbury

The Formula

1980

As Dr. Abraham Esau

The Whistle Blower

1986

As Sir Adrian Chappie

Caligula

1979

As Nerva

The Canterville Ghost

1986

As Sir Simon de Canterville

The Human Factor

1979

As Brigadier Tomlinson

Gold

1974

As Farrell

Sphinx

1981

As Abdu-Hamdi

Haunted

1995

As Doctor Doyle

The Shooting Party

1985

As Cornelius Cardew

The Cherry Orchard

1962

As Gaev

Scandalous

1984

As Uncle Willie

Sebastian

1968

As Head of Intelligence

The Clue of the New Pin

1929

As Rex Trasmere

The Tichborne Claimant

1998

As Cockburn

Heredity in Man

1937

As Self

Les Misérables

1978

As Gillenormand

Elizabeth

1998

As The Pope

Shining Through

1992

As Sunflower

Richard III

1955

As George, Duke of Clarence

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

As Charmolue

Providence

1977

As Clive Langham

Saint Joan

1957

As Earl of Warwick

11 Harrowhouse

1974

As Meecham

The Critic

1982

As Lord Burleigh

Lion of the Desert

1981

As Sharif El Gariani

Murder by Decree

1979

As Prime Minister Lord Salisbury

Aces High

1976

As Headmaster

Priest of Love

1981

As Herbert G. Muskett

Romeo and Juliet

1954

As Chorus

Probe

1972

As Harold L. Streeter

Galileo

1975

As The Old Cardinal

Romance on the Orient Express

1985

As Theodore Woodward

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

As The Elder pope

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

As Himself (Voice)

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

As Mr. Beddoes

The Loved One

1965

As Sir Francis Hinsley

Shine

1996

As Cecil Parkes

Peter Pan

1976

As Narrator

Chariots of Fire

1981

As Master of Trinity

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

As Mr. Touchett

Romeo and Juliet

1967

As Chorus

First Knight

1995

As Oswald

Lost Horizon

1973

As Chang

Getting It Right

1989

As Sir Gordon Munday

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

As Chief Constable

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

As Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Looking for Richard

1996

As Self / Interview

Quest for Camelot

1998

As Merlin (voice)

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

As Tiresias

DragonHeart

1996

As King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

Discovering Hamlet

2011

As King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

The Power of One

1992

As St. John

Joseph Andrews

1977

As The Doctor

Alice in Wonderland

1966

As Mock Turtle

Hamlet

1996

As Priam

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

As Self (archive footage)

Revisiting Brideshead

2005

As Self (archive footage)

David

1997

As Stimme Gottes

Production

Trouser Bar

2016

As Writer

The Cherry Orchard

1962

As Writer

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