John Gielgud

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.

Filmography (177 Appearances)

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

2016

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

Discovering Hamlet

2011

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009

Revisiting Brideshead

2005

Catastrophe

2001

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

Elizabeth

1998

Quest for Camelot

1998

Merlin

1998

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997

David

1997

Hamlet

1996

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Looking for Richard

1996

The Leopard Son

1996

Shine

1996

DragonHeart

1996

Gulliver's Travels

1996

Haunted

1995

Stick with Me, Kid

1995

First Knight

1995

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

A Summer Day's Dream

1994

Scarlett

1994

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993

The Power of One

1992

Shining Through

1992

Swan Song

1992

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992

The Strauss Dynasty

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Performance

1991

Prospero's Books

1991

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

1991

The Strauss Dynasty

1991

The Best of Friends

1991

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990

Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

1990

A TV Dante

1990

Strike It Rich

1990

Barbablù, Barbablù

1989

Summer's Lease

1989

Getting It Right

1989

A Man for All Seasons

1988

War and Remembrance

1988

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988

Appointment with Death

1988

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

Quartermaine's Terms

1987

Inspector Morse

1987

The Canterville Ghost

1986

The Whistle Blower

1986

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

Time After Time

1986

Lovejoy

1986

Plenty

1985

Leave All Fair

1985

Romance on the Orient Express

1985

The Shooting Party

1985

To Be Hamlet

1985

Screen Two

1985

Camille

1984

Frankenstein

1984

Six Centuries of Verse

1984

The Far Pavilions

1984

The Master of Ballantrae

1984

Scandalous

1984

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

Wagner

1983

The Wicked Lady

1983

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

Invitation to the Wedding

1983

Marco Polo

1982

Gandhi

1982

Laurence Olivier: a life

1982

The Critic

1982

Inside the Third Reich

1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

Brideshead Revisited

1981

Priest of Love

1981

Arthur

1981

Chariots of Fire

1981

Lion of the Desert

1981

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

Sphinx

1981

The Formula

1980

The Elephant Man

1980

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

The Conductor

1980

The Human Factor

1979

Caligula

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Murder by Decree

1979

Les Misérables

1978

Richard II

1978

Romeo and Juliet

1978

No Man's Land

1978

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1977

Heartbreak House

1977

The Grand Inquisitor

1977

Joseph Andrews

1977

Providence

1977

Peter Pan

1976

Second City Television

1976

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

Aces High

1976

Galileo

1975

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

11 Harrowhouse

1974

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

Gold

1974

QB VII

1974

Frankenstein: The True Story

1973

Lost Horizon

1973

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

Probe

1972

Eagle in a Cage

1972

Home

1972

Great Performances

1971

Hamlet

1970

Play for Today

1970

Menace

1970

Julius Caesar

1970

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968

Assignment to Kill

1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

From Chekhov with Love

1968

Sebastian

1968

Omnibus

1967

October Revolution

1967

Romeo and Juliet

1967

Alice in Wonderland

1966

The Mayfly and the Frog

1966

ABC Stage 67

1966

Ivanov

1966

Ages of Man

1966

Chimes at Midnight

1965

BBC Play of the Month

1965

The Loved One

1965

The Wednesday Play

1964

Hamlet

1964

Becket

1964

To Die in Madrid

1963

The Cherry Orchard

1962

The Big Party

1959

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

The Immortal Land

1958

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

Saint Joan

1957

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

Richard III

1955

ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

1955

Romeo and Juliet

1954

Hamlet: The Actor's View

1954

Julius Caesar

1953

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

A Diary for Timothy

1945

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

1941

The Prime Minister

1941

Heredity in Man

1937

Secret Agent

1936

The Good Companions

1933

Insult

1932

The Clue of the New Pin

1929

Who Is the Man?

1924 Debut
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