John Gielgud
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 14, 1904 (122 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England
Biography
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
| 2018 | Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Play On! Shakespeare in Silent FilmSelf | |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsHogarth (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | Discovering HamletKing Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Behind The Scenes of Caligula | |
| 2005 | Revisiting BridesheadSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | CatastropheThe Protagonist | |
| 1999 | The Tichborne ClaimantCockburn | |
| 1998 | ElizabethThe Pope | |
| 1998 | Quest for CamelotMerlin (voice) | |
| 1998 | Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow | |
| 1998 | MerlinKing Constant | |
| 1997 | DavidStimme Gottes | |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of TimeSt. John Clarke | |
| 1996 | DragonHeartKing Arthur (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1996 | The Leopard SonNarrator | |
| 1996 | Looking for RichardSelf - Interviewee | |
| 1996 | HamletPriam | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a LadyMr. Touchett | |
| 1996 | ShineCecil Parkes | |
| 1996 | Gulliver's TravelsProfessor of Light | |
| 1995 | First KnightOswald | |
| 1995 | HauntedDr Henry Doyle | |
| 1995 | The Thomas The Tank Engine ManSelf (Voice) | |
| 1995 | Stick with Me, KidGrandpa | |
| 1994 | A Summer Day's Dream | |
| 1994 | ScarlettPierre Robillard | |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf | |
| 1992 | Shining ThroughSunflower | |
| 1992 | The Power of OneSt. John | |
| 1992 | Swan SongSvetlovidov | |
| 1992 | A Walk Through Prospero's LibraryProspero | |
| 1991 | Prospero's BooksProspero | |
| 1991 | The Best of FriendsSydney Cockerell | |
| 1991 | The Strauss DynastyDrechsler | |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)Virgil (voice) | |
| 1991 | The Strauss DynastyDrechsler | |
| 1991 | PerformanceStephen Dawlish | |
| 1990 | A TV DanteVirgil | |
| 1990 | Strike It RichHerbert Dreuther | |
| 1990 | Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and BeyondSelf | |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New ClothesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1989 | Getting It RightSir Gordon Munday | |
| 1989 | Barbablù, BarbablùBarbablù | |
| 1989 | Summer's LeaseHaverford Downs | |
| 1988 | Appointment with DeathColonel Carbury | |
| 1988 | Arthur 2: On the RocksHobson | |
| 1988 | A Man for All SeasonsCardinal Wolsey | |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonSelf | |
| 1988 | War and RemembranceAaron Jastrow | |
| 1987 | Quartermaine's TermsEddie Loomis | |
| 1987 | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleBritish Lord | |
| 1987 | Inspector MorseLord Hinksey | |
| 1986 | The Whistle BlowerSir Adrian Chappie | |
| 1986 | Time After TimeJasper Swift | |
| 1986 | The Canterville GhostSir Simon de Canterville | |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingTieresias | |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: AntigoneTiresias | |
| 1986 | LovejoyLord Wakering | |
| 1985 | To Be HamletSelf | |
| 1985 | PlentySir Leonard Darwin | |
| 1985 | The Shooting PartyCornelius Cardew | |
| 1985 | Romance on the Orient ExpressTheodore Woodward | |
| 1985 | Leave All FairJohn Middleton Murry | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | |
| 1984 | FrankensteinDe Lacey | |
| 1984 | James Mason: The Star They Loved to HateSelf - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited) | |
| 1984 | The Master of BallantraeLord Durrisdeer | |
| 1984 | ScandalousUncle Willie | |
| 1984 | CamilleDuke de Charles | |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of VerseSelf - Presenter | |
| 1984 | The Far PavilionsCavagnari | |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the BlackPope Pius XII | |
| 1983 | The Wicked LadyHogarth | |
| 1983 | Invitation to the Wedding | |
| 1983 | WagnerPfistermeister | |
| 1982 | GandhiLord Irwin | |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre DameCharmolue | |
| 1982 | The CriticLord Burleigh | |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a lifeSelf | |
| 1982 | Marco PoloDoge di Venezia | |
| 1982 | Inside the Third ReichAlbert Speer Sr. | |
| 1981 | Chariots of FireMaster of Trinity | |
| 1981 | Lion of the DesertSharif El Gariani | |
| 1981 | ArthurHobson | |
| 1981 | SphinxAbdu-Hamdi | |
| 1981 | Priest of LoveHerbert G. Muskett | |
| 1981 | Agatha Christie's Seven Dials MysteryMarquis of Caterhan | |
| 1981 | Brideshead RevisitedEdward 'Ned' Ryder | |
| 1980 | The Elephant ManCarr Gomm | |
| 1980 | The FormulaDr. Abraham Esau | |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Reverend Jones | |
| 1980 | The ConductorJohn Lasocki | |
| 1979 | CaligulaNerva | |
| 1979 | Murder by DecreePrime Minister | |
| 1979 | The Human FactorBrigadier Tomlinson | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedJelks | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedCyril Boggis | |
| 1978 | Les MisérablesGillenormand | |
| 1978 | No Man's LandSpooner | |
| 1978 | Richard IIJohn of Gaunt | |
| 1978 | Romeo and JulietChorus | |
| 1977 | The Grand InquisitorInquisitor | |
| 1977 | ProvidenceClive Langham | |
| 1977 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManThe Preacher | |
| 1977 | Joseph AndrewsThe Doctor | |
| 1977 | Heartbreak HouseCaptain Shotover | |
| 1976 | Aces HighHeadmaster | |
| 1976 | The Picture of Dorian GrayLord Henry Wotton | |
| 1976 | Peter PanNarrator | |
| 1976 | Second City TelevisionSelf | |
| 1975 | GalileoThe Old Cardinal | |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True StoryChief Constable | |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient ExpressMr. Beddoes | |
| 1974 | GoldFarrell | |
| 1974 | 11 HarrowhouseMeecham | |
| 1974 | QB VIIClinton-Meek | |
| 1973 | William: The Life, Works and Times of William ShakespeareVarious | |
| 1973 | Lost HorizonChang | |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True StoryChief Constable | |
| 1972 | Eagle in a CageLord Sissal | |
| 1972 | ProbeHarold L. Streeter | |
| 1972 | HomeHarry | |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool SpecialVarious Roles | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1970 | Julius CaesarJulius Caesar | |
| 1970 | HamletThe Ghost | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayHarry | |
| 1970 | Menace | |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely WarCount Leopold Von Berchtold | |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light BrigadeLord Raglan | |
| 1968 | Assignment to KillCurt Valayan | |
| 1968 | The Love Song of Barney KempinskiRich Man | |
| 1968 | SebastianHead of Intelligence | |
| 1968 | The Shoes of the FishermanThe Elder Pope | |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with LoveAnton Chekhov | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1967 | Romeo and JulietChorus | |
| 1967 | October RevolutionNarrator (voice) | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| 1966 | Alice in WonderlandMock Turtle | |
| 1966 | Ages of Man | |
| 1966 | The Mayfly and the FrogGabriel Quantara | |
| 1966 | IvanovNikolai ivanov | |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67Rich Man | |
| 1965 | Chimes at MidnightHenry IV | |
| 1965 | The Loved OneSir Francis Hinsley | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthChorus | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthThe Inquisitor | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthCharles II | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthLord Henry 'Harry' Wotton | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthCapt. Shotover | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthLord Burleigh | |
| 1964 | BecketKing Louis VII of France | |
| 1964 | HamletGhost (voice) | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday PlayGabriel Quantara | |
| 1963 | To Die in MadridNarrator (English version) (voice) | |
| 1962 | The Cherry OrchardGaev | |
| 1959 | The Big PartySelf | |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone HourSelf | |
| 1958 | The Immortal Land | |
| 1957 | Saint JoanEarl of Warwick | |
| 1957 | The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-Barrett | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 DaysFoster | |
| 1955 | Richard IIIGeorge, Duke of Clarence | |
| 1955 | ITV Opening Night at the GuildhallJohn Worthing, JP | |
| 1954 | Hamlet: The Actor's ViewSelf | |
| 1954 | Romeo and JulietChorus | |
| 1953 | Julius CaesarCassius | |
| 1953 | Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom FiveNarrator | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameThe Ghost | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameCharmolue | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameLord Durrisdeer | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameDuke | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1945 | A Diary for TimothyHamlet | |
| 1941 | An Airman's Letter to His MotherNarrator | |
| 1941 | The Prime MinisterDisraeli | |
| 1937 | Heredity in ManSelf | |
| 1936 | Secret AgentRichard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie | |
| 1933 | The Good CompanionsInigo Jollifant | |
| 1932 | InsultHenri Dubois | |
| 1929 | The Clue of the New PinRex Trasmere | |
| 1924 | Who Is the Man?Daniel |
| 1966 | IvanovDirector | |
| 1964 | HamletDirector |
| 2016 | Boys On Film 15: Time & TiedWriter | |
| 2016 | Trouser BarWriter | |
| 1962 | The Cherry OrchardWriter |