John Gielgud
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Play for Today
Harry
1970
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Wednesday Play
Gabriel Quantara
1964
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Chorus
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
The Inquisitor
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Charles II
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Capt. Shotover
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Lord Burleigh
1965
Series
Screen Two
Eddie Loomis
1985
Series
Screen Two
Jasper Swift
1985
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Jelks
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Cyril Boggis
1979
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Inspector Morse
Lord Hinksey
1987
Series
ABC Afterschool Special
Various Roles
1972
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Writer
1965
Series
Performance
Stephen Dawlish
1991
Series
Second City Television
Self
1976
Film
The Elephant Man
Carr Gomm
1980
Film
Caligula
Nerva
1979
Series
Lovejoy
Lord Wakering
1986
Series
War and Remembrance
Aaron Jastrow
1988
Film
DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Foster
1956
Film
Chariots of Fire
Master of Trinity
1981
Series
Brideshead Revisited
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
1981
Film
Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
1998
Series
Merlin
King Constant
1998
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Mr. Beddoes
1974
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Chorus
1978
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
John of Gaunt
1978
Film
Elizabeth
The Pope
1998
Film
First Knight
Oswald
1995
Series
ABC Stage 67
Rich Man
1966
Film
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
1982
Series
Marco Polo
Doge di Venezia
1982
Series
Scarlett
Pierre Robillard
1994
Film
Arthur
Hobson
1981
Series
Gulliver's Travels
Professor of Light
1996
Film
Shining Through
Sunflower
1992
Film
Lion of the Desert
Sharif El Gariani
1981
Film
A TV Dante
Virgil
1990
Series
A Dance to the Music of Time
St. John Clarke
1997
Film
The Power of One
St. John
1992
Film
Appointment with Death
Colonel Carbury
1988
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
1996
Film
Hamlet
Priam
1996
Film
Julius Caesar
Cassius
1953
Series
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
1991
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer Sr.
1982
Film
Becket
King Louis VII of France
1964
Menace
Frederick William Densham
1970
Film
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
1979
Series
The Far Pavilions
Cavagnari
1984
Film
Les Misérables
Gillenormand
1978
Film
Haunted
Dr Henry Doyle
1995
Film
Shine
Cecil Parkes
1996
Film
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996
Film
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Raglan
1968
Film
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Marquis of Caterhan
1981
Film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Film
Gold
Farrell
1974
Film
David
Stimme Gottes
1997
Series
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
Film
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV
1965
The Big Party
Self
1959
Series
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Presenter
1984
Film
The Scarlet and the Black
Pope Pius XII
1983
Film
The Wicked Lady
Hogarth
1983
Film
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
1965
Film
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
1970
Film
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
1988
Film
Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence
1955
Film
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
1981
Film
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
Film
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
2001
Film
The Whistle Blower
Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
1982
Film
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1969
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ghost
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Charmolue
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lord Durrisdeer
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duke
1951
Film
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Aces High
Headmaster
1976
Series
Wagner
Pfistermeister
1983
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
Film
Lost Horizon
Chang
1973
Film
Secret Agent
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1936
Film
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
1968
Series
QB VII
Clinton-Meek
1974
Film
Priest of Love
Herbert G. Muskett
1981
Film
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
1979
Film
Providence
Clive Langham
1977
Film
Prospero's Books
Prospero
1991
Film
The Formula
Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
Film
Camille
Duke de Charles
1984
Series
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
1973
Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
2003
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1954
Series
Summer's Lease
Haverford Downs
1989
Film
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
1957
Film
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Reverend Jones
1980
Film
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
1977
Stick with Me, Kid
Grandpa
1995
Film
No Man's Land
Spooner
1978
Film
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
1989
Film
Home
Harry
1972
Film
Hamlet
Ghost (voice)
1964
Film
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
1945
Film
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
1974
Film
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
1968
Series
A TV Dante
Virgil(voice)
1990
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
1966
Film
Eagle in a Cage
Lord Sissal
1972
Film
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
1974
Film
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
1975
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1978
Film
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
1985
Film
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
1976
Film
Hamlet
The Ghost
1970
Film
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
1982
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1967
Film
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
1977
Film
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
Film
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Film
Richard II
John of Gaunt
1978
Film
Frankenstein
De Lacey
1984
Film
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
1990
Film
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
1968
Film
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
1999
Film
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
John Worthing, JP
1955
Film
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
1966
Film
Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
1990
Film
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Film
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
1985
Film
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
1986
Film
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1984
Film
Peter Pan
Narrator
1976
Film
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
1957
Film
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
1968
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
1962
Film
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Film
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
1941
Film
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
1972
Film
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
1988
The Immortal Land
1958
Film
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
1986
Film
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
1985
Film
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
1984
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
Film
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
1991
Film
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
1984
Film
The Conductor
John Lasocki
1980
Film
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
1967
Film
Heredity in Man
Self
1937
Film
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1963
Film
Insult
Henri Dubois
1932
Film
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
1977
Film
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
1986
Film
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
1989
Film
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
1973
Film
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
2000
Swan Song
Svetlovidov
1992
Film
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
1991
Film
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
1933
Film
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
1987
The Critic
Lord Burleigh
1982
Film
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
2016
The Mayfly and the Frog
Gabriel Quantara
1966
Who Is the Man?
Daniel
1924
Film
The Leopard Son
Narrator
1996
The Clue of the New Pin
Rex Trasmere
1929
Film
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
1990
Film
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
1987
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Prospero
1992
Film
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
1995
The Grand Inquisitor
Inquisitor
1977
Film
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
1953
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Narrator
1941
From Chekhov with Love
Anton Chekhov
1968
Film
Ages of Man
1966
Film
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
1991
Film
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Self
1954