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