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