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