Cast
John Gielgud
Acting
Cast
John Gielgud
Known for
Acting
Born
1904-04-14
From
London, England
Died
2000-05-21
Also known as Arthur John Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, A Gentleman
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.
Caligula
as Nerva
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Beddoes
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
Around the World in 80 Days
as Foster
First Knight
as Oswald
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
Elizabeth
as The Pope
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
Haunted
as Dr Henry Doyle
David
as Stimme Gottes
Hamlet
as Priam
Quest for Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
Arthur
as Hobson
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mr. Touchett
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
Lion of the Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
Shining Through
as Sunflower
Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Marquis of Caterhan
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
The Power of One
as St. John
Lost Horizon
as Chang
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Scarlet and the Black
as Pope Pius XII
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
Appointment with Death
as Colonel Carbury
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Raglan
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Gold
as Farrell
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Hobson
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Elder Pope
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
The Wicked Lady
as Hogarth
Providence
as Clive Langham
Aces High
as Headmaster
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self
Probe
as Harold L. Streeter
Richard III
as George, Duke of Clarence
Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
Murder by Decree
as Prime Minister
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
Hamlet
as Ghost (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
Camille
as Duke de Charles
A TV Dante
as Virgil
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Chief Constable
A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as British Lord
To Be Hamlet
as Self
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
Romance on the Orient Express
as Theodore Woodward
Swan Song
as Svetlovidov
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Reverend Jones
The Human Factor
as Brigadier Tomlinson
Time After Time
as Jasper Swift
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
The Conductor
as John Lasocki
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
The Strauss Dynasty
as Drechsler
Joseph Andrews
as The Doctor
A Summer Day's Dream
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Rich Man
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
as Prospero
Peter Pan
as Narrator
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
The Cherry Orchard
as Gaev
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self (archive footage)
The Master of Ballantrae
as Lord Durrisdeer
Strike It Rich
as Herbert Dreuther
October Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet
as The Ghost
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Mayfly and the Frog
as Gabriel Quantara
Eagle in a Cage
as Lord Sissal
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
as Various
Leave All Fair
as John Middleton Murry
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lord Henry Wotton
The Critic
as Lord Burleigh
The Tichborne Claimant
as Cockburn
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
as Self (Voice)
No Man's Land
as Spooner
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as The Preacher
Barbablù, Barbablù
as Barbablù
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
as Virgil (voice)
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
Die Letzte Jagd
as Cornelius Cardew
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Tiresias
The Leopard Son
as Narrator
Invitation to the Wedding
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Tieresias
Ages of Man
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Quartermaine's Terms
as Eddie Loomis
The Good Companions
as Inigo Jollifant
Heartbreak House
as Captain Shotover
Insult
as Henri Dubois
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
as Narrator
The Best of Friends
as Sydney Cockerell
Home
as Harry
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
as Self
The Immortal Land
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
as Narrator (voice)
From Chekhov with Love
as Anton Chekhov
The Grand Inquisitor
as Inquisitor
The Clue of the New Pin
as Rex Trasmere
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
as John Worthing, JP
Ivanov
as Nikolai ivanov
Hamlet: The Actor's View
as Self
Heredity in Man
as Self
Who Is the Man?
as Daniel
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
as Narrator