Acting
John Gielgud
EN, IT, PL, FR cinema · 144 credits
Born
14 April 1904
Died
21 May 2000 (aged 96)
Birthplace
London, England
Also known as Arthur John Gielgud · Sir John Gielgud · A Gentleman · Джон Гилгуд
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
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
Trouser Bar
Writer
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self (archive footage)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
The Tichborne Claimant
as Cockburn
Elizabeth
as The Pope
Quest for Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
David
as Stimme Gottes
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
The Leopard Son
as Narrator
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
as Priam
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mr. Touchett
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
First Knight
as Oswald
Haunted
as Dr Henry Doyle
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
as Self (Voice)
Shining Through
as Sunflower
The Power of One
as St. John
Swan Song
1992
Swan Song
as Svetlovidov
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
The Best of Friends
as Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
as Drechsler
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
as Virgil (voice)
A TV Dante
as Virgil
Strike It Rich
as Herbert Dreuther
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
as Narrator (voice)
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
Barbablù, Barbablù
as Barbablù
Appointment with Death
as Colonel Carbury
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Hobson
A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
Quartermaine's Terms
as Eddie Loomis
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Time After Time
as Jasper Swift
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Tieresias
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Tiresias
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
The Shooting Party
as Cornelius Cardew
Romance on the Orient Express
as Theodore Woodward
Leave All Fair
as John Middleton Murry
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
The Master of Ballantrae
as Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
Camille
as Duke de Charles
The Scarlet and the Black
as Pope Pius XII
The Wicked Lady
as Hogarth
Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
The Critic
1982
The Critic
as Lord Burleigh
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
Lion of the Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
Arthur
as Hobson
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Marquis of Caterhan
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Reverend Jones
The Conductor
as John Lasocki
Caligula
as Nerva
Murder by Decree
as Prime Minister
The Human Factor
as Brigadier Tomlinson
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
No Man's Land
as Spooner
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
Providence
as Clive Langham
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as The Preacher
Joseph Andrews
as The Doctor
Heartbreak House
as Captain Shotover
Aces High
as Headmaster
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lord Henry Wotton
Peter Pan
as Narrator
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Chief Constable
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Beddoes
Gold
as Farrell
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
Lost Horizon
as Chang
Eagle in a Cage
as Lord Sissal
Probe
as Harold L. Streeter
Home
as Harry
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
Hamlet
as The Ghost
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Raglan
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Elder Pope
From Chekhov with Love
1968
From Chekhov with Love
as Anton Chekhov
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
October Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
The Mayfly and the Frog
as Gabriel Quantara
Ivanov
as Nikolai ivanov, Director
Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
Hamlet
as Ghost (voice), Director
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
as Gaev, Writer
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Richard III
as George, Duke of Clarence
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
as John Worthing, JP
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions
as Inigo Jollifant
Insult
as Henri Dubois