John Gielgud
Acting
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.
TV Shows(37)
Merlin
King Constant
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
St. John Clarke
1997
Gulliver's Travels
Professor of Light
1996
Stick with Me, Kid
Grandpa
1995
Scarlett
Pierre Robillard
1994
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
1991
Performance
Stephen Dawlish
1991
Summer's Lease
Haverford Downs
1989
War and Remembrance
Aaron Jastrow
1988
Inspector Morse
Lord Hinksey
1987
Lovejoy
Lord Wakering
1986
Screen Two
1985
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Presenter
1984
The Far Pavilions
Cavagnari
1984
Wagner
Pfistermeister
1983
Marco Polo
Doge di Venezia
1982
Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer Sr.
1982
Brideshead Revisited
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
Jelks
1979
Second City Television
Self
1976
QB VII
Clinton-Meek
1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
1973
ABC Afterschool Special
Various Roles
1972
Great Performances
Self
1971
Play for Today
Harry
1970
Menace
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Omnibus
Self
1967
ABC Stage 67
Rich Man
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Chorus
1965
The Wednesday Play
Gabriel Quantara
1964
The Big Party
Self
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ghost
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(141)
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
2018
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
2016
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2011
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
2005
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
2003
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
2001
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
1999
Elizabeth
The Pope
1998
Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
1998
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
David
Stimme Gottes
1997
Hamlet
Priam
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996
The Leopard Son
Narrator
1996
Shine
Cecil Parkes
1996
DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Haunted
Dr Henry Doyle
1995
First Knight
Oswald
1995
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
1995
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
The Power of One
St. John
1992
Shining Through
Sunflower
1992
Swan Song
Svetlovidov
1992
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Prospero
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
1991
Prospero's Books
Prospero
1991
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
1991
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
1991
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
1991
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
1990
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
1990
A TV Dante
Virgil
1990
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
1990
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
1989
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
1989
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
1988
Appointment with Death
Colonel Carbury
1988
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
1987
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
1987
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
The Whistle Blower
Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
1986
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
1986
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
1985
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
1985
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
1985
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
Camille
Duke de Charles
1984
Frankenstein
De Lacey
1984
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
1984
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
1984
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1984
The Wicked Lady
Hogarth
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Pope Pius XII
1983
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
1982
The Critic
Lord Burleigh
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
1982
Priest of Love
Herbert G. Muskett
1981
Arthur
Hobson
1981
Chariots of Fire
Master of Trinity
1981
Lion of the Desert
Sharif El Gariani
1981
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Marquis of Caterhan
1981
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
1981
The Formula
Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
The Elephant Man
Carr Gomm
1980
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Reverend Jones
1980
The Conductor
John Lasocki
1980
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
1979
Caligula
Nerva
1979
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
1979
Les Misérables
Gillenormand
1978
Richard II
John of Gaunt
1978
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1978
No Man's Land
Spooner
1978
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
1977
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
1977
The Grand Inquisitor
Inquisitor
1977
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
1977
Providence
Clive Langham
1977
Peter Pan
Narrator
1976
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
1976
Aces High
Headmaster
1976
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
1975
Murder on the Orient Express
Mr. Beddoes
1974
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
1974
Gold
Farrell
1974
Lost Horizon
Chang
1973
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
1973
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
1972
Eagle in a Cage
Lord Sissal
1972
Home
Harry
1972
Hamlet
The Ghost
1970
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
1970
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1969
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
1968
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Raglan
1968
From Chekhov with Love
Anton Chekhov
1968
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
1968
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
1967
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1967
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
1966
The Mayfly and the Frog
Gabriel Quantara
1966
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
1966
Ages of Man
1966
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV
1965
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
1965
Hamlet
Ghost (voice)
1964
Becket
King Louis VII of France
1964
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1963
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
1962
The Immortal Land
1958
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
1957
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Foster
1956
Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
John Worthing, JP
1955
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1954
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Self
1954
Julius Caesar
Cassius
1953
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
1953
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
1945
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Narrator
1941
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
1941
Heredity in Man
Self
1937
Secret Agent
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1936
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
1933
Insult
Henri Dubois
1932
The Clue of the New Pin
Rex Trasmere
1929
Who Is the Man?
Daniel
1924