John Gielgud
Acting
Born April 14, 1904 — Died May 21, 2000
From London, England
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 ...
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
20186.8
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
20165.8
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
20147.2
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
20117.5
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
20058.0
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
200310.0
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
20016.4
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Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
2000
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
19998.7
Elizabeth
The Pope
19987.2
Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
19986.8
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
David
Stimme Gottes
19976.6
Hamlet
Priam
19967.3
The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
19966.0
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
19966.8
The Leopard Son
Narrator
19969.5
Shine
Cecil Parkes
19967.4
DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
19966.6
Haunted
Dr Henry Doyle
19956.1
First Knight
Oswald
19956.1
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
19950.5
—
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
The Power of One
St. John
19927.5
Shining Through
Sunflower
19926.5
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Swan Song
Svetlovidov
19926.8
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A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Prospero
19927.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
19918.0
Prospero's Books
Prospero
19916.8
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
19915.5
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
19913.7
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
19918.4
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
19908.5
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
1990
A TV Dante
Virgil
19906.5
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
19906.5
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
19898.0
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
19896.8
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
19887.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
19886.0
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
19885.5
Appointment with Death
Colonel Carbury
19886.1
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
19878.0
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
19877.0
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
19866.7
The Whistle Blower
Sir Adrian Chappie
19865.9
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
19869.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
19864.5
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
198610.0
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
19855.7
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
19858.5
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
19855.4
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
19856.6
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
Camille
Duke de Charles
19845.5
Frankenstein
De Lacey
19846.7
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
19846.3
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
19844.7
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1984
The Wicked Lady
Hogarth
19835.0
The Scarlet and the Black
Pope Pius XII
19837.0
Invitation to the Wedding
19836.0
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
19827.6
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
198210.0
—
The Critic
Lord Burleigh
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
19825.8
Priest of Love
Herbert G. Muskett
19815.0
Arthur
Hobson
19816.5
Chariots of Fire
Master of Trinity
19816.8
Lion of the Desert
Sharif El Gariani
19817.3
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Marquis of Caterhan
19816.9
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
19815.7
The Formula
Dr. Abraham Esau
19805.6
The Elephant Man
Carr Gomm
19808.0
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Reverend Jones
19806.7
The Conductor
John Lasocki
19806.2
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
19795.8
Caligula
Nerva
19796.0
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
19796.3
Les Misérables
Gillenormand
19787.1
Richard II
John of Gaunt
19788.0
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
19787.6
No Man's Land
Spooner
19787.0
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
19776.3
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
1977
—
The Grand Inquisitor
Inquisitor
1977
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
19775.2
Providence
Clive Langham
19776.6
Peter Pan
Narrator
19766.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
19769.0
Aces High
Headmaster
19765.9
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
19756.0
Murder on the Orient Express
Mr. Beddoes
19747.1
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
19745.8
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
19747.5
Gold
Farrell
19745.8
Lost Horizon
Chang
19735.5
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
1973
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
19725.8
Eagle in a Cage
Lord Sissal
19726.0
Home
Harry
19727.8
Hamlet
The Ghost
19707.0
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
19705.9
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
19696.6
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
19686.8
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
1968
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
19686.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Raglan
19686.2
—
From Chekhov with Love
Anton Chekhov
19688.0
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
19686.4
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
196710.0
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
1967
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
19666.0
—
The Mayfly and the Frog
Gabriel Quantara
19669.0
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
1966
Ages of Man
1966
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV
19657.2
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
19656.2
Hamlet
Ghost (voice)
19646.9
Becket
King Louis VII of France
19647.2
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
19637.7
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
19628.0
—
The Immortal Land
195810.0
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
19576.5
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
19576.4
Around the World in 80 Days
Foster
19566.7
Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence
19557.2
—
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
John Worthing, JP
1955
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
19545.4
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Self
1954
Julius Caesar
Cassius
19537.1
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
1953
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
19456.8
—
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Narrator
19416.5
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
19416.5
Heredity in Man
Self
1937
Secret Agent
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
19366.1
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
19336.4
Insult
Henri Dubois
19327.0
—
The Clue of the New Pin
Rex Trasmere
19298.0
—
Who Is the Man?
Daniel
19249.0