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.
Filmography
all 182
Movies 145
TV Shows 37
self 26
Voice 6
Narrator 4
Writer 3
Director 1
Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Movie
Writer
Trouser bar (2016)
Movie
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead (2005)
Movie
The Protagonist
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003)
Movie
The Protagonist
Catastrophe (2001)
Movie
The Pope
Elizabeth (1998)
Movie
6.2
Merlin (voice)
Quest for Camelot (1998)
Movie
8
King Constant
Merlin (1998)
TV
6
St. John Clarke
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
TV
Stimme Gottes
David (1997)
Movie
Priam
Hamlet (1996)
Movie
Mr. Touchett
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Looking for Richard (1996)
Movie
Narrator
The Leopard Son (1996)
Movie
Cecil Parkes
Shine (1996)
Movie
5
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
DragonHeart (1996)
Movie
4.64
Professor of Light
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
TV
6
Doctor Doyle
Haunted (1995)
Movie
Grandpa
Stick With Me, Kid (1995)
TV
Self (Voice)
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (1995)
Movie
St. John
The Power of One (1992)
Movie
Sunflower
Shining Through (1992)
Movie
Svetlovidov
Swan Song (1992)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Movie
Prospero
Prospero's Books (1991)
Movie
Virgil (voice)
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14) (1991)
Movie
Sydney Cockerell
The Best of Friends (1991)
Movie
Drechsler
Strauss Dynasty (1991)
TV
Drechsler
The Strauss Dynasty (1991)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)
Movie
Virgil
A TV Dante (1990)
TV
Virgil
A TV Dante (1990)
Movie
Herbert Dreuther
Strike It Rich (1990)
Movie
Barbablù
Barbablù, Barbablù (1989)
Movie
Haverford Downs
Summer's Lease (1989)
TV
Sir Gordon Munday
Getting It Right (1989)
Movie
Cardinal Wolsey
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
Movie
Aaron Jastrow
War and Remembrance (1988)
TV
Colonel Carbury
Appointment with Death (1988)
Movie
4.5
Eddie Loomis
Quartermaine's Terms (1987)
Movie
Lord Hinksey
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Movie
Sir Adrian Chappie
The Whistle Blower (1986)
Movie
Jasper Swift
Time After Time (1986)
Movie
Lord Wakering
Lovejoy (1986)
TV
5
Sir Leonard Darwin
Plenty (1985)
Movie
John Middleton Murry
Leave All Fair (1985)
Movie
Theodore Woodward
Romance on the Orient Express (1985)
Movie
Cornelius Cardew
The Shooting Party (1985)
Movie
Duke de Charles
Camille (1984)
Movie
6
De Lacey
Frankenstein (1984)
Movie
Himself - Presenter
Six Centuries of Verse (1984)
TV
Cavagnari
The Far Pavilions (1984)
TV
Lord Durrisdeer
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
Movie
Uncle Willie
Scandalous (1984)
Movie
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
Movie
Pfistermeister
Wagner (1983)
TV
Hogarth
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Movie
Pope Pius XII
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Movie
Doge di Venezia
Marco Polo (1982)
TV
Lord Irwin
Gandhi (1982)
Movie
4.44
Lord Burleigh
The Critic (1982)
Movie
Albert Speer Sr.
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
Movie
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
TV
6
Herbert G. Muskett
Priest of Love (1981)
Movie
Hobson
Arthur (1981)
Movie
5.25
Master of Trinity
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Movie
6
Sharif El Gariani
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Movie
Marquis of Caterhan
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
Movie
Abdu-Hamdi
Sphinx (1981)
Movie
Dr. Abraham Esau
The Formula (1980)
Movie
Carr Gomm
The Elephant Man (1980)
Movie
4.9
Reverend Jones
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Movie
John Lasocki
The Conductor (1980)
Movie
Brigadier Tomlinson
The Human Factor (1979)
Movie
Cyril Boggis / Jelks
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Prime Minister
Murder by Decree (1979)
Movie
Gillenormand
Les Misérables (1978)
Movie
John of Gaunt
Richard II (1978)
Movie
Chorus / John of Gaunt
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Spooner
No Man's Land (1978)
Movie
Captain Shotover
Heartbreak House (1977)
Movie
Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor (1977)
Movie
The Doctor
Joseph Andrews (1977)
Movie
Clive Langham
Providence (1977)
Movie
Narrator
Peter Pan (1976)
Movie
Self - Special Guest Star
Second City Television (1976)
TV
Lord Henry Wotton
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
Movie
Headmaster
Aces High (1976)
Movie
The Old Cardinal
Galileo (1975)
Movie
Mr. Beddoes
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Movie
6
Meecham
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
Movie
Chief Constable
Frankenstein: The True Story (1974)
Movie
Farrell
Gold (1974)
Movie
Clinton-Meek
QB VII (1974)
TV
Chief Constable
Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
TV
Various Roles
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
TV
Harold L. Streeter
Probe (1972)
Movie
Lord Sissal
Eagle in a Cage (1972)
Movie
Harry
Home (1972)
Movie
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (1970)
Movie
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Movie
The Elder Pope
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Curt Valayan
Assignment to Kill (1968)
Movie
Lord Raglan
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Movie
Head of Intelligence
Sebastian (1968)
Movie
Self
Omnibus (1967)
TV
Narrator (voice)
October Revolution (1967)
Movie
Mock Turtle
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Movie
Gabriel Quantara
The Mayfly and the Frog (1966)
Movie
Rich Man
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
TV
Henry IV
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Movie
6
Chorus / Captain Shotover / Lord Burleigh
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Sir Francis Hinsley
The Loved One (1965)
Movie
Gabriel Quantara
The Wednesday Play (1964)
TV
Ghost (voice) / Director
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1964)
Movie
King Louis VII of France
Becket (1964)
Movie
Narrator (English version) (voice)
To Die in Madrid (1963)
Movie
Gaev / Writer
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Movie
Earl of Warwick
Saint Joan (1957)
Movie
Edward Moulton-Barrett
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Movie
George, Duke of Clarence
Richard III (1955)
Movie
Cassius
Julius Caesar (1953)
Movie
Duke / The Ghost / Charmolue / Lord Durrisdeer
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Disraeli
The Prime Minister (1941)
Movie
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Secret Agent (1936)
Movie
4.8
Inigo Jollifant
The Good Companions (1933)
Movie
Henri Dubois
Insult (1932)
Movie
Rex Trasmere
The Clue of the New Pin (1929)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1904-04-14
Deathday2000-05-21 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceSouth Kensington, United Kingdom
Height
FatherHenry Lex Franciszek Adam Gielgud
MotherKate Terry-Lewis
SiblingsVal Gielgud, Lewis Gielgud, Frances Eleanor Gielgud
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsArthur John Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, A Gentleman, Джон Гилгуд
AwardsCompanion of Honour, Society of London Theatre Special Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Knight Bachelor, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Praemium Imperiale, Order of Merit, Laurence Olivier Awards, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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