John Gielgud
Acting1904London, England
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.
Known For
Acting History
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
2016
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2005
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
1998
The Magic Sword: Quest For Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
Elizabeth
as The Pope
Merlin
TVas King Constant• 2 eps
1997
David
as Stimme Gottes
A Dance to the Music of Time
TVas St. John Clarke
1996
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
Hamlet
as Priam
The Leopard Son
as Narrator
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mr. Touchett
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Gulliver's Travels
TVas Professor of Light• 2 eps
1995
1994
1993
Inspector Morse
TVas Lord Hinksey• 1 eps
Lovejoy
TVas Lord Wakering• 1 eps
1992
The Power of One
as St. John
Shining Through
as Sunflower
Swan Song
as Svetlovidov
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
as Prospero
1991
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Friends
as Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
as Drechsler
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
as Virgil (voice)
1990
Strike It Rich
as Herbert Dreuther
A TV Dante
as Virgil
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Hobson
Appointment with Death
as Colonel Carbury
A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
War and Remembrance
TVas Aaron Jastrow• 12 eps
1987
Quartermaine's Terms
as Eddie Loomis
1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Tiresias
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Tieresias
1985
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
Romance on the Orient Express
as Theodore Woodward
To Be Hamlet
as Self
The Shooting Party
as Cornelius Cardew
Leave All Fair
as John Middleton Murry
1984
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
Camille
as Duke de Charles
The Master of Ballantrae
as Lord Durrisdeer
Six Centuries of Verse
TVas Self - Presenter
1983
1982
Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
The Critic
as Lord Burleigh
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Lord Burleigh• 1 eps
Marco Polo
TVas Doge di Venezia
1981
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Marquis of Caterhan
Lion of the Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
Arthur
as Hobson
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
Brideshead Revisited
TVas Edward 'Ned' Ryder• 5 eps
1980
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
The Conductor
as John Lasocki
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Reverend Jones
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Cyril Boggis• 1 eps
1979
1978
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
No Man's Land
as Spooner
1977
Heartbreak House
as Captain Shotover
Joseph Andrews
as The Doctor
Providence
as Clive Langham
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as The Preacher
1976
Aces High
as Headmaster
Peter Pan
as Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lord Henry Wotton
Second City Television
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
1974
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
Gold
as Farrell
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Beddoes
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Chief Constable
1973
Lost Horizon
as Chang
ABC Afterschool Special
TVas Various Roles• 1 eps
1972
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
1970
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Omnibus
TVas Self• 3 eps
1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Raglan
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Elder Pope
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
1967
October Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
1966
Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog
as Gabriel Quantara
ABC Stage 67
TVas Rich Man
The Wednesday Play
TVas Gabriel Quantara• 1 eps
1965
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
1964
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Ghost (voice)
1963
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1962
The Cherry Orchard
as Gaev
The Cherry Orchard
Writer
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Bell Telephone Hour
TVas Self
1957
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Foster
1955
Richard III
as George, Duke of Clarence
1954
Hamlet: The Actor's View
as Self
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
1953
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1945
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
1941
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
as Narrator
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
1936
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1933
The Good Companions
as Inigo Jollifant
1929
The Clue of the New Pin
as Rex Trasmere
1924
Who Is the Man?
as Daniel