About

Known credits:
154
Birthday:
1904-04-14
Place of birth:
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Website:
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John Gielgud

Overview

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) 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.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Caligula - The Ultimate Cut Actor Nerva N/A
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2018 Nothing Like a Dame Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2016 Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film Actor Self 59
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2011 Discovering Hamlet Actor King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage) 59
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2005 Revisiting Brideshead Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2001 Catastrophe Actor The Protagonist 59
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1998 Elizabeth Actor The Pope 68
Fair
1998 The Tichborne Claimant Actor Cockburn 59
Average
1998 Quest for Camelot Actor Merlin (voice) 64
Fair
1998 Merlin Actor King Constant 68
Fair
1998 Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow Actor N/A
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1997 A Dance to the Music of Time Actor St. John Clarke 68
Fair
1997 David Actor Stimme Gottes 59
Average
1996 Hamlet Actor Priam 65
Fair
1996 The Portrait of a Lady Actor Mr. Touchett 59
Average
1996 Looking for Richard Actor Self - Interviewee 60
Fair
1996 The Leopard Son Actor Narrator 58
Average
1996 Shine Actor Cecil Parkes 67
Fair
1996 DragonHeart Actor King Arthur (voice) (uncredited) 63
Fair
1996 Gulliver's Travels Actor Le Professeur N/A
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1996 Gulliver's Travels Actor Professor of Light 70
Good
1995 Haunted Actor Doctor Doyle 59
Average
1995 Stick With Me, Kid Actor Grandpa N/A
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1995 First Knight Actor Oswald 60
Fair
1995 The Thomas The Tank Engine Man Actor Self (Voice) 58
Average
1994 A Summer Day's Dream Actor N/A
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1994 Scarlett Actor 68
Fair
1992 The Power of One Actor St. John 62
Fair
1992 The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Actor Self N/A
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1992 Shining Through Actor Sunflower 60
Fair
1992 Swan Song Actor Svetlovidov 59
Average
1992 A Walk Through Prospero's Library Actor Prospero N/A
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1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1991 Prospero's Books Actor Prospero 60
Fair
1991 A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14) Actor Virgil (voice) 59
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1991 The Best of Friends Actor Sydney Cockerell 58
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1991 The Strauss Dynasty Actor Drechsler 59
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1991 Strauss Dynasty Actor Drechsler N/A
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1990 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond Actor Self 59
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1990 Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1990 A TV Dante Actor Virgil 59
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1990 Strike It Rich Actor Herbert Dreuther 59
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1989 Summer's Lease Actor Haverford Downs 70
Good
1989 Getting It Right Actor Sir Gordon Munday 59
Average
1988 A Man for All Seasons Actor Cardinal Wolsey 59
Average
1988 War and Remembrance Actor Aaron Jastrow 72
Good
1988 In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton Actor Self 59
Average
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Actor Hobson 58
Average
1988 Appointment with Death Actor Colonel Carbury 59
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1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Actor British Lord N/A
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1987 Quartermaine's Terms Actor Eddie Loomis N/A
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1986 The Canterville Ghost Actor Sir Simon de Canterville 59
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1986 The Whistle Blower Actor Sir Adrian Chappie 59
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1986 Theban Plays: Antigone Actor Tiresias N/A
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1986 Theban Plays: Oedipus the King Actor Tieresias 59
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1986 Time After Time Actor Jasper Swift N/A
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1985 Plenty Actor Sir Leonard Darwin 58
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1985 Leave All Fair Actor John Middleton Murry 59
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1985 Romance on the Orient Express Actor Theodore Woodward 58
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1985 The Shooting Party Actor Cornelius Cardew 59
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1985 To Be Hamlet Actor Self N/A
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1984 Camille Actor Duke de Charles 58
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1984 Frankenstein Actor De Lacey 58
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1984 Six Centuries of Verse Actor Himself - Presenter N/A
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1984 The Master of Ballantrae Actor Lord Durrisdeer 58
Average
1984 Scandalous Actor Uncle Willie 59
Average
1984 James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate Actor Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited) N/A
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1983 Wagner Actor Pfistermeister 68
Fair
1983 The Wicked Lady Actor Hogarth 58
Average
1983 The Scarlet and the Black Actor Pope Pius XII 60
Fair
1983 Invitation to the Wedding Actor N/A
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1982 Gandhi Actor Lord Irwin 72
Good
1982 The Critic Actor Lord Burleigh N/A
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1982 Inside the Third Reich Actor Albert Speer Sr. 59
Average
1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Actor Charmolue 58
Average
1981 Brideshead Revisited Actor Edward 'Ned' Ryder 74
Good
1981 Priest of Love Actor Herbert G. Muskett 58
Average
1981 Arthur Actor Hobson 61
Fair
1981 Chariots of Fire Actor Master of Trinity 64
Fair
1981 Lion of the Desert Actor Sharif El Gariani 62
Fair
1981 Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery Actor Marquis of Caterhan 59
Average
1981 Sphinx Actor Abdu-Hamdi 58
Average
1980 The Formula Actor Dr. Abraham Esau 58
Average
1980 The Elephant Man Actor Carr Gomm 77
Good
1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Actor Reverend Jones 59
Average
1980 The Conductor Actor John Lasocki 59
Average
1979 The Human Factor Actor Brigadier Tomlinson 58
Average
1979 Caligula Actor Nerva 59
Average
1979 Tales of the Unexpected: Neck Actor Jelks N/A
N/A
1979 Murder by Decree Actor Prime Minister Lord Salisbury 60
Fair
1978 Les Misérables Actor Gillenormand 59
Average
1978 Richard II Actor John of Gaunt 59
Average
1978 Romeo & Juliet Actor Chorus 59
Average
1978 No Man's Land Actor Spooner N/A
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1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Actor The Preacher 59
Average
1977 Heartbreak House Actor Captain Shotover N/A
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1977 The Grand Inquisitor Actor Inquisitor N/A
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1977 Joseph Andrews Actor The Doctor 58
Average
1977 Providence Actor Clive Langham 59
Average
1976 Peter Pan Actor Narrator 59
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1976 The Picture of Dorian Gray Actor Lord Henry Wotton 59
Average
1976 Aces High Actor Headmaster 58
Average
1975 Galileo Actor The Old Cardinal 59
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1974 Murder on the Orient Express Actor Mr. Beddoes 68
Fair
1974 11 Harrowhouse Actor Meecham 58
Average
1974 Frankenstein: The True Story Actor Chief Constable 59
Average
1974 Gold Actor Farrell 58
Average
1974 QB VII Actor Clinton-Meek 70
Good
1973 Frankenstein: The True Story Actor Chief Constable 70
Good
1973 Lost Horizon Actor Chang 58
Average
1973 William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare Actor Various N/A
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1972 Probe Actor Harold L. Streeter 58
Average
1972 Eagle in a Cage Actor Lord Sissal 59
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1972 Home Actor Harry 59
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1970 Julius Caesar Actor Julius Caesar 58
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1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Actor Count Leopold Von Berchtold 59
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1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman Actor The Elder pope 60
Fair
1968 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski Actor Rich Man N/A
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1968 Assignment to Kill Actor Curt Valayan 59
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1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade Actor Lord Raglan 59
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1968 Sebastian Actor Head of Intelligence 59
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1967 October Revolution Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1967 Romeo and Juliet Actor Chorus N/A
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1966 Alice in Wonderland Actor Mock Turtle 59
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1966 The Mayfly and the Frog Actor Gabriel Quantara N/A
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1966 Ages of Man Actor N/A
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1965 Chimes at Midnight Actor Henry IV 62
Fair
1965 The Loved One Actor Sir Francis Hinsley 59
Average
1964 Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Actor Ghost (voice) 59
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1964 Becket Actor King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France 62
Fair
1963 To Die in Madrid Actor Narrator (English version) (voice) 59
Average
1962 The Cherry Orchard Actor Gaev 59
Average
1958 The Immortal Land Actor N/A
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1957 Saint Joan Actor Earl of Warwick 59
Average
1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Actor Edward Moulton-Barrett 59
Average
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Actor Foster 62
Fair
1955 Richard III Actor George, Duke of Clarence 60
Fair
1954 Romeo and Juliet Actor Chorus 59
Average
1954 Hamlet: The Actor's View Actor Self N/A
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1953 Julius Caesar Actor Cassius 62
Fair
1953 Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five Actor Narrator N/A
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1945 A Diary for Timothy Actor Hamlet 59
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1941 An Airman's Letter to His Mother Actor Narrator 58
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1941 The Prime Minister Actor Disraeli 59
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1937 Heredity in Man Actor Self N/A
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1936 Secret Agent Actor Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie 59
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1933 The Good Companions Actor Inigo Jollifant 59
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1932 Insult Actor Henri Dubois N/A
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1929 The Clue of the New Pin Actor Rex Trasmere N/A
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1924 Who Is the Man? Actor Daniel N/A
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Directing
1964 Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2016 Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied Writing Writer 59
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2016 Trouser bar Writing Writer 58
Average
1962 The Cherry Orchard Writing Writer 59
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