John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Acting

Birthday

1904/04/14

Day of death

2000/05/21 (96 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

South Kensington, London, England, UK

Also know as

Arthur John Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, A Gentleman, Джон Гилгуд

Biography

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 o...Read more

Acting
Campanadas a medianoche
7.1

(1965) Chimes at Midnight

as Henry IV

Gandhi
7.6

(1982) Gandhi

as Lord Irwin

Frankenstein
5.8

(1984) Frankenstein

as De Lacey

Frankenstein: The True Story
7.6

(1974) Frankenstein: The True Story

as Chief Constable

To Be Hamlet
0.0

(1985) To Be Hamlet

as Self

Hamlet: The Actor's View
0.0

(1954) Hamlet: The Actor's View

as Self

The Elephant Man
8.0

(1980) The Elephant Man

as Carr Gomm

David
6.5

(1997) David

as Stimme Gottes

Secret Agent
6.1

(1936) Secret Agent

as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Murder on the Orient Express
7.1

(1974) Murder on the Orient Express

as Mr. Beddoes

Appointment with Death
6.1

(1988) Appointment with Death

as Colonel Carbury

Les Misérables
7.2

(1978) Les Misérables

as Gillenormand

Elizabeth
7.2

(1998) Elizabeth

as The Pope

Prospero's Books
6.8

(1991) Prospero's Books

as Prospero

Oh! What a Lovely War
6.6

(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War

as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

First Knight
6.1

(1995) First Knight

as Oswald

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
0.0

(1984) James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)

The Formula
5.5

(1980) The Formula

as Dr. Abraham Esau

Shining Through
6.5

(1992) Shining Through

as Sunflower

DragonHeart
6.5

(1996) DragonHeart

as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

Chariots of Fire
6.8

(1981) Chariots of Fire

as Master of Trinity

Caligola
6.0

(1979) Caligula

as Nerva

The Whistle Blower
5.8

(1986) The Whistle Blower

as Sir Adrian Chappie

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
5.5

(1988) Arthur 2: On the Rocks

as Hobson

Lion of the Desert
7.3

(1981) Lion of the Desert

as Sharif El Gariani

Murder by Decree
6.4

(1979) Murder by Decree

as Prime Minister Lord Salisbury

Arthur
6.5

(1981) Arthur

as Hobson

The Power of One
7.5

(1992) The Power of One

as St. John

Alice in Wonderland
7.2

(1966) Alice in Wonderland

as Mock Turtle

Plenty
5.7

(1985) Plenty

as Sir Leonard Darwin

The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.0

(1968) The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Lord Raglan

Julius Caesar
5.7

(1970) Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

Richard III
7.1

(1955) Richard III

as George, Duke of Clarence

Becket
7.1

(1964) Becket

as King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

Aces High
5.8

(1976) Aces High

as Headmaster

The Scarlet and the Black
7.0

(1983) The Scarlet and the Black

as Pope Pius XII

The Loved One
6.3

(1965) The Loved One

as Sir Francis Hinsley

Time After Time
0.0

(1986) Time After Time

as Jasper Swift

Sphinx
5.6

(1981) Sphinx

as Abdu-Hamdi

The Canterville Ghost
6.6

(1986) The Canterville Ghost

as Sir Simon de Canterville

The Human Factor
5.8

(1979) The Human Factor

as Brigadier Tomlinson

The Leopard Son
0.0

(1996) The Leopard Son

as Narrator

Julius Caesar
7.0

(1953) Julius Caesar

as Cassius

Gold
5.7

(1974) Gold

as Farrell

Haunted
6.1

(1995) Haunted

as Doctor Doyle

Priest of Love
5.0

(1981) Priest of Love

as Herbert G. Muskett

Quest for Camelot
6.8

(1998) Quest for Camelot

as Merlin (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
5.8

(1982) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Charmolue

0.0

(1977) The Grand Inquisitor

as Inquisitor

Catastrophe
6.0

(2001) Catastrophe

as The Protagonist

Providence
6.8

(1977) Providence

as Clive Langham

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
6.7

(1981) Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

as Marquis of Caterhan

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
0.0

(1973) William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

as Various

Romeo and Juliet
5.1

(1954) Romeo and Juliet

as Chorus

The Shooting Party
6.6

(1985) The Shooting Party

as Cornelius Cardew

Lost Horizon
5.4

(1973) Lost Horizon

as Chang

The Good Companions
5.8

(1933) The Good Companions

as Inigo Jollifant

Quartermaine's Terms
0.0

(1987) Quartermaine's Terms

as Eddie Loomis

The Cherry Orchard
8.0

(1962) The Cherry Orchard

as Gaev

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
6.4

(1980) Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

as Reverend Jones

Saint Joan
6.5

(1957) Saint Joan

as Earl of Warwick

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
6.5

(1964) Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

as Ghost (voice)

The Wicked Lady
4.9

(1983) The Wicked Lady

as Hogarth

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
6.0

(1977) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

as The Preacher

A Diary for Timothy
6.6

(1945) A Diary for Timothy

as Hamlet

Mourir à Madrid
7.5

(1963) To Die in Madrid

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

Assignment to Kill
6.0

(1968) Assignment to Kill

as Curt Valayan

The Master of Ballantrae
6.0

(1984) The Master of Ballantrae

as Lord Durrisdeer

A Man for All Seasons
6.8

(1988) A Man for All Seasons

as Cardinal Wolsey

Scandalous
4.0

(1984) Scandalous

as Uncle Willie

No Man's Land
7.0

(1978) No Man's Land

as Spooner

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6.2

(1957) The Barretts of Wimpole Street

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

Galileo
5.9

(1975) Galileo

as The Old Cardinal

Camille
5.6

(1984) Camille

as Duke de Charles

Eagle in a Cage
5.0

(1972) Eagle in a Cage

as Lord Sissal

Probe
5.5

(1972) Probe

as Harold L. Streeter

Joseph Andrews
4.7

(1977) Joseph Andrews

as The Doctor

Discovering Hamlet
7.0

(2011) Discovering Hamlet

as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

6.0

(1941) An Airman's Letter to His Mother

as Narrator

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
0.0

(1968) The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

as Rich Man

0.0

(1982) The Critic

as Lord Burleigh

0.0

(1994) A Summer Day's Dream

as ---

Revisiting Brideshead
0.0

(2005) Revisiting Brideshead

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

(1992) Swan Song

as Svetlovidov

Ages of Man
0.0

(1966) Ages of Man

as ---

The Best of Friends
1.0

(1991) The Best of Friends

as Sydney Cockerell

Invitation to the Wedding
0.0

(1983) Invitation to the Wedding

as ---

11 Harrowhouse
5.7

(1974) 11 Harrowhouse

as Meecham

Richard II
7.5

(1978) Richard II

as John of Gaunt

Romance on the Orient Express
5.2

(1985) Romance on the Orient Express

as Theodore Woodward

Looking for Richard
6.8

(1996) Looking for Richard

as Self - Interviewee

Hamlet
7.3

(1996) Hamlet

as Priam

Home
7.8

(1972) Home

as Harry

Sebastian
6.0

(1968) Sebastian

as Head of Intelligence

The Prime Minister
6.0

(1941) The Prime Minister

as Disraeli

The Strauss Dynasty
8.2

(1991) The Strauss Dynasty

as Drechsler

Getting It Right
7.0

(1989) Getting It Right

as Sir Gordon Munday

The Portrait of a Lady
6.0

(1996) The Portrait of a Lady

as Mr. Touchett

0.0

(1992) A Walk Through Prospero's Library

as Prospero

Insult
0.0

(1932) Insult

as Henri Dubois

Shine
7.4

(1996) Shine

as Cecil Parkes

Inside the Third Reich
7.3

(1982) Inside the Third Reich

as Albert Speer Sr.

0.0

(1966) The Mayfly and the Frog

as Gabriel Quantara

Dyrygent
6.3

(1980) The Conductor

as John Lasocki

Heredity in Man
0.0

(1937) Heredity in Man

as Self

0.0

(1958) The Immortal Land

as ---

A TV Dante
6.4

(1990) A TV Dante

as Virgil

Leave All Fair
7.0

(1985) Leave All Fair

as John Middleton Murry

0.0

(1992) The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

as Self

The Shoes of the Fisherman
6.7

(1968) The Shoes of the Fisherman

as The Elder pope

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.6

(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days

as Foster

5.8

(2016) Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

as Self

Strike It Rich
5.0

(1990) Strike It Rich

as Herbert Dreuther

The Picture of Dorian Gray
8.0

(1976) The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
0.0

(1987) Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

as British Lord

Romeo and Juliet
0.0

(1967) Romeo and Juliet

as Chorus

0.0

(1924) Who Is the Man?

as Daniel

Romeo & Juliet
7.4

(1978) Romeo & Juliet

as Chorus

0.0

(1929) The Clue of the New Pin

as Rex Trasmere

The Tichborne Claimant
8.0

(1998) The Tichborne Claimant

as Cockburn

Heartbreak House
0.0

(1977) Heartbreak House

as Captain Shotover

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
2.0

(1986) Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Tieresias

Theban Plays: Antigone
0.0

(1986) Theban Plays: Antigone

as Tiresias

Peter Pan
6.0

(1976) Peter Pan

as Narrator

Révolution d'octobre
0.0

(1967) October Revolution

as Narrator (voice)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7

(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
0.5

(1995) The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

as Self (Voice)

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
0.0

(1998) Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

as ---

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
5.5

(1991) A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

as Virgil (voice)

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
6.0

(1988) In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

as Self

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
10.0

(1990) Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

as Self

Nothing Like a Dame
6.9

(2018) Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
0.0

(1953) Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

as Narrator

0.0

(1990) Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

as Narrator (voice)

Tales of the Unexpected
6.7

(1979) Tales of the Unexpected

as Jelks

Second City Television
7.4

(1976) Second City Television

as Self - Special Guest Star

Inspector Morse
7.8

(1987) Inspector Morse

as Lord Hinksey

Frankenstein: The True Story
8.5

(1973) Frankenstein: The True Story

as Chief Constable

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Ghost

QB VII
7.7

(1974) QB VII

as Clinton-Meek

Brideshead Revisited
8.0

(1981) Brideshead Revisited

as Edward 'Ned' Ryder

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Harry

Gulliver's Travels
7.1

(1996) Gulliver's Travels

as Professor of Light

ABC Stage 67
6.0

(1966) ABC Stage 67

as Rich Man

0.0

(1970) Menace

as ---

Scarlett
6.6

(1994) Scarlett

as ---

A Dance to the Music of Time
5.3

(1997) A Dance to the Music of Time

as St. John Clarke

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Captain Shotover

Summer's Lease
7.5

(1989) Summer's Lease

as Haverford Downs

ABC Afterschool Special
6.4

(1972) ABC Afterschool Special

as Various Roles

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Chorus

War and Remembrance
8.0

(1988) War and Remembrance

as Aaron Jastrow

Merlin
6.8

(1998) Merlin

as King Constant

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Lord Burleigh

Screen Two
6.8

(1985) Screen Two

as ---

Wagner
6.3

(1983) Wagner

as Pfistermeister

Lovejoy
7.3

(1986) Lovejoy

as Lord Wakering

0.0

(1995) Stick With Me, Kid

as Grandpa

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as John of Gaunt

6.0

(1984) Six Centuries of Verse

as Himself - Presenter

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
0.0

(1993) Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as Self

Strauss Dynasty
0.0

(1991) Strauss Dynasty

as Drechsler

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Charmolue

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lord Durrisdeer

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Duke

0.0

(1959) The Big Party

as Self

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Chorus

Omnibus
7.5

(1967) Omnibus

as Self

The Wednesday Play
4.5

(1964) The Wednesday Play

as Gabriel Quantara

7.0

(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

6.5

(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
6.7

(1968) The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Marco Polo
6.8

(1982) Marco Polo

as Doge di Venezia

The Far Pavilions
7.7

(1984) The Far Pavilions

as Cavagnari

Great Performances
5.2

(1971) Great Performances

as Self

Tales of the Unexpected
6.7

(1979) Tales of the Unexpected

as Cyril Boggis