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Actor

John Gielgud

Popular films

The Elephant Man1980
Gandhi1982
DragonHeart1996
Murder on the Orient Express1974

About John Gielgud

Known for: Acting
Born: April 14, 1904
Died: May 21, 2000 (age 96)
Birthplace: London, England

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…

Also credited as

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

Filmography

Nothing Like a Dame2018as Self (archive footage)

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film2016as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet2011as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula2009
Revisiting Brideshead2005as Self (archive footage)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film2003as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Catastrophe2001as The Protagonist
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance2000as Self
The Tichborne Claimant1999as Cockburn
Elizabeth1998as The Pope
Quest for Camelot1998as Merlin (voice)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow1998
David1997as Stimme Gottes
Hamlet1996as Priam
The Portrait of a Lady1996as Mr. Touchett
Looking for Richard1996as Self - Interviewee
The Leopard Son1996as Narrator
Shine1996as Cecil Parkes
DragonHeart1996as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Haunted1995as Dr Henry Doyle
First Knight1995as Oswald
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man1995as Self (Voice)
A Summer Day's Dream1994
The Power of One1992as St. John
Shining Through1992as Sunflower
A Walk Through Prospero's Library1992as Prospero
Swan Song1992as Svetlovidov
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991as Self (archive footage)
Prospero's Books1991as Prospero
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)1991as Virgil (voice)
The Best of Friends1991as Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty1991as Drechsler
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond1990as Self
A TV Dante1990as Virgil
Strike It Rich1990as Herbert Dreuther
Barbablù, Barbablù1989as Barbablù
Getting It Right1989as Sir Gordon Munday
A Man for All Seasons1988as Cardinal Wolsey
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton1988as Self
Arthur 2: On the Rocks1988as Hobson
Appointment with Death1988as Colonel Carbury
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville1987as British Lord
Quartermaine's Terms1987as Eddie Loomis
The Canterville Ghost1986as Sir Simon de Canterville
The Whistle Blower1986as Sir Adrian Chappie
Theban Plays: Antigone1986as Tiresias
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986as Tieresias
Time After Time1986as Jasper Swift
Plenty1985as Sir Leonard Darwin
Leave All Fair1985as John Middleton Murry
Romance on the Orient Express1985as Theodore Woodward
The Shooting Party1985as Cornelius Cardew
To Be Hamlet1985as Self
Camille1984as Duke de Charles
Frankenstein1984as De Lacey
The Master of Ballantrae1984as Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous1984as Uncle Willie
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate1984as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
The Wicked Lady1983as Hogarth
The Scarlet and the Black1983as Pope Pius XII
Invitation to the Wedding1983
Gandhi1982as Lord Irwin
Laurence Olivier: A Life1982as Self
The Critic1982as Lord Burleigh
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1982as Charmolue
Priest of Love1981as Herbert G. Muskett
Arthur1981as Hobson
Chariots of Fire1981as Master of Trinity
Lion of the Desert1981as Sharif El Gariani
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery1981as Marquis of Caterhan
Sphinx1981as Abdu-Hamdi
The Formula1980as Dr. Abraham Esau
The Elephant Man1980as Carr Gomm
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?1980as Reverend Jones
The Conductor1980as John Lasocki
The Human Factor1979as Brigadier Tomlinson
Caligula1979as Nerva
Murder by Decree1979as Prime Minister
Les Misérables1978as Gillenormand
Richard II1978as John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet1978as Chorus
No Man's Land1978as Spooner
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man1977as The Preacher
Heartbreak House1977as Captain Shotover
The Grand Inquisitor1977as Inquisitor
Joseph Andrews1977as The Doctor
Providence1977as Clive Langham
Peter Pan1976as Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray1976as Lord Henry Wotton
Aces High1976as Headmaster
Galileo1975as The Old Cardinal
Murder on the Orient Express1974as Mr. Beddoes
11 Harrowhouse1974as Meecham
Frankenstein: The True Story1974as Chief Constable
Gold1974as Farrell
Lost Horizon1973as Chang
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare1973as Various
Probe1972as Harold L. Streeter
Eagle in a Cage1972as Lord Sissal
Home1972as Harry
Hamlet1970as The Ghost
Julius Caesar1970as Julius Caesar
Oh! What a Lovely War1969as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Shoes of the Fisherman1968as The Elder Pope
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski1968as Rich Man
Assignment to Kill1968as Curt Valayan
The Charge of the Light Brigade1968as Lord Raglan
From Chekhov with Love1968as Anton Chekhov
Sebastian1968as Head of Intelligence
October Revolution1967as Narrator (voice)
Romeo and Juliet1967as Chorus
Alice in Wonderland1966as Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog1966as Gabriel Quantara
Ivanov1966as Nikolai ivanov
Ages of Man1966
Chimes at Midnight1965as Henry IV
The Loved One1965as Sir Francis Hinsley
Hamlet1964as Ghost (voice)
Becket1964as King Louis VII of France
To Die in Madrid1963as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Cherry Orchard1962as Gaev
The Immortal Land1958
Saint Joan1957as Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street1957as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Around the World in 80 Days1956as Foster
Richard III1955as George, Duke of Clarence
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall1955as John Worthing, JP
Romeo and Juliet1954as Chorus
Hamlet: The Actor's View1954as Self
Julius Caesar1953as Cassius
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five1953as Narrator
A Diary for Timothy1945as Hamlet
An Airman's Letter to His Mother1941as Narrator
The Prime Minister1941as Disraeli
Heredity in Man1937as Self
Secret Agent1936as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions1933as Inigo Jollifant
Insult1932as Henri Dubois
The Clue of the New Pin1929as Rex Trasmere
Who Is the Man?1924as Daniel

Ivanov1966Director

Hamlet1964Director

Trouser Bar2016Writer

The Cherry Orchard1962Writer