John Gielgud

John Gielgud

4/14/1904 – 5/21/2000London, 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 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 (181 titles)

Nothing Like a Dame6.8Movie

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage) · 2018

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film5.8Movie

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

Self · 2016

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films7.2Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2014

Discovering Hamlet7.5Movie

Discovering Hamlet

King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage) · 2011

Behind The Scenes of CaligulaMovie

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009

Revisiting Brideshead8.0Movie

Revisiting Brideshead

Self (archive footage) · 2005

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film10.0Movie

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe") · 2003

Catastrophe6.4Movie

Catastrophe

The Protagonist · 2001

The Tichborne Claimant8.7Movie

The Tichborne Claimant

Cockburn · 1999

Elizabeth7.2Movie

Elizabeth

The Pope · 1998

Quest for Camelot6.8Movie

Quest for Camelot

Merlin (voice) · 1998

Merlin6.9Show

Merlin

King Constant · 1998

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of SorrowMovie

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998

A Dance to the Music of Time5.7Show

A Dance to the Music of Time

St. John Clarke · 1997

David6.6Movie

David

Stimme Gottes · 1997

Hamlet7.3Movie

Hamlet

Priam · 1996

The Portrait of a Lady6.0Movie

The Portrait of a Lady

Mr. Touchett · 1996

Looking for Richard6.8Movie

Looking for Richard

Self - Interviewee · 1996

The Leopard Son9.5Movie

The Leopard Son

Narrator · 1996

Shine7.4Movie

Shine

Cecil Parkes · 1996

DragonHeart6.6Movie

DragonHeart

King Arthur (voice) (uncredited) · 1996

Gulliver's Travels7.2Show

Gulliver's Travels

Professor of Light · 1996

Haunted6.1Movie

Haunted

Dr Henry Doyle · 1995

9.0Show

Stick with Me, Kid

Grandpa · 1995

First Knight6.1Movie

First Knight

Oswald · 1995

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man0.5Movie

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

Self (Voice) · 1995

Movie

A Summer Day's Dream

1994

Scarlett6.6Show

Scarlett

Pierre Robillard · 1994

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties7.0Show

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Self · 1993

The Power of One7.5Movie

The Power of One

St. John · 1992