John Gielgud

John Gielgud1904 - 2000

usually

Actor

Popularity

3

Famous

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.

Credits

Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame

2018

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
0.4
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

2016

as Self

5.8
0.1
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet

2011

Documentary

as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

7
0.3
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009

0
0.2
Revisiting Brideshead
Revisiting Brideshead

2005

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.2
Catastrophe
Catastrophe

2001

as The Protagonist

6
0.1
Elizabeth
Elizabeth

1998

Drama • History

as The Pope

7.2
3.2
The Tichborne Claimant
The Tichborne Claimant

1998

Drama

as Cockburn

8
0.3
Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot

1998

Animation • Drama • Family • Fantasy • Romance

as Merlin (voice)

6.8
1.8
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998

Documentary • Music

0
0.1
David
David

1997

Adventure • Drama • TV Movie

as Stimme Gottes

6.6
2.1
Hamlet
Hamlet

1996

Drama

as Priam

7.3
2.1
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Drama • Romance

as Mr. Touchett

6
1.1
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard

1996

Documentary

as Self - Interviewee

6.8
0.9
The Leopard Son
The Leopard Son

1996

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0.1
Shine
Shine

1996

Drama

as Cecil Parkes

7.4
1.8
DragonHeart
DragonHeart

1996

Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy

as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

6.5
3
Haunted
Haunted

1995

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Romance

as Doctor Doyle

6.1
0.9
First Knight
First Knight

1995

Action • Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Oswald

6.1
2.8
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

Documentary

as Self (Voice)

0.5
0.2
A Summer Day's Dream
A Summer Day's Dream

1994

Drama • Science Fiction • TV Movie

0
0
The Power of One
The Power of One

1992

Drama

as St. John

7.5
1.5
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

1992

Documentary

as Self

0
0.2
Shining Through
Shining Through

1992

Drama • Romance • Thriller • War

as Sunflower

6.5
1.5
Swan Song
Swan Song

1992

Drama

as Svetlovidov

6.8
0.3
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992

Documentary • Fantasy • History • TV Movie

as Prospero

0
0.2
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
1
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books

1991

Fantasy

as Prospero

6.8
0.3
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

1991

Drama

as Virgil (voice)

5.5
0.1
The Best of Friends
The Best of Friends

1991

as Sydney Cockerell

1
0.1
The Strauss Dynasty
The Strauss Dynasty

1991

History

as Drechsler

8.2
0.3
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990

Documentary

as Self

10
0.2
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

1990

as Narrator (voice)

0
0.1
A TV Dante
A TV Dante

1990

as Virgil

6.4
0.2
Strike It Rich
Strike It Rich

1990

Comedy

as Herbert Dreuther

5
0.4
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù, Barbablù

1989

Drama

as Barbablù

0
0.2
Getting It Right
Getting It Right

1989

Comedy • Romance

as Sir Gordon Munday

7
0.3
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons

1988

Drama • TV Movie

as Cardinal Wolsey

6.8
0.2
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

Documentary

as Self

6
0.3
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988

Comedy • Romance

as Hobson

5.5
0.6
Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death

1988

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Colonel Carbury

6.1
1
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

Comedy • Documentary • Family

as British Lord

0
0.1
Quartermaine's Terms
Quartermaine's Terms

1987

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Eddie Loomis

0
0.2
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

1986

Adventure • Family • TV Movie

as Sir Simon de Canterville

6.6
0.4
The Whistle Blower
The Whistle Blower

1986

Action • Thriller

as Sir Adrian Chappie

5.8
0.4
Theban Plays: Antigone
Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

Drama

as Tiresias

0
0.2
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

Drama

as Tieresias

2
0.2
Time After Time
Time After Time

1986

Comedy • TV Movie

as Jasper Swift

0
0.2
Plenty
Plenty

1985

Drama • Romance

as Sir Leonard Darwin

5.6
0.9
Leave All Fair
Leave All Fair

1985

Drama

as John Middleton Murry

7
0.2
Romance on the Orient Express
Romance on the Orient Express

1985

Drama • Romance

as Theodore Woodward

5.5
0.3
The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party

1985

Drama • History • Romance

as Cornelius Cardew

6.6
0.5
To Be Hamlet
To Be Hamlet

1985

Documentary

as Self

0
0.3
Camille
Camille

1984

Drama • Romance

as Duke de Charles

5.6
0.4
Frankenstein
Frankenstein

1984

Horror • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as De Lacey

5.8
0.3
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae

1984

Adventure

as Lord Durrisdeer

6
0.2
Scandalous
Scandalous

1984

Comedy

as Uncle Willie

2.5
0.4
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

Documentary

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

0
0.2
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady

1983

Adventure • Drama

as Hogarth

4.9
0.7
The Scarlet and the Black
The Scarlet and the Black

1983

Drama • History • TV Movie • War

as Pope Pius XII

7
0.7
Invitation to the Wedding
Invitation to the Wedding

1983

Comedy

0
0.1
Gandhi
Gandhi

1982

Drama • History

as Lord Irwin

7.6
4.5
The Critic
The Critic

1982

Comedy

as Lord Burleigh

0
0.1
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich

1982

Drama • History • TV Movie • War

as Albert Speer Sr.

7.2
0.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

Drama • Horror • Romance • TV Movie

as Charmolue

5.8
0.8
Priest of Love
Priest of Love

1981

Drama • Romance

as Herbert G. Muskett

5
0.6
Arthur
Arthur

1981

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Hobson

6.5
1.2
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire

1981

Drama • History

as Master of Trinity

6.8
2.5
Lion of the Desert
Lion of the Desert

1981

Drama • History • War

as Sharif El Gariani

7.3
1.2
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

Drama • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as Marquis of Caterhan

6.7
0.4
Sphinx
Sphinx

1981

Adventure • Mystery • Thriller

as Abdu-Hamdi

5.6
0.9
The Formula
The Formula

1980

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Dr. Abraham Esau

5.5
0.6
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man

1980

Drama • History

as Carr Gomm

8.1
5.1
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as Reverend Jones

6.4
0.5
The Conductor
The Conductor

1980

Drama • Music

as John Lasocki

6.3
0.5
The Human Factor
The Human Factor

1979

Thriller

as Brigadier Tomlinson

5.9
0.8
Caligula
Caligula

1979

Drama • History

as Nerva

6
5
Murder by Decree
Murder by Decree

1979

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Prime Minister

6.4
0.6
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

1978

Drama • History • Romance • TV Movie

as Gillenormand

7.2
0.9
Richard II
Richard II

1978

Drama • History • TV Movie

as John of Gaunt

7.5
0.3
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

1978

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Chorus

7.4
0.5
No Man's Land
No Man's Land

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Spooner

7
0.2
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1977

Drama

as The Preacher

6
0.3
Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House

1977

Comedy

as Captain Shotover

0
0
The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor

1977

Drama

as Inquisitor

0
0.4
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews

1977

Comedy • Romance

as The Doctor

4.7
0.4
Providence
Providence

1977

Comedy • Drama

as Clive Langham

6.8
0.3
Peter Pan
Peter Pan

1976

Family • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as Narrator

6
0.3
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

Drama • Fantasy • Horror • TV Movie

as Lord Henry Wotton

8
0.3
Aces High
Aces High

1976

Action • Drama • War

as Headmaster

5.9
1
Galileo
Galileo

1975

Drama • History

as The Old Cardinal

5.9
0.6
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Beddoes

7.1
3.8
11 Harrowhouse
11 Harrowhouse

1974

Action • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Meecham

5.7
0.4
Frankenstein: The True Story
Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

Drama • Horror • Science Fiction

as Chief Constable

7.5
0.3
Gold
Gold

1974

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Farrell

5.7
1.1
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon

1973

Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Music • Romance

as Chang

5.4
0.4
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973

Comedy • Family

as Various

0
0.1
Probe
Probe

1972

Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Harold L. Streeter

5.5
0.5
Eagle in a Cage
Eagle in a Cage

1972

Drama

as Lord Sissal

5
0.2
Home
Home

1972

Drama • TV Movie

as Harry

7.8
0.2
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

1970

Drama • History • War

as Julius Caesar

5.7
0.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Comedy • Music • War

as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

6.7
0.4
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

Drama

as The Elder Pope

6.8
1.1
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Rich Man

0
0.2
Assignment to Kill
Assignment to Kill

1968

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Curt Valayan

6
0.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

Drama • History • War

as Lord Raglan

6.1
0.6
Sebastian
Sebastian

1968

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Head of Intelligence

6
0.2
October Revolution
October Revolution

1967

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0
0.1
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

1967

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Chorus

0
0.1
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

1966

Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Mock Turtle

5.8
0.6
The Mayfly and the Frog
The Mayfly and the Frog

1966

Drama

as Gabriel Quantara

0
0.2
Ages of Man
Ages of Man

1966

Drama • TV Movie

0
0
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight

1965

Comedy • Drama • History • War

as Henry IV

7.1
0.5
The Loved One
The Loved One

1965

Comedy

as Sir Francis Hinsley

6.3
0.5
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

1964

as Ghost (voice)

6.5
0.2
Becket
Becket

1964

Drama • History

as King Louis VII of France

7.1
1.6
To Die in Madrid
To Die in Madrid

1963

Documentary

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

7.5
0.2
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard

1962

Drama • TV Movie

as Gaev

8
0.1
The Immortal Land
The Immortal Land

1958

Documentary

0
0.1
Saint Joan
Saint Joan

1957

Drama • History

as Earl of Warwick

6.5
0.4
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957

Drama • History • Romance

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

6.2
0.1
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

Adventure • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Romance

as Foster

6.6
1.8
Richard III
Richard III

1955

Drama • History

as George, Duke of Clarence

7.1
0.6
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

1954

Drama • Romance

as Chorus

5.1
0.6
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Hamlet: The Actor's View

1954

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

1953

Drama • History

as Cassius

7.1
1.1
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

1953

as Narrator

0
0.1
A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy

1945

Documentary

as Hamlet

6.6
0.3
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
An Airman's Letter to His Mother

1941

War

as Narrator

6
0.1
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister

1941

Drama • History • Romance • War

as Disraeli

6
0.4
Heredity in Man
Heredity in Man

1937

Documentary

as Self

0
0.2
Secret Agent
Secret Agent

1936

Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

6.1
0.8
The Good Companions
The Good Companions

1933

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Inigo Jollifant

5.8
0.3
Insult
Insult

1932

Drama

as Henri Dubois

0
0.1
The Clue of the New Pin
The Clue of the New Pin

1929

Crime • Mystery

as Rex Trasmere

0
0.1
Who Is the Man?
Who Is the Man?

1924

Drama

as Daniel

0
0.1

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