John Gielgud
Acting
🎂 1904-04-14
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.
Cast credits(187)
Self
1971
Self
1957
Self
1948
Harry
1970
Gabriel Quantara
1964
Chorus
1965
The Inquisitor
1965
Charles II
1965
Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton
1965
Capt. Shotover
1965
Lord Burleigh
1965
Self - Guest
1968
Various Roles
1972
Self
1967
1985
Chorus
1978
John of Gaunt
1978
Jelks
1979
Cyril Boggis
1979
Self
1959
Lord Hinksey
1987
1994
Self
1976
Professor of Light
1996
Stephen Dawlish
1991
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
1981
Cavagnari
1984
King Constant
1998
Doge di Venezia
1982
Lord Wakering
1986
Chief Constable
1973
The Ghost
1951
Charmolue
1951
Lord Durrisdeer
1951
Duke
1951
Clinton-Meek
1974
Pfistermeister
1983
St. John Clarke
1997
Self - Presenter
1984
Carr Gomm
1980
Self
1993
Drechsler
1991
Nerva
1979
Rich Man
1966
Lord Irwin
1982
Foster
1956
Oswald
1995
Aaron Jastrow
1988
Mr. Beddoes
1974
Farrell
1974
The Pope
1998
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Priam
1996
Master of Trinity
1981
Merlin (voice)
1998
Hobson
1981
Cecil Parkes
1996
Self
1959
Cassius
1953
Sunflower
1992
Sharif El Gariani
1981
Headmaster
1976
Colonel Carbury
1988
St. John
1992
Mr. Touchett
1996
King Louis VII of France
1964
Marquis of Caterhan
1981
1970
Prime Minister
1979
Gillenormand
1978
George, Duke of Clarence
1955
Lord Raglan
1968
Stimme Gottes
1997
Doctor Doyle
1995
Charmolue
1982
Haverford Downs
1989
Hobson
1988
The Elder Pope
1968
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1936
Hogarth
1983
Henry IV
1965
Pope Pius XII
1983
Brigadier Tomlinson
1979
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1969
Prospero
1991
Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
Chang
1973
Earl of Warwick
1957
Julius Caesar
1970
Chorus
1954
Self - Interviewee
1996
Uncle Willie
1984
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Doctor
1977
Sir Francis Hinsley
1965
Grandpa
1995
Self (archive footage)
1991
Harold L. Streeter
1972
De Lacey
1984
Albert Speer Sr.
1982
Meecham
1974
Abdu-Hamdi
1981
Duke de Charles
1984
Chorus
1978
Reverend Jones
1980
Mock Turtle
1966
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2011
Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
Clive Langham
1977
Theodore Woodward
1985
The Old Cardinal
1975
Sir Gordon Munday
1989
Roi Constant
1998
Chief Constable
1974
Lord Sissal
1972
Curt Valayan
1968
Narrator
1996
Svetlovidov
1992
Head of Intelligence
1968
Cockburn
1998
Cardinal Wolsey
1988
Lord Henry Wotton
1976
Self
1988
Ghost (voice)
1964
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Preacher
1977
Narrator
1976
Herbert G. Muskett
1981
Herbert Dreuther
1990
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1963
Lord Durrisdeer
1984
Jasper Swift
1986
Cornelius Cardew
1985
Inigo Jollifant
1933
Gaev
1962
Virgil
1990
John of Gaunt
1978
Virgil (voice)
1991
Self
1985
Nerva
2024
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1984
Rex Trasmere
1929
1983
Lord Burleigh
1982
Self
1990
Various
1973
Edward Moulton-Barrett
1957
1994
Drechsler
1991
Spooner
1978
British Lord
1987
1958
Self (Voice)
1995
Tiresias
1986
The Protagonist
2001
Self
2016
Hamlet
1945
Self
1992
Harry
1972
Gabriel Quantara
1966
John Middleton Murry
1985
Narrator (voice)
1967
John Lasocki
1980
Inquisitor
1977
Eddie Loomis
1987
Tieresias
1986
1998
Narrator
1953
Rich Man
1968
Captain Shotover
1977
2009
Barbablù
1989
Henri Dubois
1932
Sydney Cockerell
1991
Daniel
1924
Chorus
1967
Self
1954
Self
1982
1966
Prospero
1992
Disraeli
1941
Narrator
1941
Narrator (voice)
1990
Self
1937
John Worthing, JP
1955
