John Gielgud
Acting
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.
Filmography 181
Movies (141)
Nothing Like a Dame2018Self (archive footage)
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film2016Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet2011King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula2009
Revisiting Brideshead2005Self (archive footage)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film2003Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Catastrophe2001The Protagonist
The Tichborne Claimant1999Cockburn
Elizabeth1998The Pope
Quest for Camelot1998Merlin (voice)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow1998
David1997Stimme Gottes
Hamlet1996Priam
The Portrait of a Lady1996Mr. Touchett
Looking for Richard1996Self - Interviewee
The Leopard Son1996Narrator
Shine1996Cecil Parkes
DragonHeart1996King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Haunted1995Dr Henry Doyle
First Knight1995Oswald
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man1995Self (Voice)- A Summer Day's Dream1994
The Power of One1992St. John
Shining Through1992Sunflower- Swan Song1992Svetlovidov
- A Walk Through Prospero's Library1992Prospero
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991Self (archive footage)
Prospero's Books1991Prospero
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)1991Virgil (voice)
Shows (40)
Merlin1998King Constant
A Dance to the Music of Time1997St. John Clarke
Gulliver's Travels1996Professor of Light- Stick with Me, Kid1995Grandpa
Scarlett1994Pierre Robillard
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993Self
The Strauss Dynasty1991Drechsler
Performance1991Stephen Dawlish
Summer's Lease1989Haverford Downs
War and Remembrance1988Aaron Jastrow
Inspector Morse1987Lord Hinksey
Lovejoy1986Lord Wakering
Screen Two1985Eddie Loomis
Six Centuries of Verse1984Self - Presenter
The Far Pavilions1984Cavagnari
Wagner1983Pfistermeister
Marco Polo1982Doge di Venezia
Inside the Third Reich1982Albert Speer Sr.
Brideshead Revisited1981Edward 'Ned' Ryder
Tales of the Unexpected1979Jelks
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978Chorus
Second City Television1976Self
QB VII1974Clinton-Meek
Frankenstein: The True Story1973Chief Constable
ABC Afterschool Special1972Various Roles- Film '721971Self
Great Performances1971Self
Play for Today1970Harry- Menace1970Frederick William Densham
The Dick Cavett Show1968Self - Guest