John Gielgud
Known for: Acting
Born: April 14, 1904
Died: May 21, 2000
Place of birth: 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 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.
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Filmography
144 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
7.4
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
2016
5.8
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016
3.9
Trouser Bar
2016
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
2.0
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
8.0
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
10.0
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
6.4
Catastrophe
2001
9.0
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
8.7
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
7.2
Elizabeth
1998
6.8
Quest for Camelot
1998
7.0
Merlin
1998
NR
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
6.6
David
1997
7.3
Hamlet
1996
5.9
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
9.5
The Leopard Son
1996
7.4
Shine
1996
6.6
DragonHeart
1996
7.3
Gulliver's Travels
1996
6.1
Haunted
19959.0
Stick with Me, Kid
1995
6.1
First Knight
1995
0.5
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995NR
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
6.6
Scarlett
1994
7.0
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
7.5
The Power of One
1992
6.5
Shining Through
19926.8
Swan Song
19927.0
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
NR
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
6.3
Performance
1991
6.8
Prospero's Books
1991
5.5
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991
3.7
The Best of Friends
19918.4
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
8.5
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
NR
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
7.0
A TV Dante
1990
6.5
A TV Dante
1990
6.5
Strike It Rich
1990
8.0
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
7.3
Summer's Lease
1989
6.8
Getting It Right
1989
7.0
A Man for All Seasons
1988
7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
5.5
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
6.1
Appointment with Death
1988
8.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
7.0
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
1986
5.8
The Whistle Blower
1986
9.0
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
4.5
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
10.0
Time After Time
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
5.7
Plenty
1985
8.5
Leave All Fair
1985
5.4
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
6.6
The Shooting Party
1985
NR
To Be Hamlet
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
5.5
Camille
1984
6.7
Frankenstein
1984
8.0
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
7.4
The Far Pavilions
1984
6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
4.7
Scandalous
1984
NR
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
6.8
Wagner
1983
4.9
The Wicked Lady
1983
7.0
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
6.0
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
6.8
Marco Polo
1982
7.6
Gandhi
1982
10.0
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982NR
The Critic
1982
8.0
Inside the Third Reich
1982
5.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
7.8
Brideshead Revisited
1981
5.0
Priest of Love
1981
6.5
Arthur
1981
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
7.3
Lion of the Desert
1981
6.9
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
5.7
Sphinx
1981
5.5
The Formula
1980
8.1
The Elephant Man
1980
6.7
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
6.2
The Conductor
1980
5.8
The Human Factor
1979
6.0
Caligula
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.4
Murder by Decree
1979
7.1
Les Misérables
1978
8.0
Richard II
1978
7.6
Romeo and Juliet
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
7.0
No Man's Land
1978
6.3
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
NR
Heartbreak House
1977NR
The Grand Inquisitor
1977
5.1
Joseph Andrews
1977
6.7
Providence
1977
6.0
Peter Pan
1976
7.8
Second City Television
1976
9.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
5.9
Aces High
1976
6.1
Galileo
1975
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
5.8
11 Harrowhouse
1974
7.5
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
5.7
Gold
1974
7.7
QB VII
1974
8.4
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
5.4
Lost Horizon
1973
NR
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
5.8
Probe
1972
6.0
Eagle in a Cage
1972
7.8
Home
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.0
Hamlet
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
Menace
1970
5.9
Julius Caesar
1970
6.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
NR
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
6.0
Assignment to Kill
1968
6.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
19688.0
From Chekhov with Love
1968
6.4
Sebastian
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
10.0
October Revolution
1967
NR
Romeo and Juliet
1967
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
19669.0
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
NR
Ivanov
1966
NR
Ages of Man
1966
7.2
Chimes at Midnight
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
6.2
The Loved One
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.9
Hamlet
1964
7.2
Becket
1964
7.7
To Die in Madrid
1963
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
1962NR
The Big Party
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
195910.0
The Immortal Land
19587.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.5
Saint Joan
1957
6.5
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
7.2
Richard III
1955NR
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
5.4
Romeo and Juliet
1954
NR
Hamlet: The Actor's View
1954
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
NR
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.8
A Diary for Timothy
19456.4
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
6.5
The Prime Minister
1941
NR
Heredity in Man
1937
6.1
Secret Agent
1936
6.4
The Good Companions
1933
7.0
Insult
19328.0
The Clue of the New Pin
19299.0
Who Is the Man?
1924