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Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) 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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John Gielgud

John Gielgud Biography / Wiki

NameJohn Gielgud
Also KnowArthur John Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, A Gentleman
GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthSouth Kensington, London, England, UK
Date of Birth1904-04-14
Age(as in 2022)96
Deathday2000-05-21

John Gielgud Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Secret AgentEdgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden1936-05-31After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to th…
Prospero’s BooksProspero1991-08-30An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this un…
The Leopard SonNarrator1996-09-27The true story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa’s Serengeti plain. The journey of “The Leopard Son” begins at his mot…
CatastropheThe Protagonist2000-01-01An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentati…
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials MysteryMarquis of Caterhan1981-03-08When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashi…
No Man’s LandSpooner1978-10-03‘No Man’s Land’ is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the home…
An Airman’s Letter to His MotherNarrator1941-06-05A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death….
A Summer Day’s Dream1994-11-26Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley….
Swan SongSvetlovidov1992-01-01An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar f…
Ages of Man1966-01-23Performance of extracts from Shakespeare plays….
The Best of FriendsSydney Cockerell1991-01-01Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Si…
HomeHarry1972-01-06David Storey’s adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC’s Play for Today series….
The Prime MinisterDisraeli1941-03-04Directed by Thorold Dickinson….
A Walk Through Prospero’s LibraryProspero1992-01-01A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, ‘Prospero’s Books’. As Prospero (…
The Mayfly and the FrogGabriel Quantara1966-12-21When a Rolls Royce damages a scooter, the furious owner goes to seek redress, and finds herself face to face with a millionaire capitalist….
The ConductorJohn Lasocki1980-02-27A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned sym…
A TV DanteVirgil1990-06-13A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos …
Leave All FairJohn Middleton Murry1985-06-24John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield’s, letters and journals. The pub…
To Die in MadridNarrator (English version) (voice)1963-04-18Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the c…
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent FilmSelf2016-07-18A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich…
Eagle in a CageLord Sissal1972-01-091815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon…
Who Is the Man?Daniel1924-09-01Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her mercenary and socially ambitious mother , Genevieve…
Romeo & JulietChorus1978-12-03Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil ha…
Heartbreak HouseCaptain Shotover1977-05-19Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge i…
October Revolution1967-10-11French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock footage…
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow1998-01-01Tony Palmer tells the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. John Gielgud reads from Rachm…
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)Virgil (voice)1991-03-06These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never complet…
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom FiveNarrator1953-01-01Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest….
Time After TimeJasper Swift1986-01-26‘Oh I was naughty. And I’m still naughty so take care.’ And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three…
The Grand InquisitorInquisitor1977-04-10The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University….
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?Reverend Jones1980-03-30This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the myst…
The Master of BallantraeLord Durrisdeer1984-01-31The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It was a co production between the US and England fo…
Invitation to the Wedding1983-01-01An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate’s sister….
Inside the Third ReichAlbert Speer Sr.1982-05-09A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon…
The Picture of Dorian GrayLord Henry Wotton1976-09-19In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age whi…
Quartermaine’s TermsEddie Loomis1987-03-29The setting is the staffroom of an English language college for foreign students somewhere in Cambridge. I think that Edward Fox was born to play the …
Chimes at MidnightHenry IV1965-03-16The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the ofte…
Arthur 2: On the RocksHobson1988-07-08Arthur, that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up and get a job. Meanwhile, Ralph Marolla is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his…
ArthurHobson1981-07-17Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family’s demands and marries the woman of their choosing….
PlentySir Leonard Darwin1985-09-20David Hare’s account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations….
The Charge of the Light BrigadeLord Raglan1968-04-10A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Ba…
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar1970-06-04All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ide…
BecketKing Louis of France / King Louis VII of France1964-03-11King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pio…
The Scarlet and the BlackPope Pius XII1983-02-02Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His…
Julius CaesarCassius1953-06-04The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic….
The Good CompanionsInigo Jollifant1933-02-28Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos….
The Wicked LadyHogarth1983-04-21Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, …
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManThe Preacher1977-09-01Bosco Hogan plays Joyce’s alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of…
A Diary for TimothyHamlet1945-12-31This brief documentary-style film presents the status of Great Britain near the end of the Second World War by means of a visual diary for a baby boy …
Assignment to KillCurt Valayan1968-08-15A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance mon…
A Man for All SeasonsCardinal Wolsey1988-12-21Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri…
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-Barrett1957-01-16Director Sidney Franklin’s 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning….
Richard IIJohn of Gaunt1978-12-10Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet …
The Strauss DynastyDrechsler1991-01-01
CamilleDuke de Charles1984-12-11Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand’s father begs her not to ruin his hop…
Strike It RichHerbert Dreuther1990-01-26A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever….
Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingTieresias1986-09-16Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king …
GandhiLord Irwin1982-11-30In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian …
The Elephant ManCarr Gomm1980-10-09A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is reve…
FrankensteinDe Lacey1984-12-27A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results….
Appointment with DeathColonel Carbury1988-04-15Emily Boynton, stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the …
The FormulaDr. Abraham Esau1980-12-19While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe…
The Whistle BlowerSir Adrian Chappie1986-11-21A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold …
CaligulaNerva1979-08-14The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome’s mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His un…
The Canterville GhostSir Simon de Canterville1986-12-31A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estat…
The Human FactorBrigadier Tomlinson1979-12-18A low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc countries. Although he is not a suspect due to his unimportant…
GoldFarrell1974-06-08Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drillin…
SphinxAbdu-Hamdi1981-02-11Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs – murder, theft, betrayal, love, a…
HauntedDoctor Doyle1995-10-27Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. So…
The Shooting PartyCornelius Cardew1985-02-011913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal d…
The Cherry OrchardGaev1962-04-17Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pa…
ScandalousUncle Willie1984-01-29An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts….
SebastianHead of Intelligence1968-01-24Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the “cipher bureau” of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian f…
The Clue of the New PinRex Trasmere1929-03-01A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room….
The Tichborne ClaimantCockburn1998-08-01Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwrec…
ElizabethThe Pope1998-09-13The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C…
Shining ThroughSunflower1992-01-31Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War…
Richard IIIGeorge, Duke of Clarence1955-12-13Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, plots to seize power for himself. Ma…
The Hunchback of Notre DameCharmolue1982-02-02Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame’s cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod…
ProvidenceClive Langham1977-01-25On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing sc…
Saint JoanEarl of Warwick1957-05-08Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battle…
11 HarrowhouseMeecham1974-09-26A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen…
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and BeyondSelf1990-10-22The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star….
Lion of the DesertSharif El Gariani1981-04-17This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a …
Murder by DecreePrime Minister Lord Salisbury1979-02-01Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London’s East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using informati…
Aces HighHeadmaster1976-05-19The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation’s favored children at an appalling rate. By…
Priest of LoveHerbert G. Muskett1981-10-11Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When…
Romeo and JulietChorus1954-09-01In Shakespeare’s classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one fami…
ProbeHarold L. Streeter (as Sir John Gielgud)1972-02-21Pilot for sci-fi detective series “Search.” Hugh O’Brian as Lockwood, a high-tech private eye, was outfitted with two electronic implants (one to hear…
Getting It RightSir Gordon Munday1989-05-05Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva…
Tales of the Unexpected: NeckJelks1979-04-28Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady’s infidelity. She tries to und…
DragonHeartKing Arthur (voice) (uncredited)1996-05-31In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dra…
GalileoThe Old Cardinal1975-01-27Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion …
Romance on the Orient ExpressTheodore Woodward1985-03-04Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who me…
ShineCecil Parkes1996-08-15Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim….
The Shoes of the FishermanThe Elder pope1968-11-14All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at …
The Thomas The Tank Engine ManHimself (Voice)1995-02-25Semi-Biographical film documenting the life of The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of the beloved Thomas The tank Engine Stories…
Richard Burton: In from the ColdSelf1988-09-20Tony Palmer’s award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton….
Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage)2018-05-02BBC Arena’s documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth…
Murder on the Orient ExpressMr. Beddoes1974-11-22In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before….
The Loved OneSir Francis Hinsley1965-10-11Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle’s interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whisp…
Peter PanNarrator1976-12-12Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark H…
Chariots of FireMaster of Trinity1981-05-15In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a d…
The Portrait of a LadyMr. Touchett1996-10-17Ms. Isabel Archer isn’t afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe…
First KnightOswald1995-07-07The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel…
Alice in WonderlandMock Turtle1966-12-26Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th…
Lost HorizonChang1973-03-17While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon…
Frankenstein: The True StoryChief Constable1974-09-19Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he’s duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori….
Les MisérablesGillenormand1978-12-27Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert….
Oh! What a Lovely WarCount Leopold Von Berchtold1969-03-10Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the “Game of War” and focusing mainly on the members of one fam…
Looking for RichardHimself/Interview1996-10-11Al Pacino’s deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare’s significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of “Ric…
Quest for CamelotMerlin (voice)1998-05-15During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants t…
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne TheatreGhost (voice)1964-09-23A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York….
Theban Plays: AntigoneTiresias1986-09-19In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus’s two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d…
Discovering HamletKing Hamlet’s Ghost (Archival Footage)2011-11-01Journey into “Hamlet”-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare’s great trag…
The Power of OneSt. John1992-03-27PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family’s political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel…
Joseph AndrewsThe Doctor1977-03-09Lady Booby alias ‘Belle’, the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An…
HamletPriam1996-12-25Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer… his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing….
Around the World in Eighty DaysFoster1956-10-17Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve…
Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerSelf (archive footage)1991-10-28This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me…
Revisiting BridesheadSelf (archive footage)2005-10-15Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh’s famous novel “Brideshead Revisited”….
DavidStimme Gottes1997-03-23A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be…

John Gielgud Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne TheatreDirector1964-09-23A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York….

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Trouser BarWriter2016-04-28Set in a London gentleman’s outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight tr…
Boys On Film 15: Time & TiedWriter2016-08-22Embark on a magical journey through time with Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied — featuring a brand new selection of sensational gay British short films …

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