John Gielgud
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-04-14 (96 years old)
Deathday
2000-05-21
Place of Birth
London, England
Also known As
Arthur John Gielgud
Sir John Gielgud
A Gentleman
Джон Гилгуд
John Gielgud
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.
Acting
1965
as Henry IV
1982
as Lord Irwin
1984
as De Lacey
1974
as Chief Constable
1985
as Self
1954
as Self
1980
as Carr Gomm
1997
as Stimme Gottes
1936
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1974
as Mr. Beddoes
1988
as Colonel Carbury
1978
as Gillenormand
1998
as The Pope
1991
as Prospero
1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1995
as Oswald
1984
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau
1992
as Sunflower
1996
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1981
as Master of Trinity
1979
as Nerva
1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie
1988
as Hobson
1981
as Sharif El Gariani
1979
as Prime Minister
1981
as Hobson
1992
as St. John
1966
as Mock Turtle
1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin
1968
as Lord Raglan
1970
as Julius Caesar
1955
as George, Duke of Clarence
1964
as King Louis VII of France
1976
as Headmaster
1983
as Pope Pius XII
1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley
1986
as Jasper Swift
1981
as Abdu-Hamdi
1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson
1996
as Narrator
1953
as Cassius
1974
as Farrell
1995
as Doctor Doyle
1981
as Herbert G. Muskett
1998
as Merlin (voice)
1982
as Charmolue
1977
as Inquisitor
2001
as The Protagonist
1977
as Clive Langham
1981
as Marquis of Caterhan
1954
as Chorus
1985
as Cornelius Cardew
1973
as Chang
1933
as Inigo Jollifant
1987
as Eddie Loomis
1962
as Gaev
1980
as Reverend Jones
1957
as Earl of Warwick
1964
as Ghost (voice)
1983
as Hogarth
1977
as The Preacher
1945
as Hamlet
1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968
as Curt Valayan
1984
as Lord Durrisdeer
1988
as Cardinal Wolsey
1984
as Uncle Willie
1978
as Spooner
1957
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1975
as The Old Cardinal
1984
as Duke de Charles
1972
as Lord Sissal
1972
as Harold L. Streeter
1977
as The Doctor
2011
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
1941
as Narrator
1968
as Rich Man
1982
as Lord Burleigh
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Svetlovidov
1991
as Sydney Cockerell
1966
1974
as Meecham
1978
as John of Gaunt
1985
as Theodore Woodward
1996
as Self - Interviewee
1996
as Priam
1972
as Harry
1968
as Head of Intelligence
1941
as Disraeli
1991
as Drechsler
1989
as Sir Gordon Munday
1996
as Mr. Touchett
1992
as Prospero
1932
as Henri Dubois
1996
as Cecil Parkes
1982
as Albert Speer Sr.
1966
as Gabriel Quantara
1980
as John Lasocki
1937
as Self
1990
as Virgil
1985
as John Middleton Murry
1992
1968
as The Elder Pope
1956
as Foster
2016
1990
as Herbert Dreuther
1976
as Lord Henry Wotton
1987
as British Lord
1967
as Chorus
1924
as Daniel
1978
as Chorus
1929
as Rex Trasmere
1998
as Cockburn
1977
as Captain Shotover
1986
as Tieresias
1986
as Tiresias
1976
as Narrator
1967
as Narrator (voice)
1991
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as Self (Voice)
1991
as Virgil (voice)
1990
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as Narrator
1990
as Narrator (voice)
1989
as Barbablù
1955
as John Worthing, JP
1982
as Self
1966
as Nikolai ivanov
Production
1964
as Director
2016
as Writer
2016
as Writer
1962
as Writer
1966
as Director
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