John Gielgud
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.
Movies
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
Elizabeth
The Pope
Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
David
Stimme Gottes
Hamlet
Priam
The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
The Leopard Son
Narrator
Shine
Cecil Parkes
DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Haunted
Doctor Doyle
First Knight
Oswald
A Summer Day's Dream
The Power of One
St. John
Shining Through
Sunflower
Swan Song
Svetlovidov
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Prospero
Prospero's Books
Prospero
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
A TV Dante
Virgil
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
Appointment with Death
Colonel Carbury
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Whistle Blower
Sir Adrian Chappie
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
Camille
Duke de Charles
Frankenstein
De Lacey
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
The Wicked Lady
Hogarth
The Scarlet and the Black
Pope Pius XII
Invitation to the Wedding
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
The Critic
Lord Burleigh
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
Priest of Love
Herbert G. Muskett
Arthur
Hobson
Chariots of Fire
Master of Trinity
Lion of the Desert
Sharif El Gariani
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Marquis of Caterhan
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
The Formula
Dr. Abraham Esau
The Elephant Man
Carr Gomm
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Reverend Jones
The Conductor
John Lasocki
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
Caligula
Nerva
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
Les Misérables
Gillenormand
Richard II
John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
No Man's Land
Spooner
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
The Grand Inquisitor
Inquisitor
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
Providence
Clive Langham
Peter Pan
Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
Aces High
Headmaster
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
Murder on the Orient Express
Mr. Beddoes
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
Gold
Farrell
Lost Horizon
Chang
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
Eagle in a Cage
Lord Sissal
Home
Harry
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Raglan
From Chekhov with Love
Anton Chekhov
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog
Gabriel Quantara
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
Ages of Man
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Ghost (voice)
Becket
King Louis VII of France
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
The Immortal Land
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
Around the World in 80 Days
Foster
Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
John Worthing, JP
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
Julius Caesar
Cassius
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Narrator
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
Secret Agent
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
Insult
Henri Dubois
The Clue of the New Pin
Rex Trasmere
Who Is the Man?
Daniel
TV Series
Merlin
King Constant
2 Episodes
A Dance to the Music of Time
St. John Clarke
4 Episodes
Gulliver's Travels
Professor of Light
2 Episodes
Stick with Me, Kid
Grandpa
13 Episodes
Scarlett
Pierre Robillard
1 Episode
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
6 Episodes
Performance
Stephen Dawlish
1 Episode
Summer's Lease
Haverford Downs
4 Episodes
War and Remembrance
Aaron Jastrow
12 Episodes
Inspector Morse
Lord Hinksey
1 Episode
Lovejoy
Lord Wakering
1 Episode
Screen Two
1 Episode
The Far Pavilions
Cavagnari
2 Episodes
Wagner
Pfistermeister
10 Episodes
Marco Polo
Doge di Venezia
1 Episode
Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer Sr.
2 Episodes
Brideshead Revisited
Edward 'Ned' Ryder
5 Episodes
Tales of the Unexpected
Jelks
1 Episode
QB VII
Clinton-Meek
2 Episodes
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
2 Episodes
ABC Afterschool Special
Various Roles
1 Episode
Play for Today
Harry
1 Episode
Menace
1 Episode
ABC Stage 67
Rich Man
1 Episode
BBC Play of the Month
Chorus
1 Episode
The Wednesday Play
Gabriel Quantara
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ghost
1 Episode