John Gielgud

John Gielgud

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...

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Chimes at Midnight

As Henry IV

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Gandhi

As Lord Irwin

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Frankenstein

As De Lacey

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Frankenstein: The True Story

As Chief Constable

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To Be Hamlet

As Self

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Hamlet: The Actor's View

As Self

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The Elephant Man

As Carr Gomm

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David

As Stimme Gottes

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Secret Agent

As Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

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Murder on the Orient Express

As Mr. Beddoes

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Appointment with Death

As Colonel Carbury

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Les Misérables

As Gillenormand

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Elizabeth

As The Pope

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Prospero's Books

As Prospero

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Oh! What a Lovely War

As Count Leopold Von Berchtold

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First Knight

As Oswald

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James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

As Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)

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The Formula

As Dr. Abraham Esau

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Shining Through

As Sunflower

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DragonHeart

As King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

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Chariots of Fire

As Master of Trinity

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Caligula

As Nerva

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The Whistle Blower

As Sir Adrian Chappie

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Arthur 2: On the Rocks

As Hobson

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Lion of the Desert

As Sharif El Gariani

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Murder by Decree

As Prime Minister Lord Salisbury

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Arthur

As Hobson

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The Power of One

As St. John

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Alice in Wonderland

As Mock Turtle

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Plenty

As Sir Leonard Darwin

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

As Lord Raglan

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Julius Caesar

As Julius Caesar

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Richard III

As George, Duke of Clarence

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Becket

As King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

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Aces High

As Headmaster

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The Scarlet and the Black

As Pope Pius XII

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The Loved One

As Sir Francis Hinsley

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Time After Time

As Jasper Swift

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Sphinx

As Abdu-Hamdi

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The Canterville Ghost

As Sir Simon de Canterville

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The Human Factor

As Brigadier Tomlinson

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The Leopard Son

As Narrator

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Julius Caesar

As Cassius

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Gold

As Farrell

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Haunted

As Doctor Doyle

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Priest of Love

As Herbert G. Muskett

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Quest for Camelot

As Merlin (voice)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

As Charmolue

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The Grand Inquisitor

As Inquisitor

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Catastrophe

As The Protagonist

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Providence

As Clive Langham

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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

As Marquis of Caterhan

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William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

As Various

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Romeo and Juliet

As Chorus

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The Shooting Party

As Cornelius Cardew

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Lost Horizon

As Chang

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The Good Companions

As Inigo Jollifant

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Quartermaine's Terms

As Eddie Loomis

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The Cherry Orchard

As Gaev

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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

As Reverend Jones

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Saint Joan

As Earl of Warwick

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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

As Ghost (voice)

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The Wicked Lady

As Hogarth

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

As The Preacher

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A Diary for Timothy

As Hamlet

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To Die in Madrid

As Narrator (English version) (voice)

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Assignment to Kill

As Curt Valayan

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The Master of Ballantrae

As Lord Durrisdeer

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A Man for All Seasons

As Cardinal Wolsey

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Scandalous

As Uncle Willie

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No Man's Land

As Spooner

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The Barretts of Wimpole Street

As Edward Moulton-Barrett

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Galileo

As The Old Cardinal

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Camille

As Duke de Charles

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Eagle in a Cage

As Lord Sissal

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Probe

As Harold L. Streeter

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Joseph Andrews

As The Doctor

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Discovering Hamlet

As King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

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An Airman's Letter to His Mother

As Narrator

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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

As Rich Man

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The Critic

As Lord Burleigh

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A Summer Day's Dream

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Revisiting Brideshead

As Self (archive footage)

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Swan Song

As Svetlovidov

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Ages of Man

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The Best of Friends

As Sydney Cockerell

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Invitation to the Wedding

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11 Harrowhouse

As Meecham

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Richard II

As John of Gaunt

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Romance on the Orient Express

As Theodore Woodward

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Looking for Richard

As Self - Interviewee

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Hamlet

As Priam

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Home

As Harry

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Sebastian

As Head of Intelligence

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The Prime Minister

As Disraeli

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The Strauss Dynasty

As Drechsler

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Getting It Right

As Sir Gordon Munday

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The Portrait of a Lady

As Mr. Touchett

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A Walk Through Prospero's Library

As Prospero

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Insult

As Henri Dubois

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Shine

As Cecil Parkes

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Inside the Third Reich

As Albert Speer Sr.

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The Mayfly and the Frog

As Gabriel Quantara

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The Conductor

As John Lasocki

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Heredity in Man

As Self

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The Immortal Land

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A TV Dante

As Virgil

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Leave All Fair

As John Middleton Murry

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The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

As Self

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The Shoes of the Fisherman

As The Elder pope

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Around the World in Eighty Days

As Foster

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Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

As Self

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Strike It Rich

As Herbert Dreuther

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

As Lord Henry Wotton

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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

As British Lord

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Romeo and Juliet

As Chorus

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Who Is the Man?

As Daniel

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Romeo & Juliet

As Chorus

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The Clue of the New Pin

As Rex Trasmere

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The Tichborne Claimant

As Cockburn

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Heartbreak House

As Captain Shotover

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

As Tieresias

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Theban Plays: Antigone

As Tiresias

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Peter Pan

As Narrator

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October Revolution

As Narrator (voice)

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

As Self (archive footage)

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The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

As Self (Voice)

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Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

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A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

As Virgil (voice)

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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

As Self

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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

As Self

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Nothing Like a Dame

As Self (archive footage)

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Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

As Narrator

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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

As Narrator (voice)

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Tales of the Unexpected

As Jelks

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Second City Television

As Self - Special Guest Star

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Inspector Morse

As Lord Hinksey

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Frankenstein: The True Story

As Chief Constable

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

As The Ghost

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QB VII

As Clinton-Meek

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Brideshead Revisited

As Edward 'Ned' Ryder

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Play for Today

As Harry

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Gulliver's Travels

As Professor of Light

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ABC Stage 67

As Rich Man

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Menace

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Scarlett

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A Dance to the Music of Time

As St. John Clarke

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BBC Play of the Month

As Captain Shotover

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Summer's Lease

As Haverford Downs

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ABC Afterschool Special

As Various Roles

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BBC Television Shakespeare

As Chorus

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War and Remembrance

As Aaron Jastrow

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Merlin

As King Constant

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Screen Two

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Wagner

As Pfistermeister

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Lovejoy

As Lord Wakering

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Stick With Me, Kid

As Grandpa

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Six Centuries of Verse

As Himself - Presenter

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The Ed Sullivan Show

As Shakespearean Reader

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Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

As Self

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Strauss Dynasty

As Drechsler

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The Big Party

As Self

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Omnibus

As Self

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The Wednesday Play

As Gabriel Quantara

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The Bell Telephone Hour

As Self

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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

As Self

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The Dick Cavett Show

As Self - Guest

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Marco Polo

As Doge di Venezia

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The Far Pavilions

As Cavagnari

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Great Performances

As Self