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
Gandhi
As Lord Irwin
Frankenstein
As De Lacey
Frankenstein: The True Story
As Chief Constable
To Be Hamlet
As Self
Hamlet: The Actor's View
As Self
The Elephant Man
As Carr Gomm
David
As Stimme Gottes
Secret Agent
As Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Murder on the Orient Express
As Mr. Beddoes
Appointment with Death
As Colonel Carbury
Les Misérables
As Gillenormand
Elizabeth
As The Pope
Prospero's Books
As Prospero
Oh! What a Lovely War
As Count Leopold Von Berchtold
First Knight
As Oswald
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
As Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
The Formula
As Dr. Abraham Esau
Shining Through
As Sunflower
DragonHeart
As King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Chariots of Fire
As Master of Trinity
Caligula
As Nerva
The Whistle Blower
As Sir Adrian Chappie
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
As Hobson
Lion of the Desert
As Sharif El Gariani
Murder by Decree
As Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
Arthur
As Hobson
The Power of One
As St. John
Alice in Wonderland
As Mock Turtle
Plenty
As Sir Leonard Darwin
The Charge of the Light Brigade
As Lord Raglan
Julius Caesar
As Julius Caesar
Richard III
As George, Duke of Clarence
Becket
As King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
Aces High
As Headmaster
The Scarlet and the Black
As Pope Pius XII
The Loved One
As Sir Francis Hinsley
Time After Time
As Jasper Swift
Sphinx
As Abdu-Hamdi
The Canterville Ghost
As Sir Simon de Canterville
The Human Factor
As Brigadier Tomlinson
The Leopard Son
As Narrator
Julius Caesar
As Cassius
Gold
As Farrell
Haunted
As Doctor Doyle
Priest of Love
As Herbert G. Muskett
Quest for Camelot
As Merlin (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As Charmolue
The Grand Inquisitor
As Inquisitor
Catastrophe
As The Protagonist
Providence
As Clive Langham
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
As Marquis of Caterhan
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
As Various
Romeo and Juliet
As Chorus
The Shooting Party
As Cornelius Cardew
Lost Horizon
As Chang
The Good Companions
As Inigo Jollifant
Quartermaine's Terms
As Eddie Loomis
The Cherry Orchard
As Gaev
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
As Reverend Jones
Saint Joan
As Earl of Warwick
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
As Ghost (voice)
The Wicked Lady
As Hogarth
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
As The Preacher
A Diary for Timothy
As Hamlet
To Die in Madrid
As Narrator (English version) (voice)
Assignment to Kill
As Curt Valayan
The Master of Ballantrae
As Lord Durrisdeer
A Man for All Seasons
As Cardinal Wolsey
Scandalous
As Uncle Willie
No Man's Land
As Spooner
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
As Edward Moulton-Barrett
Galileo
As The Old Cardinal
Camille
As Duke de Charles
Eagle in a Cage
As Lord Sissal
Probe
As Harold L. Streeter
Joseph Andrews
As The Doctor
Discovering Hamlet
As King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
As Narrator
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
As Rich Man
The Critic
As Lord Burleigh
A Summer Day's Dream
Revisiting Brideshead
As Self (archive footage)
Swan Song
As Svetlovidov
The Best of Friends
As Sydney Cockerell
Ages of Man
Invitation to the Wedding
11 Harrowhouse
As Meecham
Richard II
As John of Gaunt
Romance on the Orient Express
As Theodore Woodward
Looking for Richard
As Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
As Priam
Home
As Harry
Sebastian
As Head of Intelligence
The Prime Minister
As Disraeli
The Strauss Dynasty
As Drechsler
Getting It Right
As Sir Gordon Munday
The Portrait of a Lady
As Mr. Touchett
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
As Prospero
Insult
As Henri Dubois
Shine
As Cecil Parkes
Inside the Third Reich
As Albert Speer Sr.
The Mayfly and the Frog
As Gabriel Quantara
The Conductor
As John Lasocki
Heredity in Man
As Self
The Immortal Land
A TV Dante
As Virgil
Leave All Fair
As John Middleton Murry
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
As Self
The Shoes of the Fisherman
As The Elder pope
Around the World in Eighty Days
As Foster
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
As Self
Strike It Rich
As Herbert Dreuther
The Picture of Dorian Gray
As Lord Henry Wotton
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
As British Lord
Romeo and Juliet
As Chorus
Who Is the Man?
As Daniel
Romeo & Juliet
As Chorus
The Clue of the New Pin
As Rex Trasmere
The Tichborne Claimant
As Cockburn
Heartbreak House
As Captain Shotover
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
As Tieresias
Theban Plays: Antigone
As Tiresias
Peter Pan
As Narrator
October Revolution
As Narrator (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
As Self (archive footage)
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
As Self (Voice)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
As Virgil (voice)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
As Self
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
As Self
Nothing Like a Dame
As Self (archive footage)
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
As Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
As Narrator (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected
As Jelks
Second City Television
As Self - Special Guest Star
Inspector Morse
As Lord Hinksey
Frankenstein: The True Story
As Chief Constable
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As The Ghost
QB VII
As Clinton-Meek
Brideshead Revisited
As Edward 'Ned' Ryder
Play for Today
As Harry
Gulliver's Travels
As Professor of Light
ABC Stage 67
As Rich Man
Menace
Scarlett
A Dance to the Music of Time
As St. John Clarke
BBC Play of the Month
As Captain Shotover
Summer's Lease
As Haverford Downs
ABC Afterschool Special
As Various Roles
BBC Television Shakespeare
As Chorus
War and Remembrance
As Aaron Jastrow
Merlin
As King Constant
Screen Two
Wagner
As Pfistermeister
Lovejoy
As Lord Wakering
Stick With Me, Kid
As Grandpa
Six Centuries of Verse
As Himself - Presenter
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
As Self
Strauss Dynasty
As Drechsler
The Big Party
As Self
Omnibus
As Self
The Wednesday Play
As Gabriel Quantara
The Bell Telephone Hour
As Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
As Self
The Dick Cavett Show
As Self - Guest
Marco Polo
As Doge di Venezia
The Far Pavilions
As Cavagnari
Great Performances
As Self