John Gielgud

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

184

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-04-14

Day of death

2000-05-21 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England

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.

Known For

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Second City Television

    Second City Television

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • The Power of One

    The Power of One

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • First Knight

    First Knight

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • Caligula

    Caligula

  • Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead Revisited

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Quest for Camelot

    Quest for Camelot

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Whistle Blower

    The Whistle Blower

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • Elizabeth

    Elizabeth

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

    In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

  • To Die in Madrid

    To Die in Madrid

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • Gandhi

    Gandhi

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Arthur

    Arthur

  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Theban Plays: Antigone

    Theban Plays: Antigone

  • Shining Through

    Shining Through

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • The Prime Minister

    The Prime Minister

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Loved One

    The Loved One

  • Barbablù, Barbablù

    Barbablù, Barbablù

  • Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

  • The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

  • The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

  • Lion Of The Desert

    Lion Of The Desert

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

    Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

  • Galileo

    Galileo

  • Eagle in a Cage

    Eagle in a Cage

  • Behind The Scenes of Caligula

    Behind The Scenes of Caligula

  • Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death

  • The Shoes of the Fisherman

    The Shoes of the Fisherman

  • Richard III

    Richard III

  • David

    David

  • Becket

    Becket

  • The Grand Inquisitor

    The Grand Inquisitor

  • Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

    Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

  • Priest of Love

    Priest of Love

  • The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

    The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Camille

    Camille

  • Plenty

    Plenty

  • A Summer Day's Dream

    A Summer Day's Dream

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

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

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

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Aces High

    Aces High

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • A Dance to the Music of Time

    A Dance to the Music of Time

  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • A TV Dante

    A TV Dante

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

  • The Critic

    The Critic

  • The Formula

    The Formula

  • Romance on the Orient Express

    Romance on the Orient Express

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • The Far Pavilions

    The Far Pavilions

  • Shine

    Shine

  • Strike It Rich

    Strike It Rich

  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

  • Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

  • The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Arthur 2: On the Rocks

    Arthur 2: On the Rocks

  • 11 Harrowhouse

    11 Harrowhouse

  • The Big Party

    The Big Party

  • The Shooting Party

    The Shooting Party

  • Heartbreak House

    Heartbreak House

  • Six Centuries of Verse

    Six Centuries of Verse

  • Menace

    Menace

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • Wagner

    Wagner

  • Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard

  • Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

  • The Master of Ballantrae

    The Master of Ballantrae

  • Richard II

    Richard II

  • Assignment to Kill

    Assignment to Kill

  • ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

    ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

  • QB VII

    QB VII

  • The Mayfly and the Frog

    The Mayfly and the Frog

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

  • The Conductor

    The Conductor

  • From Chekhov with Love

    From Chekhov with Love

  • Laurence Olivier: a life

    Laurence Olivier: a life

  • Gold

    Gold

  • Chimes at Midnight

    Chimes at Midnight

  • Who Is the Man?

    Who Is the Man?

  • Summer's Lease

    Summer's Lease

  • Sphinx

    Sphinx

  • Probe

    Probe

  • James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

    James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

  • Invitation to the Wedding

    Invitation to the Wedding

  • No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

  • Time After Time

    Time After Time

  • Hamlet: The Actor's View

    Hamlet: The Actor's View

  • Play On!  Shakespeare in Silent Film

    Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • Ivanov

    Ivanov

  • Getting It Right

    Getting It Right

  • Stick with Me, Kid

    Stick with Me, Kid

  • A Man for All Seasons

    A Man for All Seasons

  • Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

    Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

  • A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

  • Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

  • Providence

    Providence

  • A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

    A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

  • Leave All Fair

    Leave All Fair

  • A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

  • The Clue of the New Pin

    The Clue of the New Pin

  • William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

    William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

  • Joseph Andrews

    Joseph Andrews

  • The Immortal Land

    The Immortal Land

  • Home

    Home

  • Quartermaine's Terms

    Quartermaine's Terms

  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

  • Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

    Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

  • Ages of Man

    Ages of Man

  • An Airman's Letter to His Mother

    An Airman's Letter to His Mother

  • Scandalous

    Scandalous

  • The Tichborne Claimant

    The Tichborne Claimant

  • The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

    The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

  • The Leopard Son

    The Leopard Son

  • Heredity in Man

    Heredity in Man

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • The Best of Friends

    The Best of Friends

  • Insult

    Insult

  • Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

    Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

  • Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

    Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes