John Gielgud

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

185

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

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • 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

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Caligula

    Caligula

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Elizabeth

    Elizabeth

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Second City Television

    Second City Television

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • First Knight

    First Knight

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Shine

    Shine

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • Galileo

    Galileo

  • Richard III

    Richard III

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • David

    David

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • Shining Through

    Shining Through

  • The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

  • Camille

    Camille

  • Quest for Camelot

    Quest for Camelot

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Gandhi

    Gandhi

  • Heartbreak House

    Heartbreak House

  • The Critic

    The Critic

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead Revisited

  • Aces High

    Aces High

  • The Conductor

    The Conductor

  • The Power of One

    The Power of One

  • The Formula

    The Formula

  • Richard II

    Richard II

  • Probe

    Probe

  • 11 Harrowhouse

    11 Harrowhouse

  • Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • Becket

    Becket

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • Lion Of The Desert

    Lion Of The Desert

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

  • Gold

    Gold

  • Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

  • Plenty

    Plenty

  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

  • The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

    The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Sphinx

    Sphinx

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • The Far Pavilions

    The Far Pavilions

  • James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

    James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

  • The Shoes of the Fisherman

    The Shoes of the Fisherman

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

  • Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  • A Dance to the Music of Time

    A Dance to the Music of Time

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • Arthur

    Arthur

  • Behind The Scenes of Caligula

    Behind The Scenes of Caligula

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • The Loved One

    The Loved One

  • Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

    Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

  • In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

    In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

  • Arthur 2: On the Rocks

    Arthur 2: On the Rocks

  • Assignment to Kill

    Assignment to Kill

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  • Priest of Love

    Priest of Love

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • The Whistle Blower

    The Whistle Blower

  • Romance on the Orient Express

    Romance on the Orient Express

  • The Prime Minister

    The Prime Minister

  • The Mayfly and the Frog

    The Mayfly and the Frog

  • Chimes at Midnight

    Chimes at Midnight

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • 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

  • Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

  • Menace

    Menace

  • Providence

    Providence

  • Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Eagle in a Cage

    Eagle in a Cage

  • To Die in Madrid

    To Die in Madrid

  • QB VII

    QB VII

  • Strike It Rich

    Strike It Rich

  • A TV Dante

    A TV Dante

  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

  • Six Centuries of Verse

    Six Centuries of Verse

  • Wagner

    Wagner

  • Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

  • The Master of Ballantrae

    The Master of Ballantrae

  • The Big Party

    The Big Party

  • Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

    Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

  • The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

  • The Shooting Party

    The Shooting Party

  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

  • Theban Plays: Antigone

    Theban Plays: Antigone

  • Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

    Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

  • Who Is the Man?

    Who Is the Man?

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

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

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • From Chekhov with Love

    From Chekhov with Love

  • A Summer Day's Dream

    A Summer Day's Dream

  • Invitation to the Wedding

    Invitation to the Wedding

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • Getting It Right

    Getting It Right

  • Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

  • No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

  • ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

    ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

  • Laurence Olivier: a life

    Laurence Olivier: a life

  • Time After Time

    Time After Time

  • Leave All Fair

    Leave All Fair

  • Summer's Lease

    Summer's Lease

  • A Man for All Seasons

    A Man for All Seasons

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

    William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

  • Play On!  Shakespeare in Silent Film

    Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

  • Joseph Andrews

    Joseph Andrews

  • Heredity in Man

    Heredity in Man

  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

  • The Best of Friends

    The Best of Friends

  • A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

  • Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

    Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

  • Barbablù, Barbablù

    Barbablù, Barbablù

  • Home

    Home

  • The Immortal Land

    The Immortal Land

  • Stick with Me, Kid

    Stick with Me, Kid

  • Quartermaine's Terms

    Quartermaine's Terms

  • Scandalous

    Scandalous

  • A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

    A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

  • Ivanov

    Ivanov

  • The Grand Inquisitor

    The Grand Inquisitor

  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

  • Hamlet: The Actor's View

    Hamlet: The Actor's View

  • The Leopard Son

    The Leopard Son

  • The Tichborne Claimant

    The Tichborne Claimant

  • The Clue of the New Pin

    The Clue of the New Pin

  • An Airman's Letter to His Mother

    An Airman's Letter to His Mother

  • Ages of Man

    Ages of Man

  • The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

    The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

  • Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

    Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

  • Insult

    Insult

  • Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

    Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow