Acting · London, England · Born April 14, 1904
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.
MovieNothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePlay On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016
as Self
MovieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
MovieBehind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
MovieRevisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
MovieCatastrophe
2001
as The Protagonist
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
as Self
MovieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Cockburn
MovieElizabeth
1998
as The Pope
MovieQuest for Camelot
1998
as Merlin (voice)
TVMerlin
1998
as King Constant
MovieRachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
TVA Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as St. John Clarke
MovieDavid
1997
as Stimme Gottes
MovieHamlet
1996
as Priam
MovieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mr. Touchett
MovieLooking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Leopard Son
1996
as Narrator
MovieShine
1996
as Cecil Parkes
MovieDragonHeart
1996
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
TVGulliver's Travels
1996
as Professor of Light
MovieHaunted
1995
as Dr Henry Doyle
Stick with Me, Kid
1995
as Grandpa
MovieFirst Knight
1995
as Oswald
MovieThe Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
as Self (Voice)
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
TVScarlett
1994
as Pierre Robillard
TVHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
MovieThe Power of One
1992
as St. John
MovieShining Through
1992
as Sunflower
Swan Song
1992
as Svetlovidov
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
as Prospero
TVThe Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
MoviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
TVPerformance
1991
as Stephen Dawlish
MovieProspero's Books
1991
as Prospero
MovieA TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991
as Virgil (voice)
MovieThe Best of Friends
1991
as Sydney Cockerell
MovieThe Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Drechsler
MovieVivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
MovieRabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA TV Dante
1990
as Virgil
MovieStrike It Rich
1990
as Herbert Dreuther
MovieBarbablù, Barbablù
1989
as Barbablù
TVSummer's Lease
1989
as Haverford Downs
MovieGetting It Right
1989
as Sir Gordon Munday
MovieA Man for All Seasons
1988
as Cardinal Wolsey
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Aaron Jastrow
MovieIn from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self
MovieArthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
as Hobson
MovieAppointment with Death
1988
as Colonel Carbury
MovieFunny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as British Lord
MovieQuartermaine's Terms
1987
as Eddie Loomis
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Lord Hinksey
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville
MovieThe Whistle Blower
1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie
MovieTheban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Tiresias
MovieTheban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Tieresias
MovieTime After Time
1986
as Jasper Swift
TVLovejoy
1986
as Lord Wakering
MoviePlenty
1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin
MovieLeave All Fair
1985
as John Middleton Murry
MovieRomance on the Orient Express
1985
as Theodore Woodward
MovieThe Shooting Party
1985
as Cornelius Cardew
MovieTo Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
TVScreen Two
1985
as Eddie Loomis
MovieCamille
1984
as Duke de Charles
MovieFrankenstein
1984
as De Lacey
TVSix Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Far Pavilions
1984
as Cavagnari
MovieThe Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Lord Durrisdeer
MovieScandalous
1984
as Uncle Willie
MovieJames Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
TVWagner
1983
as Pfistermeister
MovieThe Wicked Lady
1983
as Hogarth
MovieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Pope Pius XII
MovieInvitation to the Wedding
1983
TVMarco Polo
1982
as Doge di Venezia
MovieGandhi
1982
as Lord Irwin
MovieLaurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
The Critic
1982
as Lord Burleigh
TVInside the Third Reich
1982
as Albert Speer Sr.
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Charmolue
TVBrideshead Revisited
1981
as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
MoviePriest of Love
1981
as Herbert G. Muskett
MovieArthur
1981
as Hobson
MovieChariots of Fire
1981
as Master of Trinity
MovieLion of the Desert
1981
as Sharif El Gariani
MovieAgatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
as Marquis of Caterhan
MovieSphinx
1981
as Abdu-Hamdi
MovieThe Formula
1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau
MovieThe Elephant Man
1980
as Carr Gomm
MovieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Reverend Jones
MovieThe Conductor
1980
as John Lasocki
MovieThe Human Factor
1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson
MovieCaligula
1979
as Nerva
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jelks
MovieMurder by Decree
1979
as Prime Minister
MovieLes Misérables
1978
as Gillenormand
MovieRichard II
1978
as John of Gaunt
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1978
as Chorus
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Chorus
MovieNo Man's Land
1978
as Spooner
MovieA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
as The Preacher
MovieHeartbreak House
1977
as Captain Shotover
The Grand Inquisitor
1977
as Inquisitor
MovieJoseph Andrews
1977
as The Doctor
MovieProvidence
1977
as Clive Langham
MoviePeter Pan
1976
as Narrator
TVSecond City Television
1976
as Self
MovieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
as Lord Henry Wotton
MovieAces High
1976
as Headmaster
MovieGalileo
1975
as The Old Cardinal
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
as Mr. Beddoes
Movie11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Meecham
MovieFrankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Chief Constable
MovieGold
1974
as Farrell
TVQB VII
1974
as Clinton-Meek
TVFrankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Chief Constable
MovieLost Horizon
1973
as Chang
MovieWilliam: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
as Various
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Various Roles
MovieProbe
1972
as Harold L. Streeter
MovieEagle in a Cage
1972
as Lord Sissal
MovieHome
1972
as Harry
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieHamlet
1970
as The Ghost
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Harry
Menace
1970
as Frederick William Densham
MovieJulius Caesar
1970
as Julius Caesar
MovieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
MovieThe Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as The Elder Pope
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Rich Man
MovieAssignment to Kill
1968
as Curt Valayan
MovieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Lord Raglan
From Chekhov with Love
1968
as Anton Chekhov
MovieSebastian
1968
as Head of Intelligence
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
MovieOctober Revolution
1967
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1967
as Chorus
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1966
as Mock Turtle
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
as Gabriel Quantara
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Rich Man
MovieIvanov
1966
as Nikolai ivanov
MovieAges of Man
1966
MovieChimes at Midnight
1965
as Henry IV
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Chorus
MovieThe Loved One
1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Writer
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Gabriel Quantara
MovieHamlet
1964
as Ghost (voice)
MovieBecket
1964
as King Louis VII of France
MovieTo Die in Madrid
1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
1962
as Gaev
The Big Party
1959
as Self
TVThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
The Immortal Land
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieSaint Joan
1957
as Earl of Warwick
MovieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
as Foster
MovieRichard III
1955
as George, Duke of Clarence
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
as John Worthing, JP
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1954
as Chorus
MovieHamlet: The Actor's View
1954
as Self
MovieJulius Caesar
1953
as Cassius
MovieAriel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953
as Narrator
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Ghost
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieA Diary for Timothy
1945
as Hamlet
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
as Narrator
MovieThe Prime Minister
1941
as Disraeli
MovieHeredity in Man
1937
as Self
MovieSecret Agent
1936
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
MovieThe Good Companions
1933
as Inigo Jollifant
MovieInsult
1932
as Henri Dubois
The Clue of the New Pin
1929
as Rex Trasmere
Who Is the Man?
1924
as Daniel
