1904-04-14 London, England
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.
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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut | Nerva | 2023-05-15 |
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Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-02 |
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Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film | Self | 2016-07-18 |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
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Discovering Hamlet | King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
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Behind The Scenes of Caligula | 2009-01-06 | |
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Revisiting Brideshead | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-15 |
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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film | Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe") | 2003-02-05 |
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Catastrophe | The Protagonist | 2001-09-01 |
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The Tichborne Claimant | Cockburn | 1999-11-12 |
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Quest for Camelot | Merlin (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
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Elizabeth | The Pope | 1998-09-13 |
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Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow | 1998-01-01 | |
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David | Stimme Gottes | 1997-03-23 |
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The Portrait of a Lady | Mr. Touchett | 1996-10-17 |
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Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | 1996-10-11 |
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The Leopard Son | Narrator | 1996-09-27 |
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DragonHeart | King Arthur (voice) (uncredited) | 1996-05-31 |
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Shine | Cecil Parkes | 1996-08-15 |
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Hamlet | Priam | 1996-12-25 |
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First Knight | Oswald | 1995-07-07 |
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Haunted | Dr Henry Doyle | 1995-10-27 |
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The Thomas The Tank Engine Man | Self (Voice) | 1995-02-25 |
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A Summer Day's Dream | 1994-11-26 | |
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Swan Song | Svetlovidov | 1992-01-01 |
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The Power of One | St. John | 1992-03-27 |
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A Walk Through Prospero's Library | Prospero | 1992-01-01 |
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Shining Through | Sunflower | 1992-01-31 |
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The Strauss Dynasty | Drechsler | 1991-01-01 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) | 1991-10-28 |
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A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14) | Virgil (voice) | 1991-03-06 |
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The Best of Friends | Sydney Cockerell | 1991-01-01 |
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Prospero's Books | Prospero | 1991-08-30 |
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Strike It Rich | Herbert Dreuther | 1990-01-26 |
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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | Self | 1990-10-22 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes | Narrator (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
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A TV Dante | Virgil | 1990-06-13 |
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Barbablù, Barbablù | Barbablù | 1989-11-17 |
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Getting It Right | Sir Gordon Munday | 1989-05-05 |
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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self | 1988-09-20 |
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Hobson | 1988-07-08 |
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Appointment with Death | Colonel Carbury | 1988-04-15 |
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A Man for All Seasons | Cardinal Wolsey | 1988-12-21 |
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Quartermaine's Terms | Eddie Loomis | 1987-03-29 |
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | British Lord | 1987-10-12 |
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King | Tieresias | 1986-09-16 |
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The Whistle Blower | Sir Adrian Chappie | 1986-11-21 |
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Time After Time | Jasper Swift | 1986-01-26 |
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Theban Plays: Antigone | Tiresias | 1986-09-19 |
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The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | 1986-12-31 |
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Romance on the Orient Express | Theodore Woodward | 1985-03-04 |
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Leave All Fair | John Middleton Murry | 1985-06-24 |
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The Shooting Party | Cornelius Cardew | 1985-02-01 |
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To Be Hamlet | Self | 1985-01-19 |
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Plenty | Sir Leonard Darwin | 1985-09-20 |
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Camille | Duke de Charles | 1984-12-11 |
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Scandalous | Uncle Willie | 1984-01-29 |
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The Master of Ballantrae | Lord Durrisdeer | 1984-01-31 |
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James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate | Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited) | 1984-01-01 |
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Frankenstein | De Lacey | 1984-06-17 |
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The Wicked Lady | Hogarth | 1983-04-21 |
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Invitation to the Wedding | 1983-01-01 | |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Pope Pius XII | 1983-02-02 |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Charmolue | 1982-02-02 |
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Gandhi | Lord Irwin | 1982-12-01 |
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Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | 1982-10-24 |
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The Critic | Lord Burleigh | 1982-08-28 |
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Sphinx | Abdu-Hamdi | 1981-02-11 |
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Lion of the Desert | Sharif El Gariani | 1981-04-17 |
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Chariots of Fire | Master of Trinity | 1981-05-15 |
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Priest of Love | Herbert G. Muskett | 1981-10-11 |
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Arthur | Hobson | 1981-07-17 |
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery | Marquis of Caterhan | 1981-03-08 |
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The Elephant Man | Carr Gomm | 1980-10-09 |
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The Formula | Dr. Abraham Esau | 1980-12-19 |
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Reverend Jones | 1980-03-30 |
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Dyrygent | John Lasocki | 1980-02-27 |
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The Human Factor | Brigadier Tomlinson | 1979-12-18 |
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Caligola | Nerva | 1979-08-14 |
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Murder by Decree | Prime Minister | 1979-02-01 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Chorus | 1978-12-03 |
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Richard II | John of Gaunt | 1978-12-10 |
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No Man's Land | Spooner | 1978-10-03 |
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Les Misérables | Gillenormand | 1978-12-27 |
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Providence | Clive Langham | 1977-01-25 |
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Heartbreak House | Captain Shotover | 1977-05-19 |
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The Grand Inquisitor | Inquisitor | 1977-04-10 |
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | The Preacher | 1977-09-01 |
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Joseph Andrews | The Doctor | 1977-03-09 |
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Peter Pan | Narrator | 1976-12-12 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray | Lord Henry Wotton | 1976-09-19 |
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Aces High | Headmaster | 1976-05-19 |
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Galileo | The Old Cardinal | 1975-01-27 |
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Frankenstein: The True Story | Chief Constable | 1974-09-19 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Mr. Beddoes | 1974-11-22 |
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Gold | Farrell | 1974-06-08 |
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11 Harrowhouse | Meecham | 1974-09-26 |
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William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare | Various | 1973-01-03 |
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Lost Horizon | Chang | 1973-03-14 |
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Home | Harry | 1972-01-06 |
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Probe | Harold L. Streeter | 1972-02-21 |
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Eagle in a Cage | Lord Sissal | 1972-01-09 |
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Hamlet | The Ghost | 1970-11-17 |
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Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | 1970-06-04 |
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Oh! What a Lovely War | Count Leopold Von Berchtold | 1969-03-10 |
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski | Rich Man | 1968-05-10 |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lord Raglan | 1968-04-10 |
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Sebastian | Head of Intelligence | 1968-01-24 |
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The Shoes of the Fisherman | The Elder Pope | 1968-11-14 |
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Assignment to Kill | Curt Valayan | 1968-05-01 |
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From Chekhov with Love | Anton Chekhov | 1968-02-11 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Chorus | 1967-03-12 |
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Révolution d'octobre | Narrator (voice) | 1967-10-11 |
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Ages of Man | 1966-01-23 | |
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Ivanov | Nikolai ivanov | 1966-05-03 |
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The Mayfly and the Frog | Gabriel Quantara | 1966-12-21 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Mock Turtle | 1966-12-28 |
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Campanadas a medianoche | Henry IV | 1965-12-22 |
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The Loved One | Sir Francis Hinsley | 1965-10-11 |
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Hamlet | Ghost (voice) | 1964-09-23 |
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Becket | King Louis VII of France | 1964-03-11 |
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Mourir à Madrid | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1963-04-18 |
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The Cherry Orchard | Gaev | 1962-04-17 |
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The Immortal Land | 1958-01-01 | |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Edward Moulton-Barrett | 1957-01-16 |
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Saint Joan | Earl of Warwick | 1957-05-08 |
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Around the World in 80 Days | Foster | 1956-10-17 |
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ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall | John Worthing, JP | 1955-09-22 |
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Richard III | George, Duke of Clarence | 1955-12-13 |
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Hamlet: The Actor's View | Self | 1954-05-16 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Chorus | 1954-09-01 |
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Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five | Narrator | 1953-01-01 |
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Julius Caesar | Cassius | 1953-06-04 |
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A Diary for Timothy | Hamlet | 1945-11-01 |
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An Airman's Letter to His Mother | Narrator | 1941-06-05 |
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The Prime Minister | Disraeli | 1941-03-04 |
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Heredity in Man | Self | 1937-01-01 |
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Secret Agent | Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie | 1936-05-11 |
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The Good Companions | Inigo Jollifant | 1933-02-28 |
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Insult | Henri Dubois | 1932-07-27 |
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The Clue of the New Pin | Rex Trasmere | 1929-03-01 |
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Who Is the Man? | Daniel | 1924-09-01 |
