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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Sir John Gielgud is a highly distinguished and prolific performer who... more
Trivia:
Has been called arguably the century's greatest "Hamlet". more
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
13 wins
&
13 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Sir John Gielgud
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
- Catastrophe (2000) .... The Protagonist
- Elizabeth (1998) .... The Pope
... aka Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (USA: closing credits title) - The Tichborne Claimant (1998) .... Cockburn
- Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Merlin
... aka The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (International: English title) - Merlin (1998/II) (TV) .... King Constant
- "A Dance to the Music of Time" .... St. John Clarke (1 episode, 1997)
- The Twenties (1997) TV episode .... St. John Clarke - David (1997) (TV) (voice) (uncredited) .... God
... aka Die Bibel - David (Germany)
... aka La bibbia: David (Italy) - Hamlet (1996) .... Priam
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet (USA: complete title) - The Portrait of a Lady (1996) .... Mr. Touchett
- Dragonheart (1996) (voice) (uncredited) .... King Arthur
- Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Professor of Sunlight
- Shine (1996) .... Cecil Parkes
- Haunted (1995) .... Doctor Doyle
- First Knight (1995) .... Oswald
- "Performance" .... Stephen Dawlish (1 episode, 1994)
- A Summer Day's Dream (1994) TV episode .... Stephen Dawlish - A Summer Day's Dream (1994) (TV) .... Stephen Dawlish
- "Scarlett" (1994) TV mini-series .... Pierre Robillard
- "Alleyn Mysteries" .... Percival Pyke Period (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Inspector Alleyn
... aka Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn Mysteries (UK: complete title)
... aka The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (Australia)
- Hand in Glove (1994) TV episode .... Percival Pyke Period - "Under the Hammer" (1 episode, 1994)
- The Fatal Attribution (1994) TV episode - "Lovejoy" .... Lord Wakering (1 episode, 1993)
- The Lost Colony (1993) TV episode .... Lord Wakering - "Inspector Morse" .... Lord Hinksey (1 episode, 1993)
- Twilight of the Gods (1993) TV episode .... Lord Hinksey - The Power of One (1992) .... St. John
... aka La puissance de l'ange (France) - Shining Through (1992) .... Sunflower
- Swan Song (1992) .... Svetlovidov
- "Strauss Dynasty" (1991) TV mini-series .... Dreschler
... aka The Strauss Dynasty (International: English title) - Prospero's Books (1991) .... Prospero
... aka L'ultima tempesta (Italy) - "A TV Dante" .... the voice of Virgil / ... (6 episodes, 1991)
... aka A TV Dante: The Inferno - Cantos I-VIII (UK: video box title)
... aka Dante: The Inferno (UK: video title)
- Canto 10 (1991) TV episode .... the voice of Virgil
- Canto 11 (1991) TV episode .... the voice Virgil
- Canto 12 (1991) TV episode .... the voice of Virgil
- Canto 13 (1991) TV episode .... the voice of Virgil
- Canto 14 (1991) TV episode .... the voice of Virgil
(1 more) - The Best of Friends (1991) (TV) .... Sydney Cockerell
- Strike It Rich (1990) .... Herbert Dreuther
... aka Loser Takes All
... aka Money Talks - "Summer's Lease" .... Haverford Downs (2 episodes, 1989)
- The Urbino Trail (1989) TV episode .... Haverford Downs
- A Battlefield (1989) TV episode .... Haverford Downs - "War and Remembrance" .... Aaron Jastrow (11 episodes, 1988-1989)
- Part 11 (1989) TV episode .... Aaron Jastrow
- Part 10 (1989) TV episode .... Aaron Jastrow
- Part 9 (1989) TV episode .... Aaron Jastrow
- Part 8 (1989) TV episode .... Aaron Jastrow
- Part 7 (1988) TV episode .... Aaron Jastrow
(6 more) - Getting It Right (1989) .... Sir Gordon Munday
- A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV) .... Cardinal Wolsey
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) .... Hobson
- Appointment with Death (1988) .... Colonel Carbury
- The Whistle Blower (1987) .... Sir Adrian Chapple
- Quartermaine's Terms (1987) (TV) .... Eddie
- Barbablú, Barbablú (1987)
... aka Blaubart und seine Kinder (West Germany)
... aka Bluebeard, Bluebeard - Leave All Fair (1986) .... John Middleton Murry
... aka Souvenirs secrets (France) - Time After Time (1986) (TV) .... Jasper Swift
- The Canterville Ghost (1986) (TV) .... Sir Simon de Canterville
- Plenty (1985) .... Sir Leonard Darwin
- Romance on the Orient Express (1985) (TV) .... Theodore Woodward
- The Shooting Party (1985) .... Cornelius Cardew
- Invitation to the Wedding (1985) .... Reverend Clyde Ormiston
- Frankenstein (1984/I) (TV) .... DeLacey
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Charmolue / ... (4 episodes, 1970-1984)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Camille (1984) TV episode .... Duke de Charles
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) TV episode .... Charmolue
- Peter Pan (1976) TV episode .... Narrator
- Hamlet (1970) TV episode .... The Ghost - "Six Centuries of Verse" (8 episodes, 1984)
- Later Twentieth Century 1934-1984 (1984) TV episode
- Earlier Twentieth Century 1914-1939 (1984) TV episode
- Romantics and Realists 1870-1920 (1984) TV episode
- American Pioneers 1849-1910 (1984) TV episode
- Victorians 1837-1901 (1984) TV episode
(3 more) - The Master of Ballantrae (1984) (TV) .... Lord Durrisdeer
- Scandalous (1984) .... Uncle Willie
- "The Far Pavilions" .... Cavagnari (2 episodes, 1984)
... aka Blade of Steel
- Part One: Return to India (1984) TV episode .... Cavagnari
- Part Three: 'Wally and Anjuli' (1984) TV episode .... Cavagnari - Oedipus the King (1984) (TV) .... Teiresias
... aka Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (USA) - Antigone (1984) (TV) .... Teiresias
... aka Theban Plays: Antigone (USA) - "Wagner" .... Pfistermeister (3 episodes, 1983)
- Part 1 (1983) TV episode .... Pfistermeister
- Part 2 (1983) TV episode .... Pfistermeister
- Part 3 (1983) TV episode .... Pfistermeister - The Wicked Lady (1983) .... Hogarth
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Pope Pius XII
... aka Scarlatto e nero (Italy)
... aka The Vatican Pimpernel - Gandhi (1982) .... Lord Irwin
... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA: complete title) - Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Albert Speer Sr.
- A Christmas Carol (1982/I) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Marco Polo" .... Doge of Venice (1 episode, 1982)
- Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Doge of Venice - "Brideshead Revisited" .... Edward Ryder (5 episodes, 1981)
- A Twitch Upon a Thread (1981) TV episode .... Edward Ryder
- The Unseen Hook (1981) TV episode .... Edward Ryder
- Sebastian Against the World (1981) TV episode .... Edward Ryder
- Home and Abroad (1981) TV episode .... Edward Ryder
- Et in Arcadia Ego (1981) TV episode .... Edward Ryder - Priest of Love (1981) .... Herbert G. Muskett
- Arthur (1981) .... Hobson
- Lion of the Desert (1981) .... Sharif El Gariani
... aka Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert - Chariots of Fire (1981) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Master of Trinity
- The Seven Dials Mystery (1981) (TV) .... Marquis of Caterhan
- Sphinx (1981) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Abdu-Hamdi
- The Formula (1980) .... Dr. Abraham Esau, Director Reich Energy
... aka Die Formel (West Germany) - The Elephant Man (1980) .... Carr Gomm
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV) .... Reverend Jones
- Dyrygent (1980) .... John Lasocki
... aka The Conductor (USA) - "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Cyril Boggis / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- Parson's Pleasure (1980) TV episode .... Cyril Boggis
- Neck (1979) TV episode .... Jelks - The Human Factor (1979) .... Brig. Tomlinson
- Caligola (1979) .... Nerva
... aka Caligula (USA)
... aka Caligula, My Son (UK)
... aka Io, Caligola (Italy: recut version) - Murder by Decree (1979) .... Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
... aka Sherlock Holmes and Saucy Jack (USA)
... aka Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree - Les miserables (1978) (TV) .... Gillenormand
- King Richard the Second (1978) (TV) .... John of Gaunt
... aka Richard II
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: King Richard the Second (USA: video title) - Romeo & Juliet (1978) (TV) .... Chorus
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (USA: video title) - No Man's Land (1978) (TV) .... Spooner
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) .... The Preacher
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Captain Shotover / ... (5 episodes, 1967-1977)
- Heartbreak House (1977) TV episode .... Captain Shotover
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) TV episode .... Lord Henry Wotton
- In Good King Charles's Golden Days (1970) TV episode
- St. Joan (1968) TV episode .... The Inquisitor
- Romeo and Juliet (1967) TV episode .... Chorus - Joseph Andrews (1977) .... The Doctor
- Providence (1977) .... Clive Langham
- Aces High (1976) .... Headmaster
- "Shades of Greene" .... Mr. Ferraro (1 episode, 1975)
- Special Duties (1975) TV episode .... Mr. Ferraro - "Edward the Seventh" .... Benjamin Disraeli (2 episodes, 1975)
... aka Edward VII (UK: short title)
... aka Edward the King (USA)
... aka The Royal Victorians
- Dearest Prince (1975) TV episode .... Benjamin Disraeli
- The Invisible Queen (1975) TV episode .... Benjamin Disraeli - Galileo (1975) .... The Old Cardinal
... aka Bertolt Brecht's Galileo (Australia: DVD box title)
... aka Galileo Galilei - Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Beddoes
... aka Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (UK: complete title) - 11 Harrowhouse (1974) .... Meecham
... aka Anything for Love (USA: TV title)
... aka Eleven Harrowhouse
... aka Fast Fortune - Gold (1974) .... Farrell
... aka The Great Gold Conspiracy (USA) - "QB VII" (1974) TV mini-series .... Clinton-Meek (unknown episodes)
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (TV) .... Chief Constable (Police)
- "Menace" .... Frederick William Densham (1 episode, 1973)
- Deliver Us from Evil (1973) TV episode .... Frederick William Densham - Lost Horizon (1973) .... Chang
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Various Characters (1 episode, 1973)
- William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare (1973) TV episode .... Various Characters - Probe (1972) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Harold Streeter
... aka Search (USA: rerun title) - Eagle in a Cage (1972) .... Lord Sissal
- "Play for Today" .... Harry (1 episode, 1972)
- Home (1972) TV episode .... Harry - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... The ghost (1 episode, 1971)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
- Hamlet (1971) TV episode .... The ghost - Hassan (1971) (TV) .... Haroun al Raschid
- Julius Caesar (1970) .... Julius Caesar
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... Count Leopold Von Berchtold
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... The Elder Pope
- Assignment to Kill (1968) .... Curt Valayan
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) .... Lord Raglan
- "NET Playhouse" .... Harry (1 episode, 1968)
- Home (1968) TV episode .... Harry - From Chekhov with Love (1968) (TV) .... Anton Chekhov
- Sebastian (1968) .... Head of Intelligence
... aka Mr. Sebastian - "The Wednesday Play" .... Gabriel Quantara / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
- Alice in Wonderland (1966) TV episode (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Mock Turtle
- The Mayfly and the Frog (1966) TV episode .... Gabriel Quantara - "ABC Stage 67" .... Rich Man (1 episode, 1966)
- The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1966) TV episode .... Rich Man - Campanadas a medianoche (1965) .... Henry IV
... aka Falstaff (France) (Switzerland: German title)
... aka Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
... aka Chimes at Midnight (UK) - The Loved One (1965) .... Sir Francis Hinsley
- Hamlet (1964/I) (voice) .... Ghost
... aka Richard Burton's Hamlet (USA: DVD title) - Becket (1964) .... King Louis VII of France
- "ITV Play of the Week" .... The Count (1 episode, 1963)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- The Rehearsal (1963) TV episode .... The Count - The Cherry Orchard (1962) (TV) .... Gaev
- "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Andrew Crocker-Harris (1 episode, 1959)
- The Browning Version (1959) TV episode .... Andrew Crocker-Harris - Saint Joan (1957) .... Earl of Warwick
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) .... Edward Moulton-Barrett
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Foster
... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title) - Richard III (1955) .... George, Duke of Clarence
- Romeo and Juliet (1954) .... Chorus
... aka Giulietta e Romeo (Italy) - Julius Caesar (1953) .... Cassius
... aka William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941) .... Narrator
- The Prime Minister (1941) .... Benjamin Disraeli
- Secret Agent (1936) .... Richard Ashenden
... aka Laugh Track: Secret Agent (USA: video title (redubbed comic version)) - The Good Companions (1933) .... Inigo Jollifant
- Insult (1932) .... Henri Dubois
- The Clue of the New Pin (1929) .... Rex Trasmere
- Who Is the Man? (1924) .... Daniel
Director:
- Hamlet (1964/I)
... aka Richard Burton's Hamlet (USA: DVD title) - Spring Meeting (1938) (TV)
Writer:
- "ITV Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Ivanov (1966) TV episode (adaptation)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Hamlet (1964/I) (stage director)
... aka Richard Burton's Hamlet (USA: DVD title)
Soundtrack:
- The Good Companions (1933) (performer: "Lucky for Me" (uncredited))
Self:
- Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003) (V) (also archive footage) .... Himself, from "Catastrophe"
- "Biography" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Arena: The Sir Noel Coward Trilogy (1998) (TV) .... Himself
- The Harvest of Sorrow (1998) (TV) (voice) .... Sergei Rachmaninoff
- The Making of 'Dragonheart' (1997) (V) (voice) .... King Arthur
- To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (1997) (V) .... Himself
- The Leopard Son (1996) (voice) .... Narrator
- Looking for Richard (1996) .... Himself (Interview)
- Westminster Abbey (1995) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Abbey (UK: alternative title) - "Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" (1995) TV mini-series (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Himself (actor)
- "Hollywood U.K." .... Himself - Contributor (1 episode, 1993)
- The Last Wave (1993) TV episode .... Himself - Contributor - "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
- Noel Coward (1992) TV episode .... Himself - A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1991) (TV) .... Prospero
- Vivien Leigh: Scarlett & Beyond (1990) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Himself
- War and Remembrance: A Living History (1988) (V) .... Himself
- "Omnibus" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1969-1988)
- Gwen: A Juliet Remembered (1988) TV episode .... Himself
- The Actors Changing Face: Acting Styles in the 20th Century (1969) TV episode .... Himself - "Richard Burton: In from the Cold" (1988) TV series .... Himself
- "Great Performances" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
- John Gielgud: An Actor's Life (1988) TV episode (also archive footage) .... Himself - Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... British Lord
- An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa (1987) (TV) .... Himself
- "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1960-1985)
- Harry Andrews (1985) TV episode .... Himself
- Dame Sybil Thorndike (1960) TV episode .... Himself - "Six Centuries of Verse" .... Himself - Presenter (7 episodes, 1984)
- Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Shakespeare 1564-1616 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Medieval to Elizabethan 1400-1600 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Chaucer 1340-1400 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
(2 more) - Ingrid (1984) .... Himself/Narrator
- Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Himself
- Voyage to the End of the Earth (1981) (TV) .... Narrator
- "The British Greats" .... Himself (1 episode, 1980)
- Jack Hawkins (1980) TV episode .... Himself - Fall In, the Stars (1977) (TV) .... Himself
- Night of 100 Stars (1977) (TV) .... Himself
- "Second City TV" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
... aka SCTV (Canada: English title: new title) (USA)
... aka Second City Revue (Canada: English title)
- Crosswords (1976) TV episode .... Himself - "The Pallisers" (1974) TV series .... Himself / ... (unknown episodes)
- "Stars on Sunday" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1969-1972)
- Episode dated 27 February 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 24 August 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 August 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Carol Channing's Mad English Tea Party (1970) (TV) .... Himself
- "NBC Experiment in Television" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- A Bad Case of Shakespeare (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (1970) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator/Host
- "Thirty-Minute Theatre" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Conversation at Night (1969) TV episode .... Himself - On Location: The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Révolution d'octobre (1967) (voice) .... Narrator (English version)
... aka October Revolution - Ages of Man (1966) (TV) .... Himself
- Mourir à Madrid (1963) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka To Die in Madrid - "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1961)
... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- Much Ado About Music (1961) TV episode .... Himself - "The Big Party" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Big Party by Revlon (USA: long title)
- Episode dated 17 December 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1951-1959)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #12.44 (1959) TV episode (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Shakespearean Reader
- Episode #4.30 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - The Immortal Land (1958) (voice) .... Narrator
- Sunshine in Soho (1956) .... Himself
- A Diary for Timothy (1945) .... Hamlet
- Niedokonczona podróz (1943) (voice: English version) .... Narrator
... aka Unfinished Journey (UK)
Archive Footage:
- Never Apologize (2007) .... Himself
- Brando (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- There's Something About... Morse (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Lord Hinksey
- The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
-
"Biography"
- Hamlet (1995) TV episode .... Hamlet / Voice of Ghost -
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
- Episode dated 26 May 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
"Ages of Man, The" (23, 30 January 1966), as Shakespeare Recitalist
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Publicity Listings:
10 Print Biographies | 16 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 1 Magazine Cover Photo
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