Personal Info
Birth date
1904-04-14 (121 Years)
Day of death
2000-05-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England
Also known as
Arthur John Gielgud
Sir John Gielgud
A Gentleman
Джон Гилгуд
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.
Filmography
Great Performances
5.3
Overview:
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The Dick Cavett Show
6.7
Overview:
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.Tales of the Unexpected
6.7
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.The BBC Television Shakespeare
6
Overview:
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.ABC Afterschool Special
6.429
Overview:
Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.Omnibus
7.2
Overview:
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Second City Television
7.5
Overview:
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.The Bell Telephone Hour
7.333
Overview:
“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7
Overview:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.Inspector Morse
7.8
Overview:
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.Brideshead Revisited
7.9
Overview:
Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the two world wars.Six Centuries of Verse
6
Overview:
Sir John Gielgud is joined by an outstanding repertory of actors in this pioneering, imaginative series demonstrating the immense variety and emotional impact of English-language poetry, from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.Scarlett
6.6
Overview:
Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.ABC Stage 67
6.2
Overview:
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.Gulliver's Travels
7.1
Overview:
Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.Merlin
6.875
Overview:
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.The Far Pavilions
7.5
Overview:
Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) and the betrothed princess Anjuli (Amy Irving) -- as they face daunting odds in their quest to be together. Set in India during the time of the British Raj, this haunting (and BAFTA-nominated) love story features spectacular scenery and an epic saga of battle, treachery and intrigue.Stick with Me, Kid
NYR
Overview:
Stick With Me, Kid was a 13 part television series that aired in 1995 on the Disney Channel starring Kristopher Milnes and Leigh Lawson.Acting
2018Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
2016Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film as Self
2011Discovering Hamlet as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2009Behind The Scenes of Caligula as Unknown
2005Revisiting Brideshead as Self (archive footage)
2001Catastrophe as The Protagonist
1998Elizabeth as The Pope
1998The Tichborne Claimant as Cockburn
1998Quest for Camelot as Merlin (voice)
1998Merlin as Roi Constant
1998Merlin (2 Episodes) as King Constant
1998Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow as Unknown
1997A Dance to the Music of Time (4 Episodes) as St. John Clarke
1997David as Stimme Gottes
1996Hamlet as Priam
1996The Portrait of a Lady as Mr. Touchett
1996Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee
1996The Leopard Son as Narrator
1996Shine as Cecil Parkes
1996DragonHeart as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996Gulliver's Travels (2 Episodes) as Professor of Light
1995Haunted as Doctor Doyle
1995Stick with Me, Kid (13 Episodes) as Grandpa
1995First Knight as Oswald
1995The Thomas The Tank Engine Man as Self (Voice)
1994A Summer Day's Dream as Unknown
1994Scarlett (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1 Episode) as Self
1992The Power of One as St. John
1992The South Bank Show: Noël Coward as Self
1992Shining Through as Sunflower
1992Swan Song as Svetlovidov
1992A Walk Through Prospero's Library as Prospero
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
1991Prospero's Books as Prospero
1991A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14) as Virgil (voice)
1991Performance (1 Episode) as Stephen Dawlish
1991The Best of Friends as Sydney Cockerell
1991The Strauss Dynasty as Drechsler
1991La dynastie des Strauss (12 Episodes) as Drechsler
1990Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond as Self
1990Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes as Narrator (voice)
1990A TV Dante as Virgil
1990Strike It Rich as Herbert Dreuther
1989Barbablù, Barbablù as Barbablù
1989Summer's Lease (4 Episodes) as Haverford Downs
1989Getting It Right as Sir Gordon Munday
1988A Man for All Seasons as Cardinal Wolsey
1988War and Remembrance (12 Episodes) as Aaron Jastrow
1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self
1988Arthur 2: On the Rocks as Hobson
1988Appointment with Death as Colonel Carbury
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as British Lord
1987Quartermaine's Terms as Eddie Loomis
1987Inspector Morse (1 Episode) as Lord Hinksey
1986The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville
1986The Whistle Blower as Sir Adrian Chappie
1986Theban Plays: Antigone as Tiresias
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Tieresias
1986Time After Time as Jasper Swift
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Lord Wakering
1985Plenty as Sir Leonard Darwin
1985Leave All Fair as John Middleton Murry
1985Romance on the Orient Express as Theodore Woodward
1985The Shooting Party as Cornelius Cardew
1985To Be Hamlet as Self
1985Screen Two (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Camille as Duke de Charles
1984Frankenstein as De Lacey
1984Six Centuries of Verse (16 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
1984The Far Pavilions (2 Episodes) as Cavagnari
1984The Master of Ballantrae as Lord Durrisdeer
1984Scandalous as Uncle Willie
1984James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
1983Wagner (10 Episodes) as Pfistermeister
1983The Wicked Lady as Hogarth
1983The Scarlet and the Black as Pope Pius XII
1983Invitation to the Wedding as Unknown
1982Marco Polo (1 Episode) as Doge di Venezia
1982Gandhi as Lord Irwin
1982Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
1982The Critic as Lord Burleigh
1982Inside the Third Reich as Albert Speer Sr.
1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Charmolue
1981Brideshead Revisited (11 Episodes) as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
1981Priest of Love as Herbert G. Muskett
1981Arthur as Hobson
1981Chariots of Fire as Master of Trinity
1981Lion of the Desert as Sharif El Gariani
1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery as Marquis of Caterhan
1981Sphinx as Abdu-Hamdi
1980The Formula as Dr. Abraham Esau
1980The Elephant Man as Carr Gomm
1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Reverend Jones
1980The Conductor as John Lasocki
1979The Human Factor as Brigadier Tomlinson
1979Caligula as Nerva
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1, 1 Episode) as Jelks, Cyril Boggis
1979Murder by Decree as Prime Minister
1978Les Misérables as Gillenormand
1978Richard II as John of Gaunt
1978Romeo and Juliet as Chorus
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare (1, 1 Episode) as Chorus, John of Gaunt
1978No Man's Land as Spooner
1977A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as The Preacher
1977Heartbreak House as Captain Shotover
1977The Grand Inquisitor as Inquisitor
1977Joseph Andrews as The Doctor
1977Providence as Clive Langham
1976Peter Pan as Narrator
1976Second City Television (1 Episode) as Self
1976The Picture of Dorian Gray as Lord Henry Wotton
1976Aces High as Headmaster
1975Galileo as The Old Cardinal
1974Murder on the Orient Express as Mr. Beddoes
197411 Harrowhouse as Meecham
1974Frankenstein: The True Story as Chief Constable
1974Gold as Farrell
1974QB VII (2 Episodes) as Clinton-Meek
1973Frankenstein: The True Story (2 Episodes) as Chief Constable
1973Lost Horizon as Chang
1973William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare as Various
1972ABC Afterschool Special (1 Episode) as Various Roles
1972Probe as Harold L. Streeter
1972Eagle in a Cage as Lord Sissal
1972Home as Harry
1971Great Performances (3 Episodes) as Self
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as Harry
1970Menace (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
1969Oh! What a Lovely War as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1968The Shoes of the Fisherman as The Elder Pope
1968The Dick Cavett Show (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1968The Love Song of Barney Kempinski as Rich Man
1968Assignment to Kill as Curt Valayan
1968The Charge of the Light Brigade as Lord Raglan
1968Sebastian as Head of Intelligence
1967Omnibus (3 Episodes) as Self
1967October Revolution as Narrator (voice)
1967Romeo and Juliet as Chorus
1966Alice in Wonderland as Mock Turtle
1966The Mayfly and the Frog as Gabriel Quantara
1966ABC Stage 67 (1 Episode) as Rich Man
1966Ages of Man as Unknown
1965Chimes at Midnight as Henry IV
1965BBC Play of the Month (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Captain Shotover, Lord Burleigh, Chorus
1965The Loved One as Sir Francis Hinsley
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Gabriel Quantara
1964Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre as Ghost (voice)
1964Becket as King Louis VII of France
1963To Die in Madrid as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1962The Cherry Orchard as Gaev
1959The Big Party (1 Episode) as Self
1959The Bell Telephone Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1958The Immortal Land as Unknown
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1 Episode) as Self
1957Saint Joan as Earl of Warwick
1957The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1956Around the World in Eighty Days as Foster
1955Richard III as George, Duke of Clarence
1955ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as John Worthing, JP
1954Romeo and Juliet as Chorus
1954Hamlet: The Actor's View as Self
1953Julius Caesar as Cassius
1953Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five as Narrator
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as The Ghost, Charmolue, Lord Durrisdeer, Duke
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1945A Diary for Timothy as Hamlet
1941An Airman's Letter to His Mother as Narrator
1941The Prime Minister as Disraeli
1937Heredity in Man as Self
1936Secret Agent as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1933The Good Companions as Inigo Jollifant
1932Insult as Henri Dubois
1929The Clue of the New Pin as Rex Trasmere
1924Who Is the Man? as Daniel
Writing
2016Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied ... Writer
2016Trouser bar ... Writer
1962The Cherry Orchard ... Writer
Directing
1964Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre ... Director