John Gielgud
Born: 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.
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Discovering Hamlet
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Revisiting Brideshead
Catastrophe
The Tichborne Claimant
Elizabeth
Quest for Camelot
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
David
Hamlet
The Portrait of a Lady
Looking for Richard
The Leopard Son
Shine
DragonHeart
Haunted
First Knight
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
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A Summer Day's Dream
The Power of One
Shining Through
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Swan Song
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A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Prospero's Books
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
The Best of Friends
The Strauss Dynasty
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
A TV Dante
Strike It Rich
Barbablù, Barbablù
Getting It Right
A Man for All Seasons
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Appointment with Death
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Quartermaine's Terms
The Canterville Ghost
The Whistle Blower
Theban Plays: Antigone
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Time After Time
Plenty
Leave All Fair
Romance on the Orient Express
The Shooting Party
To Be Hamlet
Camille
Frankenstein
The Master of Ballantrae
Scandalous
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
The Wicked Lady
The Scarlet and the Black
Invitation to the Wedding
Gandhi
Laurence Olivier: a life
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The Critic
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Priest of Love
Arthur
Chariots of Fire
Lion of the Desert
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Sphinx
The Formula
The Elephant Man
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
The Conductor
The Human Factor
Caligula
Murder by Decree
Les Misérables
Richard II
Romeo and Juliet
No Man's Land
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Heartbreak House
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The Grand Inquisitor
Joseph Andrews
Providence
Peter Pan
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aces High
Galileo
Murder on the Orient Express
11 Harrowhouse
Frankenstein: The True Story
Gold
Lost Horizon
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Probe
Eagle in a Cage
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