John Gielgud
Acting
- Born:
- 1904-04-14
- Died:
- 2000-05-21
- Place of birth:
- London, England
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.
Known For
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Trouser Bar
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Discovering Hamlet
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Revisiting Brideshead
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Catastrophe
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
The Tichborne Claimant
Elizabeth
Quest for Camelot
Merlin
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
A Dance to the Music of Time
David
Hamlet
The Portrait of a Lady
Looking for Richard
The Leopard Son
Shine
DragonHeart
Gulliver's Travels
Haunted
Stick with Me, Kid
First Knight
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
A Summer Day's Dream
Scarlett
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
The Power of One
Shining Through
Swan Song
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
The Strauss Dynasty
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Performance
Prospero's Books
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
The Best of Friends
The Strauss Dynasty
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
Strike It Rich
Barbablù, Barbablù
Summer's Lease
Getting It Right
A Man for All Seasons
War and Remembrance
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
Inspector Morse
The Canterville Ghost