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
Movies
- Campanadas a medianoche
1965
- Gandhi
1982
- Frankenstein
1984
- Frankenstein: The True ...
1974
- To Be Hamlet
1985
- Hamlet: The Actor's View
1954
- The Elephant Man
1980
- David
1997
- Secret Agent
1936
- Murder on the Orient Ex...
1974
- Appointment with Death
1988
- Les Misérables
1978
- Elizabeth
1998
- Prospero's Books
1991
- Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
- First Knight
1995
- James Mason: The Star T...
1984
- The Formula
1980
- Shining Through
1992
- DragonHeart
1996
- Chariots of Fire
1981
- Caligola
1979
- The Whistle Blower
1986
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
- Lion of the Desert
1981
- Murder by Decree
1979
- Arthur
1981
- The Power of One
1992
- Alice in Wonderland
1966
- Plenty
1985
- The Charge of the Light...
1968
- Julius Caesar
1970
- Richard III
1955
- Becket
1964
- Aces High
1976
- The Scarlet and the Bla...
1983
- The Loved One
1965
- Time After Time
1986
- Sphinx
1981
- The Canterville Ghost
1986
- The Human Factor
1979
- The Leopard Son
1996
- Julius Caesar
1953
- Gold
1974
- Haunted
1995
- Priest of Love
1981
- Quest for Camelot
1998
- The Hunchback of Notre ...
1982
- The Grand Inquisitor
1977
- Catastrophe
2001
- Providence
1977
- Agatha Christie's Seven...
1981
- William: The Life, Work...
1973
- Romeo and Juliet
1954
- The Shooting Party
1985
- Lost Horizon
1973
- The Good Companions
1933
- Quartermaine's Terms
1987
- The Cherry Orchard
1962
- Why Didn't They Ask Eva...
1980
- Saint Joan
1957
- Hamlet from the Lunt-Fo...
1964
- The Wicked Lady
1983
- A Portrait of the Artis...
1977
- A Diary for Timothy
1945
- Mourir à Madrid
1963
- Assignment to Kill
1968
- The Master of Ballantrae
1984
- A Man for All Seasons
1988
- Scandalous
1984
- No Man's Land
1978
- The Barretts of Wimpole...
1957
- Galileo
1975
- Camille
1984
- Eagle in a Cage
1972
- Probe
1972
- Joseph Andrews
1977
- Discovering Hamlet
2011
- An Airman's Letter to H...
1941
- The Love Song of Barney...
1968
- The Critic
1982
- A Summer Day's Dream
1994
- Revisiting Brideshead
2005
- Swan Song
1992
- The Best of Friends
1991
- Ages of Man
1966
- Invitation to the Weddi...
1983
- 11 Harrowhouse
1974
- Richard II
1978
- Romance on the Orient E...
1985
- Looking for Richard
1996
- Hamlet
1996
- Home
1972
- Sebastian
1968
- The Prime Minister
1941
- The Strauss Dynasty
1991
- Getting It Right
1989
- The Portrait of a Lady
1996
- A Walk Through Prospero...
1992
- Insult
1932
- Shine
1996
- Inside the Third Reich
1982
- The Mayfly and the Frog
1966
- Dyrygent
1980
- Heredity in Man
1937
- The Immortal Land
1958
- A TV Dante
1990
- Leave All Fair
1985
- The South Bank Show: No...
1992
- The Shoes of the Fisher...
1968
- Around the World in Eig...
1956
- Play On! Shakespeare i...
2016
- Strike It Rich
1990
- The Picture of Dorian G...
1976
- Funny, You Don't Look 2...
1987
- Romeo and Juliet
1967
- Who Is the Man?
1924
- Romeo and Juliet
1978
- The Clue of the New Pin
1929
- The Tichborne Claimant
1998
- Heartbreak House
1977
- Theban Plays: Oedipus t...
1986
- Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
- Peter Pan
1976
- Révolution d'octobre
1967
- Preminger: Anatomy of a...
1991
- The Thomas The Tank Eng...
1995
- Rachmaninoff: The Harve...
1998
- A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to...
1991
- In from the Cold? A Por...
1988
- Vivien Leigh: Scarlett ...
1990
- Nothing Like a Dame
2018
- Ariel’s Song / Full Fat...
1953
- Rabbit Ears - The Emper...
1990
- Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
- Behind The Scenes of Ca...
2009
- ITV Opening Night at th...
1955
- Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
- Merlin
1998
TV Shows
- Tales of the Unexpected
1979
- Second City Television
1976
- Inspector Morse
1987
- Frankenstein: The True ...
1973
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- QB VII
1974
- Brideshead Revisited
1981
- Play for Today
1970
- Gulliver's Travels
1996
- ABC Stage 67
1966
- Menace
1970
- Scarlett
1994
- A Dance to the Music of...
1997
- Summer's Lease
1989
- ABC Afterschool Special
1972
- The BBC Television Shak...
1978
- War and Remembrance
1988
- Merlin
1998
- Screen Two
1985
- Wagner
1983
- Lovejoy
1986
- Stick with Me, Kid
1995
- The BBC Television Shak...
1978
- Six Centuries of Verse
1984
- The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
- Hollywood U.K.: British...
1993
- La dynastie des Strauss
1991
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- The Big Party
1959
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- Omnibus
1967
- The Wednesday Play
1964
- The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
- Tonight Starring Jack P...
1957
- The Dick Cavett Show
1968
- Marco Polo
1982
- The Far Pavilions
1984
- Great Performances
1971
- Tales of the Unexpected
1979
- Performance
1991
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- BBC Play of the Month
1965