John Gielgud
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-04-14
Place of Birth
London, England
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.
Also Known For
Chimes at Midnight
Dec 22, 1965
Gandhi
Dec 01, 1982
Frankenstein
Jun 17, 1984
Frankenstein: The True Story
Sep 19, 1974
To Be Hamlet
Jan 19, 1985
Hamlet: The Actor's View
May 16, 1954
The Elephant Man
Oct 09, 1980
David
Mar 23, 1997
Secret Agent
May 31, 1936
Murder on the Orient Express
Nov 22, 1974
Appointment with Death
Apr 15, 1988
Les Misérables
Dec 27, 1978
Elizabeth
Sep 13, 1998
Prospero's Books
Aug 30, 1991
Oh! What a Lovely War
Mar 10, 1969
First Knight
Jul 07, 1995
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Jan 01, 1984
The Formula
Dec 19, 1980
Shining Through
Jan 31, 1992
DragonHeart
May 31, 1996
Chariots of Fire
May 15, 1981
Caligula
Aug 14, 1979
The Whistle Blower
Nov 21, 1986
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Jul 08, 1988
Lion of the Desert
Apr 17, 1981
Murder by Decree
Feb 01, 1979
Arthur
Jul 17, 1981
The Power of One
Mar 27, 1992
Alice in Wonderland
Dec 28, 1966
Plenty
Sep 20, 1985
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Apr 10, 1968
Julius Caesar
Jun 04, 1970
Richard III
Dec 13, 1955
Becket
Mar 11, 1964
Aces High
May 19, 1976
The Scarlet and the Black
Feb 02, 1983
The Loved One
Oct 11, 1965
Time After Time
Jan 26, 1986
Sphinx
Feb 11, 1981
The Canterville Ghost
Dec 31, 1986
The Human Factor
Dec 18, 1979
The Leopard Son
Sep 27, 1996
Julius Caesar
Jun 04, 1953
Gold
Jun 08, 1974
Haunted
Oct 27, 1995
Priest of Love
Oct 11, 1981
Quest for Camelot
May 15, 1998
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Feb 02, 1982
The Grand Inquisitor
Apr 10, 1977
Catastrophe
Sep 01, 2001
Providence
Jan 25, 1977
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Mar 08, 1981
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Jan 03, 1973
Romeo and Juliet
Sep 01, 1954
The Shooting Party
Feb 01, 1985
Lost Horizon
Mar 14, 1973
The Good Companions
Feb 28, 1933
Quartermaine's Terms
Mar 29, 1987
The Cherry Orchard
Apr 17, 1962
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Mar 30, 1980
Saint Joan
May 08, 1957
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Sep 23, 1964
The Wicked Lady
Apr 21, 1983
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Sep 01, 1977
A Diary for Timothy
Nov 01, 1945
To Die in Madrid
Apr 18, 1963
Assignment to Kill
May 01, 1968
The Master of Ballantrae
Jan 31, 1984
A Man for All Seasons
Dec 21, 1988
Scandalous
Jan 29, 1984
No Man's Land
Oct 03, 1978
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Jan 16, 1957
Galileo
Jan 27, 1975
Camille
Dec 11, 1984
Eagle in a Cage
Jan 09, 1972
Probe
Feb 21, 1972
Joseph Andrews
Mar 09, 1977
Discovering Hamlet
Nov 01, 2011
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Jun 05, 1941
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
May 10, 1968
The Critic
Aug 28, 1982
A Summer Day's Dream
Nov 26, 1994
Revisiting Brideshead
Oct 15, 2005
Swan Song
Jan 01, 1992
Ages of Man
Jan 23, 1966
The Best of Friends
Jan 01, 1991
Invitation to the Wedding
Jan 01, 1983
11 Harrowhouse
Sep 26, 1974
Richard II
Dec 10, 1978
Romance on the Orient Express
Mar 04, 1985
Looking for Richard
Oct 11, 1996
Hamlet
Dec 25, 1996
Home
Jan 06, 1972
Sebastian
Jan 24, 1968
The Prime Minister
Mar 04, 1941
The Strauss Dynasty
Jan 01, 1991
Getting It Right
May 05, 1989
The Portrait of a Lady
Oct 17, 1996
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
Jan 01, 1992
Insult
Jul 27, 1932
Shine
Aug 15, 1996
Inside the Third Reich
May 09, 1982
The Mayfly and the Frog
Dec 21, 1966
The Conductor
Feb 27, 1980
Heredity in Man
Jan 01, 1937
The Immortal Land
Jan 01, 1958
A TV Dante
Jun 13, 1990
Leave All Fair
Jun 24, 1985
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
Mar 01, 1992
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Nov 14, 1968
Around the World in Eighty Days
Oct 17, 1956
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Jul 18, 2016
Strike It Rich
Jan 26, 1990
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sep 19, 1976
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Oct 12, 1987
Romeo and Juliet
Mar 12, 1967
Who Is the Man?
Sep 01, 1924
Romeo and Juliet
Dec 03, 1978
The Clue of the New Pin
Mar 01, 1929
The Tichborne Claimant
Aug 01, 1998
Heartbreak House
May 19, 1977
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Sep 16, 1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
Sep 19, 1986
Peter Pan
Dec 12, 1976
October Revolution
Oct 11, 1967
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Oct 28, 1991
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Feb 25, 1995
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Jan 01, 1998
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Mar 06, 1991
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Sep 20, 1988
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Oct 22, 1990
Nothing Like a Dame
May 02, 2018
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Jan 01, 1953
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Sep 01, 1990
Barbablù, Barbablù
Nov 17, 1989
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Jan 06, 2009
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
Sep 22, 1955
Laurence Olivier: a life
Oct 24, 1982
Ivanov
May 03, 1966
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Second City Television
Sep 21, 1976
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
Frankenstein: The True Story
Nov 30, 1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
QB VII
Apr 29, 1974
Brideshead Revisited
Oct 12, 1981
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Gulliver's Travels
Feb 04, 1996
ABC Stage 67
Sep 14, 1966
Menace
Sep 29, 1970
Scarlett
Nov 13, 1994
A Dance to the Music of Time
Oct 09, 1997
Summer's Lease
Nov 01, 1989
ABC Afterschool Special
Oct 04, 1972
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Dec 03, 1978
War and Remembrance
Nov 13, 1988
Merlin
Apr 26, 1998
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Wagner
Oct 03, 1983
Lovejoy
Jan 10, 1986
Stick with Me, Kid
Sep 29, 1995
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Dec 03, 1978
Six Centuries of Verse
May 02, 1984
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Sep 05, 1993
The Strauss Dynasty
Dec 16, 1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Big Party
Oct 08, 1959
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967
The Wednesday Play
Sep 30, 1964
The Bell Telephone Hour
Jan 12, 1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Jul 29, 1957
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Marco Polo
Dec 05, 1982
The Far Pavilions
Apr 22, 1984
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965