Public Person
John Gielgud
Age: 120 years
Gender: Male
Birthday: April 14, 1904
Place of birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK
Biography: Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim fo...
Known for: Acting
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Known for
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Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
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Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
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Frankenstein
as De Lacey
7.0
Frankenstein: The Tr...
as Chief Constable
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To Be Hamlet
as Self
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Hamlet: The Actor's ...
as Self
8.0
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
6.0
David
as Stimme Gottes
6.0
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
7.0
Murder on the Orient...
as Mr. Beddoes
6.0
Appointment with Dea...
as Colonel Carbury
7.0
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
7.0
Elizabeth
as The Pope
6.0
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
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Oh! What a Lovely Wa...
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
6.0
First Knight
as Oswald
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James Mason: The Sta...
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
5.0
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
6.0
Shining Through
as Sunflower
6.0
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
6.0
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
6.0
Caligula
as Nerva
5.0
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
5.0
Arthur 2: On the Roc...
as Hobson
7.0
Lion of the Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
6.0
Murder by Decree
as Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
6.0
Arthur
as Hobson
7.0
The Power of One
as St. John
7.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
5.0
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
6.0
The Charge of the Li...
as Lord Raglan
5.0
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
7.0
Richard III
as George, Duke of Clarence
7.0
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
5.0
Aces High
as Headmaster
7.0
The Scarlet and the ...
as Pope Pius XII
6.0
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
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Time After Time
as Jasper Swift
5.0
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
6.0
The Canterville Ghos...
as Sir Simon de Canterville
5.0
The Human Factor
as Brigadier Tomlinson
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The Leopard Son
as Narrator
7.0
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
5.0
Gold
as Farrell
6.0
Haunted
as Doctor Doyle
5.0
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
6.0
Quest for Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
5.0
The Hunchback of Not...
as Charmolue
0.0
The Grand Inquisitor
as Inquisitor
6.0
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
6.0
Providence
as Clive Langham
6.0
Agatha Christie's Se...
as Marquis of Caterhan
0.0
William: The Life, W...
as Various
5.0
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
6.0
The Shooting Party
as Cornelius Cardew
5.0
Lost Horizon
as Chang
5.0
The Good Companions
as Inigo Jollifant
0.0
Quartermaine's Terms
as Eddie Loomis
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Gaev
6.0
Why Didn't They Ask ...
as Reverend Jones
6.0
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
6.0
Hamlet from the Lunt...
as Ghost (voice)
4.0
The Wicked Lady
as Hogarth
6.0
A Portrait of the Ar...
as The Preacher
6.0
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
7.0
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
6.0
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
6.0
The Master of Ballan...
as Lord Durrisdeer
6.0
A Man for All Season...
as Cardinal Wolsey
4.0
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
7.0
No Man's Land
as Spooner
6.0
The Barretts of Wimp...
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
5.0
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
5.0
Camille
as Duke de Charles
5.0
Eagle in a Cage
as Lord Sissal
5.0
Probe
as Harold L. Streeter
4.0
Joseph Andrews
as The Doctor
7.0
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
6.0
An Airman's Letter t...
as Narrator
0.0
The Love Song of Bar...
as Rich Man
0.0
The Critic
as Lord Burleigh
0.0
A Summer Day's Dream
0.0
Revisiting Brideshea...
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
Swan Song
as Svetlovidov
1.0
The Best of Friends
as Sydney Cockerell
0.0
Ages of Man
0.0
Invitation to the We...
5.0
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
7.0
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
5.0
Romance on the Orien...
as Theodore Woodward
6.0
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
7.0
Hamlet
as Priam
7.0
Home
as Harry
6.0
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
6.0
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
8.0
The Strauss Dynasty
as Drechsler
7.0
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
5.0
The Portrait of a La...
as Mr. Touchett
0.0
A Walk Through Prosp...
as Prospero
0.0
Insult
as Henri Dubois
7.0
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
7.0
Inside the Third Rei...
as Albert Speer Sr.
0.0
The Mayfly and the F...
as Gabriel Quantara
6.0
The Conductor
as John Lasocki
0.0
Heredity in Man
as Self
0.0
The Immortal Land
6.0
A TV Dante
as Virgil
7.0
Leave All Fair
as John Middleton Murry
0.0
The South Bank Show:...
as Self
6.0
The Shoes of the Fis...
as The Elder pope
6.0
Around the World in ...
as Foster
5.0
Play On! Shakespear...
as Self
5.0
Strike It Rich
as Herbert Dreuther
8.0
The Picture of Doria...
as Lord Henry Wotton
0.0
Funny, You Don't Loo...
as British Lord
0.0
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
0.0
Who Is the Man?
as Daniel
7.0
Romeo & Juliet
as Chorus
0.0
The Clue of the New ...
as Rex Trasmere
8.0
The Tichborne Claima...
as Cockburn
0.0
Heartbreak House
as Captain Shotover
2.0
Theban Plays: Oedipu...
as Tieresias
0.0
Theban Plays: Antigo...
as Tiresias
6.0
Peter Pan
as Narrator
0.0
October Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
Preminger: Anatomy o...
as Self (archive footage)
0.0
The Thomas The Tank ...
as Self (Voice)
0.0
Rachmaninoff: The Ha...
5.0
A TV Dante (Cantos 9...
as Virgil (voice)
6.0
In from the Cold? A ...
as Self
10.0
Vivien Leigh: Scarle...
as Self
6.0
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
0.0
Ariel’s Song / Full ...
as Narrator
0.0
Rabbit Ears - The Em...
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
Tales of the Unexpec...
as Jelks
7.0
Second City Televisi...
as Self - Special Guest Star
7.0
Inspector Morse
as Lord Hinksey
8.0
Frankenstein: The Tr...
as Chief Constable
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
as The Ghost
7.0
QB VII
as Clinton-Meek
8.0
Brideshead Revisited
as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
6.0
Play for Today
as Harry
7.0
Gulliver's Travels
as Professor of Light
6.0
ABC Stage 67
as Rich Man
0.0
Menace
6.0
Scarlett
5.0
A Dance to the Music...
as St. John Clarke
5.0
BBC Play of the Mont...
as Captain Shotover
7.0
Summer's Lease
as Haverford Downs
6.0
ABC Afterschool Spec...
as Various Roles
5.0
The BBC Television S...
as Chorus
8.0
War and Remembrance
as Aaron Jastrow
6.0
Merlin
as King Constant
5.0
BBC Play of the Mont...
as Lord Burleigh
6.0
Screen Two
6.0
Wagner
as Pfistermeister
7.0
Lovejoy
as Lord Wakering
0.0
Stick With Me, Kid
as Grandpa
5.0
The BBC Television S...
as John of Gaunt
6.0
Six Centuries of Ver...
as Himself - Presenter
6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
0.0
Hollywood U.K.: Brit...
as Self
0.0
Strauss Dynasty
as Drechsler
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
as Charmolue
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
as Lord Durrisdeer
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
as Duke
0.0
The Big Party
as Self
5.0
BBC Play of the Mont...
as Chorus
7.0
Omnibus
as Self
4.0
The Wednesday Play
as Gabriel Quantara
7.0
The Bell Telephone H...
as Self
6.0
Tonight Starring Jac...
as Self
6.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
6.0
Marco Polo
as Doge di Venezia
7.0
The Far Pavilions
as Cavagnari
5.0
Great Performances
as Self
6.0
Tales of the Unexpec...
as Cyril Boggis