Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 137
2010s
- 2014
- 2011
Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie
- 2001
Catastrophe
The Protagonist
1990s
- 1999
The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
- 1998
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Movie
- 1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
St. John Clarke · 4 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1992
- 1991
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler · 6 episodes
Prospero's Books
Prospero
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
Virgil (voice)
The Best of Friends
Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
Drechsler
- 1990
A TV Dante
Virgil(voice) · 4 episodes
A TV Dante
Virgil
Strike It Rich
Herbert Dreuther
1980s
- 1989
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù
Summer's Lease
Haverford Downs · 4 episodes
Getting It Right
Sir Gordon Munday
- 1988
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Hobson
- 1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
British Lord
Quartermaine's Terms
Eddie Loomis
- 1986
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville
Theban Plays: Antigone
Tiresias
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Tieresias
Time After Time
Jasper Swift
- 1985
Plenty
Sir Leonard Darwin
Leave All Fair
John Middleton Murry
Romance on the Orient Express
Theodore Woodward
The Shooting Party
Cornelius Cardew
- 1984
The Far Pavilions
Cavagnari · 2 episodes
The Master of Ballantrae
Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous
Uncle Willie
- 1983
Wagner
Pfistermeister · 10 episodes
Invitation to the Wedding
Movie
- 1982
- 1981
Sphinx
Abdu-Hamdi
- 1980
The Conductor
John Lasocki
1970s
- 1979
The Human Factor
Brigadier Tomlinson
Murder by Decree
Prime Minister
- 1978
Richard II
John of Gaunt
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
No Man's Land
Spooner
- 1977
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Preacher
Heartbreak House
Captain Shotover
Joseph Andrews
The Doctor
Providence
Clive Langham
- 1976
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
Aces High
Headmaster
- 1975
Galileo
The Old Cardinal
- 1974
11 Harrowhouse
Meecham
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable
QB VII
Clinton-Meek · 2 episodes
- 1973
Frankenstein: The True Story
Chief Constable · 2 episodes
Lost Horizon
Chang
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Various
- 1972
Probe
Harold L. Streeter
Home
Harry
- 1970
Hamlet
The Ghost
1960s
- 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
- 1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Elder Pope
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Rich Man
Assignment to Kill
Curt Valayan
Sebastian
Head of Intelligence
- 1967
Romeo and Juliet
Chorus
- 1966
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
Ivanov
Nikolai ivanov
Ages of Man
Movie
- 1965
The Loved One
Sir Francis Hinsley
- 1964
Hamlet
Ghost (voice)
- 1962
The Cherry Orchard
Gaev
1950s
- 1957
Saint Joan
Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ghost, Charmolue, Lord Durrisdeer, Duke · 1 episode
1940s
- 1945
A Diary for Timothy
Hamlet
- 1941
The Prime Minister
Disraeli
1930s
- 1936
- 1933
The Good Companions
Inigo Jollifant
- 1932
Insult
Henri Dubois
Wrote 3
2010s
- 2016
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Writer
Trouser Bar
Writer
1960s
- 1962
The Cherry Orchard
Writer
Directed 2
1960s
- 1966
Ivanov
Director
- 1964
Hamlet
Director
Appearances30
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
2000s
- 2005
Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
- 2000
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
1990s
- 1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
The Leopard Son
Narrator
- 1995
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
- 1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 1 episode
- 1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
- 1990
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
Narrator (voice)
1980s
- 1988
- 1985
To Be Hamlet
Self
- 1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Presenter · 16 episodes
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
- 1982
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
1970s
- 1976
Peter Pan
Narrator
- 1971
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
October Revolution
Narrator (voice)
- 1963
To Die in Madrid
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1950s
- 1959
- 1957
- 1954
Hamlet: The Actor's View
Self
- 1953
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Narrator
1940s
- 1948
1930s
- 1937
Heredity in Man
Self