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.
142 movies · 40 shows
Nothing Like a Dame
2018·6.8
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016·5.8
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014·7.2
Discovering Hamlet
2011·7.5
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009·2.0
Revisiting Brideshead
2005·8.0
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003·10.0
Catastrophe
2001·6.4
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000·9.0
The Tichborne Claimant
1999·8.7
Elizabeth
1998·7.2
Quest for Camelot
1998·6.8
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998·0.0
David
1997·6.6
Hamlet
1996·7.3
The Portrait of a Lady
1996·6.0
Looking for Richard
1996·6.8
The Leopard Son
1996·9.5
Shine
1996·7.4
DragonHeart
1996·6.6
Haunted
1995·6.1
First Knight
1995·6.1
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995·0.5
A Summer Day's Dream
1994·0.0
The Power of One
1992·7.5
Shining Through
1992·6.5
Swan Song
1992·6.8
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992·7.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991·8.0
Prospero's Books
1991·6.8
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991·5.5
The Best of Friends
1991·3.7
The Strauss Dynasty
1991·8.4
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990·8.5
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
1990·0.0
A TV Dante
1990·6.5
Strike It Rich
1990·6.5
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989·8.0
Getting It Right
1989·6.8
A Man for All Seasons
1988·7.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988·6.0
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988·5.5
Appointment with Death
1988·6.1
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987·8.0
Quartermaine's Terms
1987·7.0
The Canterville Ghost
1986·6.7
The Whistle Blower
1986·5.9
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986·9.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986·4.5
Time After Time
1986·10.0
Plenty
1985·5.7
Leave All Fair
1985·8.5
Romance on the Orient Express
1985·5.4
The Shooting Party
1985·6.6
To Be Hamlet
1985·0.0
Camille
1984·5.5
Frankenstein
1984·6.7
The Master of Ballantrae
1984·6.3
Scandalous
1984·4.7
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984·0.0
The Wicked Lady
1983·5.0
The Scarlet and the Black
1983·7.0
Invitation to the Wedding
1983·6.0
Gandhi
1982·7.6
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982·10.0
The Critic
1982·0.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982·5.8
Priest of Love
1981·5.0
Arthur
1981·6.5
Chariots of Fire
1981·6.8
Lion of the Desert
1981·7.3
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981·6.9
Sphinx
1981·5.7
The Formula
1980·5.6
The Elephant Man
1980·8.0
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980·6.7
The Conductor
1980·6.2
The Human Factor
1979·5.8
Caligula
1979·6.0
Murder by Decree
1979·6.3
Les Misérables
1978·7.1
Richard II
1978·8.0
Romeo and Juliet
1978·7.6
No Man's Land
1978·7.0
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977·6.3
Heartbreak House
1977·0.0
The Grand Inquisitor
1977·0.0
Joseph Andrews
1977·5.2
Providence
1977·6.6
Peter Pan
1976·6.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976·9.0
Aces High
1976·5.9
Galileo
1975·6.0
Murder on the Orient Express
1974·7.1
11 Harrowhouse
1974·5.8
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974·7.5
Gold
1974·5.8
Lost Horizon
1973·5.5
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973·0.0
Probe
1972·5.8
Eagle in a Cage
1972·6.0
Home
1972·7.8
Hamlet
1970·7.0
Julius Caesar
1970·5.9
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969·6.6
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968·6.8
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968·0.0
Assignment to Kill
1968·6.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968·6.2
From Chekhov with Love
1968·8.0
Sebastian
1968·6.4
October Revolution
1967·10.0
Romeo and Juliet
1967·0.0
Alice in Wonderland
1966·6.0
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966·9.0
Ivanov
1966·0.0
Ages of Man
1966·0.0
Chimes at Midnight
1965·7.2
The Loved One
1965·6.2
Hamlet
1964·6.9
Becket
1964·7.2
To Die in Madrid
1963·7.7
The Cherry Orchard
1962·8.0
The Immortal Land
1958·10.0
Saint Joan
1957·6.5
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957·6.4
Around the World in 80 Days
1956·6.7
Richard III
1955·7.2
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955·0.0
Romeo and Juliet
1954·5.4
Hamlet: The Actor's View
1954·0.0
Julius Caesar
1953·7.1
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953·0.0
A Diary for Timothy
1945·6.8
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941·6.5
The Prime Minister
1941·6.5
Heredity in Man
1937·0.0
Secret Agent
1936·6.1
The Good Companions
1933·6.4
Insult
1932·7.0
The Clue of the New Pin
1929·8.0
Who Is the Man?
1924·9.0