
Acting
Born April 14, 1904 · London, England
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.

Nothing Like a Dame
2018

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014

Discovering Hamlet
2011

Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009

Revisiting Brideshead
2005

Catastrophe
2001

The Tichborne Claimant
1999

Elizabeth
1998

Quest for Camelot
1998

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998

David
1997

Hamlet
1996

The Portrait of a Lady
1996

Looking for Richard
1996

The Leopard Son
1996

Shine
1996

DragonHeart
1996

Haunted
1995

First Knight
1995

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
A Summer Day's Dream
1994

The Power of One
1992

Shining Through
1992
Swan Song
1992
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

Prospero's Books
1991

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991

The Best of Friends
1991

The Strauss Dynasty
1991

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
1990

A TV Dante
1990

Strike It Rich
1990

Barbablù, Barbablù
1989

Getting It Right
1989

A Man for All Seasons
1988

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988

Appointment with Death
1988

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987

Quartermaine's Terms
1987

The Canterville Ghost
1986

The Whistle Blower
1986

Theban Plays: Antigone
1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986

Time After Time
1986

Plenty
1985

Leave All Fair
1985

Romance on the Orient Express
1985

The Shooting Party
1985

To Be Hamlet
1985

Camille
1984

Frankenstein
1984

The Master of Ballantrae
1984

Scandalous
1984

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984

The Wicked Lady
1983

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

Invitation to the Wedding
1983

Gandhi
1982

Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
The Critic
1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982

Priest of Love
1981

Arthur
1981

Chariots of Fire
1981

Lion of the Desert
1981

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981

Sphinx
1981

The Formula
1980

The Elephant Man
1980

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980

The Conductor
1980

The Human Factor
1979

Caligula
1979

Murder by Decree
1979

Les Misérables
1978

Richard II
1978

Romeo and Juliet
1978

No Man's Land
1978

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977

Heartbreak House
1977
The Grand Inquisitor
1977

Joseph Andrews
1977

Providence
1977

Peter Pan
1976

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976

Aces High
1976

Galileo
1975

Murder on the Orient Express
1974

11 Harrowhouse
1974

Frankenstein: The True Story
1974

Gold
1974

Lost Horizon
1973

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973

Probe
1972

Eagle in a Cage
1972

Home
1972

Hamlet
1970

Julius Caesar
1970

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969

The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968

Assignment to Kill
1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
From Chekhov with Love
1968

Sebastian
1968

October Revolution
1967

Romeo and Juliet
1967

Alice in Wonderland
1966
The Mayfly and the Frog
1966

Ivanov
1966

Ages of Man
1966

Chimes at Midnight
1965

The Loved One
1965

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964

Becket
1964

To Die in Madrid
1963

The Cherry Orchard
1962
The Immortal Land
1958

Saint Joan
1957

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957

Around the World in 80 Days
1956

Richard III
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955

Romeo and Juliet
1954

Hamlet: The Actor's View
1954

Julius Caesar
1953

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953

A Diary for Timothy
1945
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941

The Prime Minister
1941

Heredity in Man
1937

Secret Agent
1936

The Good Companions
1933

Insult
1932
The Clue of the New Pin
1929
Who Is the Man?
1924