John Gielgud

Known for ActingBorn 1904-04-14Died 2000-05-21London, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Time After Time

Laurence Olivier: a life

October Revolution

The Immortal Land

The Leopard Son

Stick with Me, Kid

Theban Plays: Antigone

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Mayfly and the Frog

The Tichborne Claimant

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

Leave All Fair

The Strauss Dynasty

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Who Is the Man?

Frankenstein: The True Story

Revisiting Brideshead

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Barbablù, Barbablù

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

The Elephant Man

Six Centuries of Verse

Inside the Third Reich

Richard II

War and Remembrance

Inspector Morse

Brideshead Revisited

From Chekhov with Love

The Cherry Orchard

Discovering Hamlet

The Bell Telephone Hour

Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied

Second City Television

Home

QB VII

Gandhi

The Power of One

Romeo and Juliet

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

The Far Pavilions

Shine

To Die in Madrid

The Clue of the New Pin

Hamlet

Frankenstein: The True Story

Lovejoy

Lion of the Desert