John Gielgud
April 14, 1904 (121 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film as Self
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 · Discovering Hamlet as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
- 2009 · Behind The Scenes of Caligula as
- 2005 · Revisiting Brideshead as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Catastrophe as The Protagonist
- 1999 · The Tichborne Claimant as Cockburn
- 1998 · Elizabeth as The Pope
- 1998 · Quest for Camelot as Merlin (voice)
- 1998 · Merlin as King Constant
- 1998 · Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow as
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as St. John Clarke
- 1997 · David as Stimme Gottes
- 1996 · Hamlet as Priam
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Mr. Touchett
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee
- 1996 · The Leopard Son as Narrator
- 1996 · Shine as Cecil Parkes
- 1996 · DragonHeart as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Professor of Light
- 1995 · Haunted as Doctor Doyle
- 1995 · Stick with Me, Kid as Grandpa
- 1995 · First Knight as Oswald
- 1995 · The Thomas The Tank Engine Man as Self (Voice)
- 1994 · A Summer Day's Dream as
- 1994 · Scarlett as Pierre Robillard
- 1993 · Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
- 1992 · The Power of One as St. John
- 1992 · Shining Through as Sunflower
- 1992 · A Walk Through Prospero's Library as Prospero