Born in London, England — Apr 14 1904• Died May 21 2000

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.
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Self

Harry

Various Roles

Chorus

Jelks


Self

Stephen Dawlish

Lord Hinksey

Gabriel Quantara

Self

Lord Wakering
Svetlovidov

Aaron Jastrow

Self

Nerva

Rich Man

Edward 'Ned' Ryder

Pierre Robillard

Doge di Venezia

King Constant

Mr. Beddoes

Carr Gomm

The Ghost
Self

Lord Irwin

St. John Clarke

Foster

Master of Trinity

Self - Presenter

Professor of Light

Priam

The Pope

Stimme Gottes

King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

Oswald

Drechsler

Self

King Louis VII of France

Sharif El Gariani

Mr. Touchett

Merlin (voice)

Pfistermeister

Dr Henry Doyle

Hobson

Pope Pius XII

Sunflower

Cecil Parkes

Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cassius

Albert Speer Sr.

Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Cavagnari

Clinton-Meek

Self (archive footage)

Herbert G. Muskett

Self - Interviewee

Haverford Downs

Gillenormand

St. John
Grandpa

Chang

Colonel Carbury

Chief Constable

Prime Minister

Hogarth

Brigadier Tomlinson

Lord Raglan

Self (archive footage)

George, Duke of Clarence

Sir Leonard Darwin

Headmaster

Henry IV

Cornelius Cardew

Sir Francis Hinsley

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Charmolue

King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

Farrell

The Doctor

The Elder Pope

Narrator

Sir Adrian Chappie

Clive Langham

Self

Curt Valayan

Mock Turtle

Chief Constable

Julius Caesar

Hobson

Earl of Warwick

Harold L. Streeter

John of Gaunt

Self

The Old Cardinal

Dr. Abraham Esau

Chorus

The Protagonist

Tieresias

British Lord

Self

Sir Simon de Canterville

Jasper Swift

Prospero


Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Lord Burleigh

Uncle Willie

Chorus

Sir Gordon Munday

Head of Intelligence

Theodore Woodward

Spooner

Abdu-Hamdi

Self

Duke de Charles

Drechsler

Hamlet

Meecham

Cockburn


Henri Dubois

Narrator (voice)

John Middleton Murry

Inigo Jollifant

John Lasocki

Herbert Dreuther

De Lacey

Lord Sissal

Reverend Jones

Chorus

Writing

Gaev

Cardinal Wolsey

Marquis of Caterhan
John Worthing, JP

Self (archive footage)

Virgil
Rex Trasmere

Harry

Writing

Disraeli

Ghost (voice)

Self (Voice)

Tiresias

Narrator (English version) (voice)
Daniel

Lord Henry Wotton
Inquisitor

Lord Durrisdeer

Rich Man

Self

The Preacher
Anton Chekhov

Eddie Loomis

Sydney Cockerell
Gabriel Quantara
Narrator (voice)

Edward Moulton-Barrett


Captain Shotover
Prospero

Barbablù
Narrator

Various

Narrator

Virgil (voice)

The Ghost

Nikolai ivanov


Self

Self

Narrator