John Gielgud

John Gielgud

1904-04-14 London, England 144 Credits

Biography

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...

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Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...

Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied

Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied

2016

Writer

7.4
Writing

Embark on a magical journey through time with Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied — featuring a brand new selection of sensational gay British short films th...

Play On!  Shakespeare in Silent Film

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

2016

as Self

5.8
Acting

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich...

Trouser bar

Trouser bar

2016

Writer

4.3
Writing

Set in a London gentleman's outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight tr...

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

2011

as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great trag...

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009

Acting

Extra from The Imperial Edition featuring extensive behind the scenes look at the production and setting up the sets accompanied by the score from the...

Revisiting Brideshead

Revisiting Brideshead

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

Catastrophe

Catastrophe

2001

as The Protagonist

6.0
Acting

An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentati...

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998

as The Pope

7.2
Acting

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...

The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

1998

as Cockburn

8.0
Acting

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwrec...

Quest for Camelot

Quest for Camelot

1998

as Merlin (voice)

6.8
Acting

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants t...

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998

Acting

Tony Palmer tells the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. John Gielgud reads from Rachm...

David

David

1997

as Stimme Gottes

6.5
Acting

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be...

Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as Priam

7.3
Acting

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

as Mr. Touchett

6.0
Acting

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe...

Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

1996

as Self - Interviewee

6.8
Acting

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Ric...

The Leopard Son

The Leopard Son

1996

as Narrator

Acting

The true story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa's Serengeti plain. The journey of "The Leopard Son" begins at his mot...

Shine

Shine

1996

as Cecil Parkes

7.4
Acting

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

DragonHeart

DragonHeart

1996

as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dra...

Haunted

Haunted

1995

as Doctor Doyle

6.1
Acting

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. So...

First Knight

First Knight

1995

as Oswald

6.1
Acting

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

as Self (Voice)

0.5
Acting

Semi-Biographical film documenting the life of The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of the beloved Thomas The tank Engine Stories

A Summer Day's Dream

1994

Acting

Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in ...

The Power of One

The Power of One

1992

as St. John

7.5
Acting

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel...

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

1992

as Self

Acting

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

Shining Through

Shining Through

1992

as Sunflower

6.5
Acting

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War...

Swan Song

1992

as Svetlovidov

6.8
Acting

An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar f...

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992

as Prospero

Acting

A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero (...

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

Prospero's Books

Prospero's Books

1991

as Prospero

6.8
Acting

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this un...

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

1991

as Virgil (voice)

5.5
Acting

These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never complet...

The Best of Friends

The Best of Friends

1991

as Sydney Cockerell

1.0
Acting

Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Si...

The Strauss Dynasty

The Strauss Dynasty

1991

as Drechsler

8.2
Acting
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990

as Self

10.0
Acting

The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.

Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Like everyone else in the kingdom, two clever swindlers understand the king's passion for new clothes. Claiming to be creators of the richest and most...

A TV Dante

A TV Dante

1990

as Virgil

6.4
Acting

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos ...

Strike It Rich

Strike It Rich

1990

as Herbert Dreuther

5.0
Acting

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

Barbablù, Barbablù

Barbablù, Barbablù

1989

as Barbablù

Acting

An old patriarch at the gates of death, who has been married five times, reunites his family and indulges in a sadistic game with them.

Getting It Right

Getting It Right

1989

as Sir Gordon Munday

7.0
Acting

Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva...

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1988

as Cardinal Wolsey

6.8
Acting

Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri...

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

as Self

6.0
Acting

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988

as Hobson

5.5
Acting

Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way t...

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

1988

as Colonel Carbury

6.1
Acting

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed ...

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

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

1987

as British Lord

Acting

An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disne...

Quartermaine's Terms

Quartermaine's Terms

1987

as Eddie Loomis

Acting

TV adaptation of the play set in a Cambridge School of English for Foreigners in 1962. St John Quartermaine is a rather ineffective but kindly teacher...

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1986

as Sir Simon de Canterville

6.6
Acting

A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estat...

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower

1986

as Sir Adrian Chappie

5.8
Acting

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold ...

Theban Plays: Antigone

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

as Tiresias

Acting

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d...

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

as Tieresias

2.0
Acting

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king ...

Time After Time

Time After Time

1986

as Jasper Swift

Acting

'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three...

Plenty

Plenty

1985

as Sir Leonard Darwin

5.7
Acting

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Leave All Fair

Leave All Fair

1985

as John Middleton Murry

7.0
Acting

John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The pub...

Romance on the Orient Express

Romance on the Orient Express

1985

as Theodore Woodward

5.5
Acting

Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who me...

The Shooting Party

The Shooting Party

1985

as Cornelius Cardew

6.6
Acting

1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal d...

To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet

1985

as Self

Acting

Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's play...

Camille

Camille

1984

as Duke de Charles

5.6
Acting

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hop...

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1984

as De Lacey

5.8
Acting

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

The Master of Ballantrae

The Master of Ballantrae

1984

as Lord Durrisdeer

6.0
Acting

The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It was a co production between the US and England fo...

Scandalous

Scandalous

1984

as Uncle Willie

2.5
Acting

An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

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

Acting

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpt...

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

1983

as Hogarth

4.9
Acting

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, ...

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

as Pope Pius XII

7.0
Acting

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His...

Invitation to the Wedding

Invitation to the Wedding

1983

Acting

An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate's sister.

Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

as Lord Irwin

7.6
Acting

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ...

Laurence Olivier: a life

Laurence Olivier: a life

1982

as Self

10.0
Acting

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

The Critic

1982

as Lord Burleigh

Acting

Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacu...

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

as Albert Speer Sr.

7.2
Acting

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

as Charmolue

5.8
Acting

Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod...

Priest of Love

Priest of Love

1981

as Herbert G. Muskett

5.0
Acting

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When...

Arthur

Arthur

1981

as Hobson

6.5
Acting

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Master of Trinity

6.8
Acting

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a d...

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert

1981

as Sharif El Gariani

7.3
Acting

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War....

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

as Marquis of Caterhan

6.8
Acting

When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashi...

Sphinx

Sphinx

1981

as Abdu-Hamdi

5.6
Acting

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, a...

The Formula

The Formula

1980

as Dr. Abraham Esau

5.5
Acting

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe...

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

1980

as Carr Gomm

8.1
Acting

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revea...

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

as Reverend Jones

6.6
Acting

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the myst...

The Conductor

The Conductor

1980

as John Lasocki

6.3
Acting

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned sym...

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1979

as Brigadier Tomlinson

5.9
Acting

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

Caligula

Caligula

1979

as Nerva

6.0
Acting

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravit...

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

1979

as Prime Minister

6.4
Acting

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using informat...

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978

as Gillenormand

7.2
Acting

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

Richard II

Richard II

1978

as John of Gaunt

7.5
Acting

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet ...

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1978

as Chorus

7.4
Acting

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil ha...

No Man's Land

No Man's Land

1978

as Spooner

7.0
Acting

'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the home...

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1977

as The Preacher

6.0
Acting

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of...

Heartbreak House

Heartbreak House

1977

as Captain Shotover

Acting

Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge i...

The Grand Inquisitor

1977

as Inquisitor

Acting

The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University.

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

1977

as The Doctor

4.7
Acting

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An...

Providence

Providence

1977

as Clive Langham

6.8
Acting

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing sc...

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

1976

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark H...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

as Lord Henry Wotton

8.0
Acting

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Aces High

Aces High

1976

as Headmaster

5.9
Acting

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By...

Galileo

Galileo

1975

as The Old Cardinal

5.9
Acting

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion ...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

as Mr. Beddoes

7.1
Acting

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974

as Meecham

5.7
Acting

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen...

Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

as Chief Constable

7.5
Acting

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.

Gold

Gold

1974

as Farrell

5.7
Acting

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drillin...

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1973

as Chang

5.4
Acting

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon...

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973

as Various

Acting

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

Probe

Probe

1972

as Harold L. Streeter

5.5
Acting

That hipster ring that special agent Hugh Lockwood wears? It's a camera, transmitting image and sound of his surroundings. It's also a scanner, detect...

Eagle in a Cage

Eagle in a Cage

1972

as Lord Sissal

5.0
Acting

1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon

Home

Home

1972

as Harry

7.8
Acting

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1970

as Julius Caesar

5.7
Acting

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ide...

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

6.8
Acting

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warf...

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

as The Elder Pope

6.7
Acting

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon ...

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968

as Rich Man

Acting

On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the...

Assignment to Kill

Assignment to Kill

1968

as Curt Valayan

6.0
Acting

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance mon...

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

as Lord Raglan

6.1
Acting

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamo...

Sebastian

Sebastian

1968

as Head of Intelligence

6.0
Acting

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian f...

October Revolution

October Revolution

1967

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock footage...

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1967

as Chorus

Acting

BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1966

as Mock Turtle

5.8
Acting

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th...

The Mayfly and the Frog

1966

as Gabriel Quantara

Acting

When a Rolls Royce damages a scooter, the furious owner goes to seek redress, and finds herself face to face with a millionaire capitalist.

Ivanov

Ivanov

1966

as Nikolai ivanov

Acting

A play by Chekhov, starring Vivien Leigh and John Gielgud, it marked Leigh’s final performance before her death in 1967

Ivanov

Ivanov

1966

Director

Directing

A play by Chekhov, starring Vivien Leigh and John Gielgud, it marked Leigh’s final performance before her death in 1967

Ages of Man

Ages of Man

1966

Acting

Performance of extracts from The Ages of Man is a one-man show performed by John Gielgud featuring a collection of speeches in Shakespeare's plays. Wh...

Chimes at Midnight

Chimes at Midnight

1965

as Henry IV

7.2
Acting

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry'...

The Loved One

The Loved One

1965

as Sir Francis Hinsley

6.3
Acting

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whisp...

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

1964

as Ghost (voice)

6.5
Acting

A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but perf...

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

1964

Director

6.5
Directing

A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but perf...

Becket

Becket

1964

as King Louis VII of France

7.2
Acting

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of C...

To Die in Madrid

To Die in Madrid

1963

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

7.5
Acting

Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the c...

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1962

as Gaev

8.0
Acting

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pa...

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1962

Writer

8.0
Writing

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pa...

The Immortal Land

1958

Acting

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

Saint Joan

Saint Joan

1957

as Earl of Warwick

6.5
Acting

In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

6.2
Acting

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

as Foster

6.6
Acting

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...

Richard III

Richard III

1955

as George, Duke of Clarence

7.1
Acting

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himse...

ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall

1955

as John Worthing, JP

Acting

No Information Given

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1954

as Chorus

5.2
Acting

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one fami...

Hamlet: The Actor's View

Hamlet: The Actor's View

1954

as Self

Acting

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately asso...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

as Cassius

7.1
Acting

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

1953

as Narrator

Acting

Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest.

A Diary for Timothy

A Diary for Timothy

1945

as Hamlet

6.6
Acting

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

1941

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.

The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister

1941

as Disraeli

6.0
Acting

Directed by Thorold Dickinson.

Heredity in Man

Heredity in Man

1937

as Self

Acting

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936

as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

6.1
Acting

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to th...

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1933

as Inigo Jollifant

5.8
Acting

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Insult

Insult

1932

as Henri Dubois

Acting

'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Clue of the New Pin

1929

as Rex Trasmere

Acting

A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.

Who Is the Man?

1924

as Daniel

Acting

Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her mercenary and socially ambitious mother , Genevieve...