John Gielgud Biography

Birthday: 1904-04-14
Place of Birth: South Kensington, London
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Wiki Biography: Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other contemporaries of the National Theatre at the "Old Vic", London. He made his screen debut in 1924. Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, 1981, for Arthur (1981), Academy Award Nomination, 1964, for Becket (1964).
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame | The Ghost | 1951 | Comedy |
The Pallisers | 1974 | Drama | |
Brideshead Revisited | Edward Ryder | 1981 | Drama |
Probe | 1988 - 1988 | ||
Haunted | Doctor Doyle | 2002 - 2002 | Drama |
Shangri-La | Chang | 2009 | |
Gandhi | Lord Irwin | 2009 | History |
Westminster Abbey | Himself | 2012 | |
Caligula | Nerva | 2013 | History |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Eagle in a Cage | 0000 | ||
The Good Companions | Inigo Jollifant | 1935 | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
Secret Agent | Richard Ashenden | 1936 | |
The Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli | 1941 | Drama, History |
A Diary for Timothy | Hamlet | 1946 | Documentary |
Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | ||
Saint Joan | Earl of Warwick | 1957 | Drama, History |
Becket | King Louis VII of France | 1964 | Drama, History |
The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1968 | ||
Frankenstein: The True Story | 1973 | Horror, Sci Fi | |
11 Harrowhouse | 1974 | Comedy, Crime | |
Aces High | 1976 | ||
Murder by Decree | Prime Minister Lord Salisbury | 1979 | Comedy |
The Elephant Man | Carr Gomm | 1980 | Drama, History |
The Formula | 1980 | Crime, Thriller | |
Chariots of Fire | 1981 | 0 | |
Lion of the Desert | 1981 | Drama | |
Priest of Love | Herbert G. Muskett | 1981 | Drama, Romance |
Gandhi | Lord Irwin | 1982 | 0 |
Inside the Third Reich | 1982 | Drama, History | |
The Scarlet and the Black | Pope Pius XII | 1983 | Drama, History |
The Wicked Lady | Hogarth | 1983 | Adventure, Drama |
The Shooting Party | 1985 | ||
Plenty | 1985 | Drama | |
Leave All Fair | John Middleton Murry | 1986 | Drama |
The Whistle Blower | Sir Adrian Chapple | 1987 | Thriller |
Barbablù, Barbablù | Barbablù | 1987 | Drama |
Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Hobson | 1988 | 0 |
Appointment With Death | Colonel Carbury | 1988 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
War and Remembrance | Aaron Jastrow | 1988 | Drama |
Getting It Right | 1989 | Comedy, Drama | |
Strike It Rich | Herbert Dreuther | 1990 | |
Shining Through | 1992 | Drama, Romance, Thriller | |
Haunted | Dr. Doyle | 1995 | |
First Knight | 1995 | Adventure, Drama, Romance | |
The Portrait of a Lady | Mr. Touchett | 1997 | Drama, Romance |
Quest for Camelot | Merlin | 1998 | Animation, Family, Adventure |
Elizabeth | The Pope | 1998 | Drama, History |
The Tichborne Claimant | Cockburn | 1999 | Drama |
Brideshead Revisited | Edward Ryder | 2008 | 0 |
Murder on the Orient Express | Beddoes | 2017 | 0 |
Sebastian | Head of Intelligence | 2017 | 0 |