John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31.
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🎬 Movies
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
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2023
Nothing Like a Dame
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2018
Discovering Hamlet
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2011
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
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2003
Catastrophe
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2001
The Tichborne Claimant
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1999
Elizabeth
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1998
Quest for Camelot
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1998
The Portrait of a Lady
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1996
Looking for Richard
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1996
The Leopard Son
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1996
Shine
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1996
DragonHeart
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1996
Haunted
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1995
First Knight
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1995
The Power of One
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1992
Shining Through
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1992
Prospero's Books
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1991
The Strauss Dynasty
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1991
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
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1990
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
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1988
Appointment with Death
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1988
The Whistle Blower
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1986
Plenty
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1985
Leave All Fair
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1985
The Shooting Party
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1985
Camille
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1984
The Master of Ballantrae
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1984
Scandalous
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1984
The Scarlet and the Black
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1983
Gandhi
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1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
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1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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1982
Priest of Love
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1981
Arthur
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1981
Chariots of Fire
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1981
Lion of the Desert
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1981
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
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1981
Sphinx
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1981
The Formula
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1980
The Elephant Man
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1980
The Human Factor
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1979
Caligula
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1979
Murder by Decree
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1979
Les Misérables
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1978
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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1977
Providence
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1977
Peter Pan
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1976