| John Gielgud  AKA Arthur John Gielgud
Born: 14-Apr-1904
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 21-May-2000
Location of death: Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Actor Nationality: England
Executive summary: Prospero's Books Father: Frank Gielgud
Mother: Kate Terry
Boyfriend: Martin Hensler (d. 1999)
High School: Westminster School
University: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London
Garrick Club
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1982 for Arthur
Golden Globe 1982 for Arthur
Golden Globe 1989 for War and Remembrance
Emmy 1991 for Summer's Lease
Tony 1959 Special, for Ages of Man
Tony 1961 for Big Fish, Little Fish
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 1986
Knight of the British Empire 1953
Solicitation 1953
Lithuanian Ancestry Paternal
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Elizabeth (13-Sep-1998)
The Tichborne Claimant (Aug-1998)
Quest for Camelot (15-May-1998) [VOICE]
Merlin (26-Apr-1998)
Hamlet (25-Dec-1996)
The Portrait of a Lady (18-Oct-1996)
The Leopard Sun (27-Sep-1996) · Narrator [VOICE]
Shine (15-Aug-1996)
Looking for Richard (5-Jul-1996) · Himself
Gulliver's Travels (4-Feb-1996)
Haunted (30-Nov-1995)
First Knight (7-Jul-1995) · Oswald
Scarlett (13-Nov-1994)
The Power of One (27-Mar-1992)
Shining Through (31-Jan-1992)
Prospero's Books (13-Sep-1991)
Strike It Rich (26-Jan-1990)
Getting It Right (5-May-1989)
War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (8-Jul-1988) · Hobson
Appointment with Death (15-Apr-1988)
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
The Whistle Blower (29-May-1987) · Sir Adrian Chapple
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Leave All Fair (Oct-1985)
Plenty (10-Sep-1985)
The Shooting Party (Feb-1985)
Camille (11-Dec-1984)
Scandalous (20-Jan-1984)
The Far Pavilions (3-Jan-1984)
Wagner (Dec-1983)
The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983)
The Scarlet and the Black (2-Feb-1983)
Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
Gandhi (6-Dec-1982) · Lord Irwin
Inside the Third Reich (9-May-1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4-Feb-1982)
Brideshead Revisited (12-Oct-1981)
Priest of Love (11-Oct-1981)
Arthur (17-Jul-1981) · Hobson
Chariots of Fire (20-May-1981) · Master of Trinity
Sphinx (11-Feb-1981)
The Formula (19-Dec-1980)
The Elephant Man (3-Oct-1980)
The Conductor (27-Feb-1980)
Lion of the Desert (1980)
The Human Factor (18-Dec-1979)
Caligula (14-Aug-1979)
Murder by Decree (1-Feb-1979)
Les Miserables (27-Dec-1978)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Sep-1977)
Joseph Andrews (9-Mar-1977)
Providence (25-Jan-1977)
Aces High (30-Sep-1976)
Edward the King (1-Apr-1975)
Galileo (27-Jan-1975) · Old Cardinal
Murder on the Orient Express (24-Nov-1974)
11 Harrowhouse (2-Oct-1974) · Meecham
Gold (7-Sep-1974)
Frankenstein: The True Story (30-Nov-1973)
Lost Horizon (14-Mar-1973)
Eagle in a Cage (9-Jan-1972)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (14-Nov-1968)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (11-Apr-1968)
Sebastian (24-Jan-1968)
Assignment to Kill (1968)
Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
The Loved One (11-Oct-1965)
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964) [VOICE]
Becket (11-Mar-1964)
To Die in Madrid (18-Apr-1963) · Narrator [VOICE]
Saint Joan (8-May-1957) · Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (16-Jan-1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days (17-Oct-1956) · Foster
Richard III (16-Apr-1955)
Romeo and Juliet (12-Nov-1954)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1953)
The Prime Minister (4-Mar-1941)
Secret Agent (May-1936) · Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions (28-Feb-1933)
Author of books:
Gielgud on Gielgud (2000, memoir)
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