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John Gielgud

John GielgudAKA 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
    Conservatory: 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

    TELEVISION
    The Pallisers Host (1974)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Hamlet (23-Sep-1964)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Elizabeth (13-Sep-1998) · The Pope
    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) · Cecil Parkes
    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
    The Seven Dials Mystery (8-Mar-1981)
    Sphinx (11-Feb-1981)
    The Formula (19-Dec-1980)
    The Elephant Man (3-Oct-1980)
    Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (30-Mar-1980)
    The Conductor (27-Feb-1980)
    Lion of the Desert (1980) · El Gariani
    The Human Factor (18-Dec-1979)
    Caligula (14-Aug-1979) · Nerva
    Murder by Decree (1-Feb-1979) · The Prime Minister
    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) · Headmaster
    Edward the King (1-Apr-1975)
    Galileo (27-Jan-1975) · Old Cardinal
    Murder on the Orient Express (24-Nov-1974) · Beddoes
    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 Elder Pope
    The Charge of the Light Brigade (11-Apr-1968) · Lord Raglan
    Sebastian (24-Jan-1968)
    Assignment to Kill (1968)
    Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
    The Loved One (11-Oct-1965) · Sir Francis Hinsley
    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) · Barrett
    Around the World in Eighty Days (17-Oct-1956) · Foster
    Richard III (16-Apr-1955) · George, Duke of Clarence
    Romeo and Juliet (12-Nov-1954)
    Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1953) · Cassius
    The Prime Minister (4-Mar-1941) · Benjamin Disraeli
    Secret Agent (May-1936) · Edgar Brodie
    The Good Companions (28-Feb-1933)

Author of books:
Gielgud on Gielgud (2000)


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