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Biography

Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an Academy, Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winning stage, film and television actor. In his career he…more

Born

4/14/1904, South Kensington, London,England, UK

Died

5/21/2000

Birth Name

Arthur John Gielgud

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Brideshead Revisited
  Edward Ryder
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Twitch upon the Thread
    12/14/81
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Unseen Hook
    11/23/81
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sebastian Against the World
    11/2/81
  - S 1: Ep 2 Home and Abroad
    10/19/81
  - S 1: Ep 1 Et in Arcadia Ego
    10/12/81
- Play of the Month
  Captain Shotover
  - S 12: Ep 7 Heartbreak House
    5/19/77
- Play of the Month
  Lord Henry Wotton
  - S 12: Ep 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray
    9/19/76
- Edward the King
  Benjamin Disraeli
- Play of the Month
  The Inquisitor
  - S 4: Ep 1 St. Joan
    9/1/68
- Play of the Month
  Recurring Role
  - S 3: Ep 3 Romeo and Juliet
    12/3/67
  - S 15: Ep 4 The Critic
    8/23/82
  - S 5: Ep 5 In Good King Charles's Golden Days
    2/15/70
Guest Star (35)

Role
- Under the Hammer
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Fatal Attribution
    1/10/94
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  Percival Pyke Period
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hand in Glove
    1/10/94
- Lovejoy
  Lord Wakering
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Lost Colony
    12/27/93
- Inspector Morse
  Lord Hinksey
  - S 7: Ep 3 Twilight of the Gods
    1/20/93
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Duke de Charles
  - S 34: Ep 1 Camille
    12/11/84
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Lord Durrisdeer
  - S 33: Ep 2 The Master of Ballantrae
    1/31/84
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Charmolue
  - S 31: Ep 2 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    2/4/82
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Cyril Boggis
  - S 3: Ep 6 Parson's Pleasure
    11/30/80
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 14 Film 79 Episode 14
    10/15/79
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Jelks
  - S 1: Ep 6 Neck
    4/28/79
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  John of Gaunt
  - S 1: Ep 2 King Richard the Second
    12/10/78
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Chorus
  - S 1: Ep 1 Romeo and Juliet
    12/3/78
- Second City TV
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Crosswords
    12/16/76
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  narrated by
  - S 26: Ep 3 Peter Pan
    12/12/76
- Edward the King
  Disraeli
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dearest Prince
    5/13/75
- Edward the King
  Benjamin Disraeli
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Invisible Queen
    5/6/75
- Menace
  Frederick William Densham
  - S 2: Ep 7 Deliver Us From Evil
    5/3/73
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 William
    1/3/73
- Search
  Harold L. Streeter
  - S 1: Ep 0 Probe
    2/21/72
- Play for Today
  Harry
  - S 2: Ep 10 Home
    1/6/72
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself - Interviewee
  - S 5: Ep 28 Fifty Years On
    11/7/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 55 December 11, 1970
    12/11/70
- Camera Three
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 12 Backstage with Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud
    11/29/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 47 November 20, 1970
    11/20/70
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Ghost
  - S 20: Ep 1 Hamlet
    11/17/70
- Frost over America
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
    7/22/70
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 16 Acting Styles in the 20th Century
    5/25/69
  - S 22: Ep 15 Gwen: A Juliet Remembered
    10/7/88
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 33 Conversation at Night
    5/8/69
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Mayfly and the Frog
    12/21/66
- ABC Stage 67
  Rich Man
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
    9/14/66
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Host
  - S 3: Ep 11 Much Ado About Music
    3/17/61
- The Big Party
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 December 17, 1959
    12/17/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 44 "Spoleto, Festival" with Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell; Nora Kaye & Scott Douglas
    7/19/59
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Andrew Crocker-Harris
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Browning Version
    4/23/59
- This Is Show Business
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 22 1/21/1951
    1/21/51

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Trivia
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- In 2008, Sir John was featured in a show by photographer Simon Annand. The pictures included in the exhibition are of the 30 minutes before an actor steps on the stage in theatres. The picture of Sir John Gielgud is for moments before his last ever stage performance at London's Apollo Theatre.
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- John co-wrote the book Acting Shakespeare, with John Miller.
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- John was made a Companion of Honour in 1977.
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Quotes
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- John: Like all professions acting has terrible drawbacks. It can be fearfully boring, fearfully unglamorous...But what is fun about the theatre is that we get our prizes while we are alive to enjoy them. We have the pleasure of the audience's reaction, we have the applause, we have the publicity, we have the tribute and the honours and whatever it may be. Much more than we probably deserve.
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