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John Gielgud

1904–2000 · British actor and theatre director

Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director. With his contemporaries Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, his career spanned eight decades. 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), Gielgud worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare from 1929 to 1931.

John Gielgud, in order

  1. 1924 Who Is the Man?: acted · directed by Walter Summers
  2. 1929 The Clue of the New Pin: acted · directed by Arthur Maude
  3. 1933 The Good Companions: acted · directed by Victor Saville
  4. 1936 Secret Agent: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 84%, audiences 47% · streaming on Hoopla, Fawesome, Tubi
  5. 1941 An Airman's Letter to His Mother (short film): acted · directed by Michael Powell
  6. 1941 The Prime Minister: acted · directed by Thorold Dickinson
  7. 1945 A Diary for Timothy: acted · directed by Humphrey Jennings
  8. 1953 Julius Caesar: acted · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · critics 97%, audiences 80% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
  9. 1954 Romeo and Juliet: acted · directed by Renato Castellani
  10. 1955 Richard III: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
  11. 1956 Around the World in 80 Days: acted · directed by John Farrow and Michael Anderson · critics 72%, audiences 57% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
  12. 1957 Saint Joan: acted · directed by Otto Preminger
  13. 1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street: acted · directed by Sidney Franklin
  14. 1964 Becket: acted · directed by Peter Glenville
  15. 1964 Richard Burton's Hamlet: directed, acted
  16. 1965 Chimes at Midnight: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 96%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  17. 1965 The Loved One: acted · directed by Tony Richardson · critics 50%, audiences 77%
  18. 1966 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie): acted · directed by Jonathan Miller
  19. 1968 Assignment to Kill: acted · directed by Sheldon Reynolds
  20. 1968 Sebastian: acted · directed by David Greene
  21. 1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade: acted · directed by Tony Richardson
  22. 1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman: acted · directed by Michael Anderson · critics 43%, audiences 75%
  23. 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough
  24. 1970 Julius Caesar: acted · directed by Stuart Burge
  25. 1972 Eagle in a Cage: acted · directed by Fielder Cook · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
  26. 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie): acted · directed by Jack Smight
  27. 1973 Lost Horizon: acted · directed by Charles Jarrott · critics 14%, audiences 48% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  28. 1974 11 Harrowhouse: acted · directed by Aram Avakian
  29. 1974 Gold: acted · directed by Peter R. Hunt
  30. 1974 Murder on the Orient Express: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 89%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
  31. 1975 Edward the Seventh (TV series): acted · directed by John Gorrie
  32. 1975 Galileo: acted · directed by Joseph Losey
  33. 1975 Shades of Greene (TV series): acted
  34. 1976 Aces High: acted · directed by Jack Gold · audiences 67% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Fawesome, Tubi
  35. 1976 The Picture of Dorian Gray (TV movie): acted · directed by John Gorrie
  36. 1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: acted · directed by Joseph Strick
  37. 1977 Joseph Andrews: acted · directed by Tony Richardson
  38. 1977 Providence: acted · directed by Alain Resnais
  39. 1978 Les Misérables (TV movie): acted · directed by Glenn Jordan
  40. 1979 Caligula: acted · directed by Bob Guccione and Tinto Brass
  41. 1979 Murder by Decree: acted · directed by Bob Clark
  42. 1979 The Human Factor: acted · directed by Otto Preminger
  43. 1980 Lion of the Desert: acted · directed by Moustapha Akkad
  44. 1980 The Elephant Man: acted · directed by David Lynch
  45. 1980 The Formula: acted · directed by John G. Avildsen
  46. 1980 The Orchestra Conductor: acted · directed by Andrzej Wajda
  47. 1981 Arthur: acted · directed by Steve Gordon
  48. 1981 Brideshead Revisited (TV series): acted · directed by Charles Sturridge and John Mortimer
  49. 1981 Chariots of Fire: acted · directed by Hugh Hudson
  50. 1981 Priest of Love: acted · directed by Christopher Miles
  51. 1981 Sphinx: acted · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
  52. 1981 The Seven Dials Mystery (TV movie): acted · directed by Tony Wharmby
  53. 1982 Gandhi: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough · critics 89%, audiences 92% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  54. 1982 Marco Polo: acted · directed by Giuliano Montaldo
  55. 1983 The Scarlet and the Black (TV movie): acted · directed by Jerry London
  56. 1983 The Wicked Lady: acted · directed by Michael Winner
  57. 1983 Wagner (TV movie): acted · directed by Tony Palmer
  58. 1984 Camille (TV movie): acted · directed by Desmond Davis · audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Plex
  59. 1984 Scandalous: acted · directed by Rob Cohen
  60. 1984 The Far Pavillions (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Duffell
  61. 1984 The Master of Ballantrae (TV movie): acted · directed by Douglas Hickox
  62. 1985 Leave All Fair: acted · directed by John Reid
  63. 1985 Plenty: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 56%, audiences 51%
  64. 1985 Romance on the Orient Express (TV movie): acted · directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark
  65. 1985 The Shooting Party: acted · directed by Alan Bridges
  66. 1986 The Canterville Ghost (TV movie): acted · directed by Paul Bogart
  67. 1986 The Whistle Blower: acted · directed by Simon Langton
  68. 1987 Quartermaine's Terms: acted · directed by Bill Hays
  69. 1988 A Man for All Seasons (TV movie): acted · directed by Charlton Heston
  70. 1988 Appointment with Death: acted · directed by Michael Winner
  71. 1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks: acted · directed by Bud Yorkin
  72. 1989 A TV Dante: acted · directed by Peter Greenaway
  73. 1989 Getting It Right: acted · directed by Randal Kleiser
  74. 1989 Summer's Lease (TV series): acted · directed by Martyn Friend
  75. 1991 Prospero's Books: acted · directed by Peter Greenaway
  76. 1991 The Best of Friends: acted · directed by Alvin Rakoff
  77. 1992 Shining Through: acted · directed by David Seltzer · critics 38%, audiences 71%
  78. 1992 Swan Song (short film): acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
  79. 1992 The Power of One: acted · directed by John G. Avildsen · critics 38%, audiences 87%
  80. 1995 First Knight: acted · directed by Jerry Zucker · critics 43%, audiences 54% · streaming on Philo, Tubi
  81. 1995 Haunted: acted · directed by Lewis Gilbert
  82. 1996 Dragonheart: acted · directed by Rob Cohen · critics 45%, audiences 60%
  83. 1996 Hamlet: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
  84. 1996 Looking for Richard: acted · directed by Al Pacino
  85. 1996 Shine: acted · directed by Scott Hicks
  86. 1996 The Portrait of a Lady: acted · directed by Jane Campion · critics 48%, audiences 51%
  87. 1998 Elizabeth: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur · critics 85%, audiences 86%
  88. 1998 Merlin (TV series): acted · directed by Steve Barron