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John Gielgud

English
Filmography

11 Harrowhouse

1974
as Meecham

A Diary for Timothy

1945
as Hamlet

A Man for All Seasons

1988
as Cardinal Wolsey

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1977
as The Preacher

A TV Dante

1990
as Virgil

Aces High

1976
as Headmaster

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981
as Marquis of Caterhan

Age of man

1966
as Himself

Alice in Wonderland

1966
as Mock Turtle

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

1941
as Narrator

An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa

1987
as John Gielgud

Appointment with Death

1988
as Colonel Carbury

Around the World in 80 Days

1956
as Foster

Arthur

1981
as Hobson

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988
as Hobson

Assignment to Kill

1968
as Curt Valayan

Becket

1964
as King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

Caligula

1979
as Nerva

Camille

1984
as Duke de Charles

Catastrophe

2000
as The Protagonist

Chariots of Fire

1981
as Master of Trinity

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
as The Protagonist

Chimes at Midnight

1965
as Henry IV

David

1997
as Stimme Gottes

Dynastie Straussů

1991
as Drechsler

Eagle in a Cage

1972
as Lord Sissal

Elizabeth

1998
as The Pope

First Knight

1995
as Oswald

Frankenstein

1984
as Blind Hermit

Frankenstein: The True Story

1973
as Chief Constable

Galileo

1975
as The Old Cardinal

Gandhi

1982
as Lord Irwin

Getting It Right

1989
as Sir Gordon Munday

Gold

1974
as Farrell

Hamlet

1996
as Priam

Hamlet

1964
as Ghost (voice)

Haunted

1995
as Doctor Doyle

Heartbreak House

1977
as Captain Shotover

Inside the Third Reich

1982
as Albert Speer Sr.

Invitation to the Wedding

1983
as Reverend Clyde Ormiston

Julius Caesar

1970
as Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953
as Cassius

Leave All Fair

1985
as John Middleton Murry

Les Misérables

1978
as Gillenormand

Lion of the Desert

1981
as Sharif El Gariani

Looking for Richard

1996
as Himself/Interview

Lost Horizon

1973
as Chang

Marco Polo

1982

Merlin (1998)

1998
as King Constant

Murder by Decree

1979
as Prime Minister Lord Salisbury

Murder on the Orient Express

1974
as Mr. Beddoes

Never Apologize

2007
as John Gielgud

Oedipus the King

1986
as Teiresias

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Penthouse: On the Wild Side

1989
as Self playing Nerva

Peter Pan

1976
as Narrator

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

2016
as John Gielgud

Plenty

1985
as Sir Leonard Darwin

Priest of Love

1981
as Herbert G. Muskett

Probe

1972
as Harold L. Streeter

Prospero's Books

1991
as Prospero

Providence

1977
as Clive Langham

Quartermaine's Terms

1987
as Eddie

Quest for Camelot

1998
as Merlin (voice)

Richard III

1955
as George, Duke of Clarence

Romance on the Orient Express

1985
as Theodore Woodward

Romeo and Juliet

1954
as Chorus

Révolution d'octobre

1967
as Narrator

Saint Joan

1957
as Earl of Warwick

Scandalous

1984
as Uncle Willie

Scarlett

1994
as uncle Robillard

Sebastian

1968
as Head of Intelligence

Secret Agent

1936
as Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden

Shine

1996
as Cecil Parkes

Shining Through

1992
as Sunflower

Sphinx

1981
as Abdu-Hamdi

Strike It Rich

1990
as Herbert Dreuther

Summer's Lease

1989
as Haverford Downs

Sunshine in Soho

1956
as John Gielgud

Swan Song

1992

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957
as Edward Moulton-Barrett

The Best of Friends

1991
as Sydney Cockerell

The Canterville Ghost

1986
as Sir Simon de Canterville

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968
as Lord Raglan

The Cherry Orchard

1962
as Gaev

The Clue of the New Pin

1929
as Rex Trasmere

The Conductor

1980
as John Lasocki

The Elephant Man

1980
as Carr Gomm

The Formula

1980
as Dr. Abraham Esau, Director Reich Energy

The Good Companions

1933
as Inigo Jollifant

The Harvest of Sorrow

1998
as Sergei Rachmaninoff

The Human Factor

1979
as Brigadier Tomlinson

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982
as Charmolue

The Leopard Son

1996
as Narrator

The Loved One

1965
as Sir Francis Hinsley

The Master of Ballantrae

1984
as Lord Durrisdeer

The Mayfly and the Frog

1966
as Gabriel Quantara

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976
as Lord Henry Wotton

The Portrait of a Lady

1996
as Mr. Touchett

The Power of One

1992
as St. john

The Scarlet and the Black

1983
as Pope Pius XII

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968
as The Elder pope

The Shooting Party

1985
as Cornelius Cardew

The South Bank Show: Noel Coward

1992
as Self - Actor

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995
as John Gielgud

The Tichborne Claimant

1998
as Cockburn

The Whistle Blower

1986
as Sir Adrian Chappie

The Wicked Lady

1983
as Hogarth

To Die in Madrid

1963
as Narrator (English version) (voice)

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990
as John Gielgud

Who Is the Man?

1924
as Daniel

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980
as Reverend Jones

Director

Movie Hamlet 1964

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Gielgud 		1981
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Gielgud 		1980
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Gielgud, David Frye, Buffalo Bob Smith, Ramsey Clark, Howdy Doody 		1971
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Lauren Bacall, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Richard Attenborough 		1971
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
Neck 		1979
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
Parson's Pleasure 		1980
Episode Performance
Summer Day's Dream 		1994
Episode Lovejoy
The Lost Colony 		1993