John Gielgud

Filmography

• Edmund Kean

  cast member

• The Emperor's New Clothes

  reader

• 2016

  Trouser Bar

  Written by

• 2004

  Gielgud at the BBC

  [Subject of Film]

• 2000

  Theatre Games/Sir John Gielgud

  cast member
  on-screen participant

• 2000

  Catastrophe

  Protagonist

• 2000

  Changing Stages[05/11/2000]

  on-screen participant

• 1999

  Sergei Rachmaninov Memories

  narrator

• 1999

  The Tichborne Claimant

  Lord Chief Justice Cockburn

• 1998

  Merlin

  King Constant

• 1998

  Quest for Camelot

  voice of Merlin

• 1998

  Elizabeth

  Pope Pius V, the Pope

• 1998

  The Noël Coward Trilogy The Boy Actor

  interviewee

• 1998

  The Noël Coward Trilogy Captain Coward

  interviewee

• 1997

  Upstairs Downstairs

  Thanks to

• 1997

  A Dance to the Music of Time Film One: The Twenties

  St. John Clarke

• 1997

  Shine

  Professor Cecil Parkes

• 1997

  The Portrait of a Lady

  Mr Touchett

• 1997

  Hamlet

  Priam

• 1997

  My Funny Valentine

  Special kind thanks to

• 1996

  The Leopard Son

  narrator

• 1996

  Dragonheart

  [voice of King Arthur]

• 1996

  Gulliver's Travels

  Professor of sunlight

• 1996

  Looking for Richard

  Interviewee

• 1995

  Trial by Pilate

  narrator

• 1995

  The Last Supper

  narrator

• 1995

  The Crucifixion

  narrator

• 1995

  Triumphal Entry

  narrator

• 1995

  The Agony in the Garden

  narrator

• 1995

  Prediction of the Destruction of Jerusalem

  narrator

• 1995

  The Resurrection

  narrator

• 1995

  Haunted

  Dr Doyle

• 1995

  First Knight

  Oswald

• 1995

  Opportunity Lost

  interviewee

• 1994

  Gielgud Scenes from Nine Decades

  [Subject of Film]
  interviewee

• 1994

  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  narrator

• 1994

  A Summer Day's Dream

  Stephen Dawlish

• 1994

  The Fatal Attribution

  Hugo Lunt

• 1994

  Scarlett

  cast member

• 1994

  Hand in Glove

  Percival Pyke Period

• 1993

  Gielgud Looks Back

  [Subject of Film]

• 1993

  The Twilight of the Gods

  cast member

• 1993

  The Lost Colony

  cast member

• 1993

  The Last Wave

  interviewee

• 1993

  Wanted

  Thanks

• 1992

  Swan Song

  Svetlovidov

• 1992

  La PUISSANCE DE L'ANGE

  Headmaster St. John

• 1992

  Shining Through

  Konrad Friedrichs, 'Sunflower'

• 1992

  Noel Coward: A Profile

  on-screen participant

• 1991

  Prospero's Books

  Prospero

• 1991

  The Best of Friends

  Sir Sydney Cockerell

• 1991

  A Tribute to Dame Peggy Ashcroft

  on-screen participant

• 1990

  Hindemith - A Pilgrim's Progress

  narrator

• 1990

  A TV Dante[31/07/90]: Cantos 5 and 6

  Virgil

• 1990

  A TV Dante[29/07/90]: Cantos 1 and 2

  Virgil

• 1990

  A TV Dante[30/07/90]: Cantos 3 and 4

  Virgil

• 1990

  A TV Dante[01/08/90]: Cantos 7 and 8

  Virgil

• 1990

  Vivien Leigh Scarlett and Beyond

  interviewee

• 1990

  The Conclusion

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1990

  The Final Chapter - Part 4

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1990

  The Final Chapter - Part 1

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1990

  The Final Chapter - Part 2

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1990

  The Final Chapter - Part 3

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1990

  Coral Browne Caviar to the General

  interviewee

• 1989

  Where the Water Goes

  cast member

• 1989

  A Battlefield

  cast member

• 1989

  Villa to Let

  cast member

• 1989

  The Urbino Trail

  cast member

• 1989

  A TV Dante The Inferno: Cantos I-viii

  Virgil

• 1989

  Money Talks

  Dreuther

• 1989

  Getting It Right

  Sir Gordon Munday

• 1989

  Hamlet - Insert

  Hamlet (1944)

• 1989

  Hamlet

  Hamlet (1944)

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[04/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[10/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[11/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[17/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[18/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[24/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  War and Remembrance[03/09/89]

  Aaron Jastrow

• 1989

  Laurence Olivier - A Service of Thanksgiving from Westminster Abbey

  reading

• 1988

  Early Stages

  [Subject of Film]
  interviewee

• 1988

  Late Stages

  [Subject of Film]

• 1988

  A Man for All Seasons

  Cardinal Wolsey

• 1988

  Arthur 2 On the Rocks

  Hobson

• 1988

  Appointment with Death

  Colonel Carbury

• 1988

  In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

  cast member

• 1988

  Gwen : A Juliet Remembered

  cast member

• 1987

  The Offshore Island

  narrator

• 1987

  BARBABLU BARBABLU

  cast member

• 1987

  Quartermaine's Terms

  Eddie Loomis

• 1986

  Time after Time

  Jasper Swift

• 1986

  Oedipus the King

  Teiresias

• 1986

  The Whistle Blower

  Sir Adrian Chapple

• 1986

  Antigone

  Teiresias

• 1986

  MARCO POLO [PART 2]

  Doge of Venice

• 1986

  The Canterville Ghost

  Sir Simon de Canterville

• 1986

  British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 17-19 John Gielgud Interview

  Interviewee

• 1986

  British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 20 John Gielgud Interview

  Interviewee

• 1986

  British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 21 John Gielgud Interview

  Interviewee

• 1986

  British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 22 John Gielgud Interview

  Interviewee

• 1986

  A Marriage of Convenience

  on-screen participant

• 1986

  John Gielgud

  interviewee

• 1985

  Leave all Fair

  cast member

• 1985

  Plenty

  Sir Leonard Darwin

• 1985

  Romance on the Orient Express

  Mr Woodward

• 1985

  A Kingdom for a Stage

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Old English

  presenter

• 1984

  Chaucer 1340-1400

  presenter

• 1984

  Medieval to Elizabethan 1400-1600

  presenter

• 1984

  Shakespeare 1564-1616

  presenter

• 1984

  Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

  presenter

• 1984

  Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

  presenter

• 1984

  Chaucer to Ted Hughes

  presenter

• 1984

  Milton 1608-1674

  presenter

• 1984

  Young Romantics 1800-1824

  presenter
  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Richard Strauss Remembered

  narrator

• 1984

  Ingrid

  narrator

• 1984

  Scandalous

  Uncle Willie

• 1984

  The Master of Ballantrae

  Lord Durrisdeer

• 1984

  Camille

  cast member

• 1984

  The Master of Ballantrae Episode Three

  Lord Durrisdeer

• 1984

  The Shooting Party

  Cornelius Cardew

• 1984

  Frankenstein

  De Lacey

• 1984

  The Far Pavilions Episode 1 Return to India

  cast member

• 1984

  The Far Pavilions Episode 2 Journey to Bhilhor

  cast member

• 1984

  The Far Pavilions Episode 3 Wally and Anjuli

  cast member

• 1984

  Later Twentieth Century 1934-1984

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  William Wordsworth 1770-1850

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Victorians 1837-1901

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  American Pioneers 1849-1910

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Romantics and Realists 1870-1920

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Earlier Twentieth Century 1914-1939

  on-screen participant

• 1984

  Makers of Magic

  on-screen participant

• 1983

  Wagner

  [Narrator of Cinema Version]
  Pfistermeister

• 1983

  Invitation to the Wedding

  Clyde Ormiston

• 1983

  The Wicked Lady

  Hogarth

• 1983

  The Scarlet and the Black

  Pope Pius XII

• 1983

  Old Vic

  on-screen participant

• 1982

  The Critic

  Lord Burleigh

• 1982

  Inside the Third Reich

  Albert Speer Sr

• 1982

  Laurence Olivier - A Life

  cast member

• 1982

  Gandhi

  Lord Irwin

• 1982

  Hunchback of Notre Dame

  cast member

• 1982

  Priest of Love

  Herbert G. Muskett

• 1981

  Faure Requiem

  presenter

• 1981

  Arthur

  Hobson

• 1981

  Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

  Marquis of Caterham

• 1981

  Chariots of Fire

  Master of Trinity

• 1981

  A Twitch upon the Thread Episode 10

  Edward Ryder

• 1981

  Home and Abroad Episode 2

  Edward Ryder

• 1981

  Sebastian against the World Episode 4

  Edward Ryder

• 1981

  The Unseen Hook Episode 7

  Edward Ryder

• 1981

  Et in Arcadia Ego Episode 1

  Edward Ryder

• 1981

  Parrots, Bees, Ducks and Finches

  on-screen participant

• 1981

  Paperbacks[29/04/81]

  interviewee

• 1980

  Technicolour and Technology 1914-1979

  presenter

• 1980

  A Tapestry of Herbs and Roses to 1660;

  presenter

• 1980

  A Pattern for Pleasure - 1660-1725

  presenter

• 1980

  A Temple in a Grove - 1725-1755

  presenter

• 1980

  The Lake in the Landscape - 1755-1785

  presenter

• 1980

  The Picturesque Paradise - 1785-1840

  presenter

• 1980

  Perfectly Dazzling - 1840-1914

  presenter

• 1980

  Technicolor and Technology - 1914 Onward

  presenter

• 1980

  Soul of a Nation

  narrator

• 1980

  Every Night Something Atrocious

  cast member

• 1980

  Parson's Pleasure

  Cyril Boggis

• 1980

  The Formula

  Dr. Abraham Esau

• 1980

  The Elephant Man

  Carr Gomm

• 1980

  Sphinx

  Abdu Hamdi

• 1980

  Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  Reverend Thomas Jones

• 1980

  Lion of the Desert

  Sharif El Gariani

• 1980

  Murder by Decree

  Lord Salisbury, The Prime Minister

• 1980

  Jack Hawkins

  interviewee

• 1979

  BUDDENBROOKS

  Narrator [Elv]

• 1979

  DYRYGENT

  Jan Lasocki

• 1979

  Neck

  Jelks

• 1979

  The Human Factor

  Brigadier Tomlinson

• 1979

  Caligula

  Nerva

• 1978

  No Man's Land

  Spooner

• 1978

  Richard II

  John of Gaunt

• 1978

  Carols at Kings

  cast member

• 1978

  Les Miserables

  Gillenormand

• 1978

  Romeo and Juliet

  cast member

• 1977

  Fall in, the Stars

  cast member

• 1977

  The Grand Inquisitor

  The Grand Inquisitor

• 1977

  Heartbreak House

  Captain Shotover

• 1977

  A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

  the preacher

• 1977

  Joseph Andrews

  the doctor

• 1977

  Pure Radio

  radio extracts

• 1977

  Providence

  Clive Langham

• 1977

  Night of 100 Stars

  on-screen participant

• 1976

  Russell Harty[06/02/76]

  cast member

• 1976

  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Lord Henry Wotton

• 1976

  The Gift of the Magna Carter

  cast member

• 1976

  Aces High

  headmaster

• 1976

  Your National Theatre

  on-screen participant

• 1975

  Special Duties

  Mr Ferraro

• 1975

  Murder on the Orient Express

  Beddoes

• 1975

  The Invisible Queen

  Benjamin Disraeli

• 1975

  Dearest Prince

  Benjamin Disraeli

• 1974

  11 Harrowhouse

  Meecham

• 1974

  Gold

  Farrell

• 1974

  Galileo

  old cardinal

• 1973

  This Is Noel Coward

  narrator

• 1973

  Aquarius[08/12/73]

  cast member

• 1973

  Deliver Us from Evil

  Frederick William Densham

• 1973

  Frankenstein: The True Story

  Chief Constable

• 1972

  Home

  Harry

• 1972

  Probe

  cast member

• 1972

  Lost Horizon

  Chang

• 1971

  Home

  cast member

• 1971

  Carol Channing's Mad English Tea Party

  cast member

• 1970

  The Spirit of the Renaissance

  narrator

• 1970

  Julius Caesar

  Julius Caesar

• 1970

  Eagle in a Cage

  Lord Sissal

• 1970

  Hamlet

  The Ghost

• 1969

  Conversation at Night

  the writer

• 1969

  Oh! What a Lovely War

  Count Berchtold

• 1969

  The Actor's Changing Face Acting Styles in the 20th Century

  on-screen participant

• 1968

  The Charge of the Light Brigade

  Lord Raglan

• 1968

  Sebastian

  Head of Intelligence

• 1968

  From Chekhov with Love

  Anton Chekhov

• 1968

  The Shoes of the Fisherman

  First Pope

• 1968

  St. Joan

  The Inquisitor

• 1967

  REVOLUTION D'OCTOBRE

  commentator
  narrator

• 1967

  Romeo and Juliet

  prologue spoken by

• 1967

  Assignment to Kill

  Curt Valayan

• 1966

  The Mayfly and the Frog

  Gabriel Quantara

• 1966

  CAMPANADAS A MEDIANOCHE

  King Henry IV

• 1966

  Alice in Wonderland

  Mock Turtle

• 1965

  Becket

  King Louis VII

• 1965

  TREASURE ISLAND

  Squire Trelawney [cast only]

• 1965

  The Loved One

  Sir Francis Hinsley

• 1964

  Hamlet

  For the Stage: Stage Production
  Voice of the Ghost

• 1964

  John Gielgud Home Movies

  on-screen participant

• 1963

  The Rehearsal

  the count

• 1962

  The Cherry Orchard

  Adapted for the Stage by
  Leonid Andreyevich Gaev

• 1962

  MOURIR À MADRID

  English language narrator

• 1959

  The Browning Version

  cast member

• 1959

  A Day by the Sea

  Julian Anson

• 1958

  Greece the Immortal Land

  voice

• 1957

  Saint Joan

  the Earl of Warwick

• 1957

  Salute to Show Business

  on-screen participant

• 1956

  The Barretts of Wimpole Street

  Barrett

• 1956

  Richard III

  George, Duke of Clarence

• 1956

  Around the World in Eighty Days

  Foster, ex-employee of Fogg

• 1956

  Sunshine in Soho

  on-screen participant

• 1955

  The Importance of Being Earnest

  John Worthing

• 1954

  Romeo and Juliet

  The Prologe

• 1953

  Julius Caesar

  Cassius

• 1946

  A Diary for Timothy

  on-screen participant

• 1944

  Unfinished Journey

  commentator

• 1941

  An Airman's Letter to His Mother

  narrator

• 1941

  The Prime Minister

  Benjamin Disraeli

• 1937

  Heredity in Man

  on-screen participant

• 1936

  Secret Agent

  Richard Ashenden/Captain Edgar Brodie

• 1935

  Full Fathom Five

  voice

• 1933

  The Good Companions

  Inigo Jollifant

• 1932

  Insult

  Henri Dubois

• 1929

  The Clue of the New Pin

  Rex Trasmere

• 1925

  Who Is the Man?

  cast member

• 1924

  Living Paintings (Romeo and Juliet)

  Romeo