| John Gielgud  AKA Arthur John Gielgud
Born: 14-Apr-1904
Birthplace: South Kensington, London, England
Died: 21-May-2000
Location of death: Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
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
University: 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
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Elizabeth (13-Sep-1998)
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)
Shine (15-Aug-1996)
Looking for Richard (5-Jul-1996) Himself
Gulliver's Travels (4-Feb-1996)
Haunted (30-Nov-1995)
First Knight (7-Jul-1995)
Scarlett (13-Nov-1994)
The Power of One (27-Mar-1992)
Shining Through (31-Jan-1992)
Prospero's Books (13-Sep-1991)
Getting It Right (5-May-1989)
War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (8-Jul-1988)
Appointment with Death (15-Apr-1988)
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
The Whistle Blower (Dec-1986)
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Plenty (10-Sep-1985)
The Shooting Party (Feb-1985)
The Far Pavilions (3-Jan-1984)
The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983)
The Scarlet and the Black (2-Feb-1983)
Gandhi (6-Dec-1982)
Inside the Third Reich (9-May-1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4-Feb-1982)
Brideshead Revisited (12-Oct-1981)
Arthur (17-Jul-1981)
Chariots of Fire (20-May-1981)
Sphinx (11-Feb-1981)
The Formula (19-Dec-1980)
The Elephant Man (3-Oct-1980)
Lion of the Desert (1980)
The Human Factor (1980)
Caligula (14-Aug-1979)
Murder by Decree (1-Feb-1979)
Les Miserables (27-Dec-1978)
Providence (25-Jan-1977)
Aces High (30-Sep-1976)
Edward the King (1-Apr-1975)
Murder on the Orient Express (24-Nov-1974)
11 Harrowhouse (2-Oct-1974)
Gold (7-Sep-1974)
QB VII (29-Apr-1974)
Frankenstein: The True Story (30-Nov-1973)
Lost Horizon (14-Mar-1973)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (14-Nov-1968)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (11-Apr-1968)
Sebastian (24-Jan-1968)
Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
The Loved One (11-Oct-1965)
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964) [VOICE]
Becket (11-Mar-1964)
Saint Joan (8-May-1957)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (16-Jan-1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days (17-Oct-1956)
Richard III (16-Apr-1955)
Romeo and Juliet (12-Nov-1954)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1953)
Secret Agent (May-1936)
Author of books:
Gielgud on Gielgud (2000, memoir)
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