| John Gielgud  AKA Arthur John Gielgud
Born: 14-Apr-1904
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 21-May-2000
Location of death: Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated
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
Conservatory: 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
TELEVISION
The Pallisers Host (1974)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Elizabeth (13-Sep-1998) · The Pope
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)
The Leopard Sun (27-Sep-1996) · Narrator [VOICE]
Shine (15-Aug-1996) · Cecil Parkes
Looking for Richard (5-Jul-1996) · Himself
Gulliver's Travels (4-Feb-1996)
Haunted (30-Nov-1995)
First Knight (7-Jul-1995) · Oswald
Scarlett (13-Nov-1994)
The Power of One (27-Mar-1992)
Shining Through (31-Jan-1992)
Prospero's Books (13-Sep-1991)
Strike It Rich (26-Jan-1990)
Getting It Right (5-May-1989)
War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (8-Jul-1988) · Hobson
Appointment with Death (15-Apr-1988)
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
The Whistle Blower (29-May-1987) · Sir Adrian Chapple
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Leave All Fair (Oct-1985)
Plenty (10-Sep-1985)
The Shooting Party (Feb-1985)
Camille (11-Dec-1984)
Scandalous (20-Jan-1984)
The Far Pavilions (3-Jan-1984)
Wagner (Dec-1983)
The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983)
The Scarlet and the Black (2-Feb-1983)
Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
Gandhi (6-Dec-1982) · Lord Irwin
Inside the Third Reich (9-May-1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4-Feb-1982)
Brideshead Revisited (12-Oct-1981)
Priest of Love (11-Oct-1981)
Arthur (17-Jul-1981) · Hobson
Chariots of Fire (20-May-1981) · Master of Trinity
The Seven Dials Mystery (8-Mar-1981)
Sphinx (11-Feb-1981)
The Formula (19-Dec-1980)
The Elephant Man (3-Oct-1980)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (30-Mar-1980)
The Conductor (27-Feb-1980)
Lion of the Desert (1980) · El Gariani
The Human Factor (18-Dec-1979)
Caligula (14-Aug-1979) · Nerva
Murder by Decree (1-Feb-1979) · The Prime Minister
Les Miserables (27-Dec-1978)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Sep-1977)
Joseph Andrews (9-Mar-1977)
Providence (25-Jan-1977)
Aces High (30-Sep-1976) · Headmaster
Edward the King (1-Apr-1975)
Galileo (27-Jan-1975) · Old Cardinal
Murder on the Orient Express (24-Nov-1974) · Beddoes
11 Harrowhouse (2-Oct-1974) · Meecham
Gold (7-Sep-1974)
Frankenstein: The True Story (30-Nov-1973)
Lost Horizon (14-Mar-1973)
Eagle in a Cage (9-Jan-1972)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (14-Nov-1968) · The Elder Pope
The Charge of the Light Brigade (11-Apr-1968) · Lord Raglan
Sebastian (24-Jan-1968)
Assignment to Kill (1968)
Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
The Loved One (11-Oct-1965) · Sir Francis Hinsley
Hamlet (23-Sep-1964) [VOICE]
Becket (11-Mar-1964)
To Die in Madrid (18-Apr-1963) · Narrator [VOICE]
Saint Joan (8-May-1957) · Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (16-Jan-1957) · Barrett
Around the World in Eighty Days (17-Oct-1956) · Foster
Richard III (16-Apr-1955) · George, Duke of Clarence
Romeo and Juliet (12-Nov-1954)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1953) · Cassius
The Prime Minister (4-Mar-1941) · Benjamin Disraeli
Secret Agent (May-1936) · Edgar Brodie
The Good Companions (28-Feb-1933)
Author of books:
Gielgud on Gielgud (2000)
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