John Gielgud
Current Interest
1.2
Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Based on 78 rated titles
Title
Year
Pulse
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Beddoes
1974
53.8
Caligula
as Nerva
1979
52.8
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
1980
52.7
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
1981
51.4
Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
1982
51.3
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996
48.7
Quest for Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
1998
47.5
First Knight
as Oswald
1995
47.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Foster
1956
46.1
Haunted
as Dr Henry Doyle
1995
44.9
Hamlet
as Priam
1996
44.6
Arthur
as Hobson
1981
44.4
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
1996
41.2
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mr. Touchett
1996
40.5
Appointment with Death
as Colonel Carbury
1988
39.5
The Power of One
as St. John
1992
39.4
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
1964
38.6
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
1965
37.8
Shining Through
as Sunflower
1992
36.8
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
1953
36.8
Lion Of The Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
1981
35.7
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Raglan
1968
35.6
The Scarlet and the Black
as Pope Pius XII
1983
33.6
Murder by Decree
as Prime Minister
1979
33.1
Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
1965
31.6
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
31.0
The Human Factor
as Brigadier Tomlinson
1979
29.1
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Hobson
1988
28.5
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
1996
28.0
Lost Horizon
as Chang
1973
27.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1969
26.8
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
1991
26.0
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Elder Pope
1968
24.9
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
2018
24.7
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
1981
24.5
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
23.0
Gold
as Farrell
1974
22.8
Elizabeth
as The Pope
1998
22.2
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Chief Constable
1974
22.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
1982
21.3
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
1978
20.7
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
1970
20.5
The Wicked Lady
as Hogarth
1983
20.3
Aces High
as Headmaster
1976
18.8
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1936
15.5
Providence
as Clive Langham
1977
15.5
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Marquis of Caterhan
1981
14.8
A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
1988
14.3
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
1957
13.6
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
13.4
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Reverend Jones
1980
13.1
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
12.9
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
1954
11.2
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
1974
9.9
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
2001
8.6
The Shooting Party
as Cornelius Cardew
1985
8.4
Camille
as Duke de Charles
1984
8.2
Peter Pan
as Narrator
1976
8.0
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
1978
7.9
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
1981
6.8
The Master of Ballantrae
as Lord Durrisdeer
1984
5.8
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
1989
5.4
Merlin
as King Constant
1998
5.0
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
1968
4.3
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
4.2
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
1968
4.2
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
1975
3.6
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2011
2.1
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
1984
1.8
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
1945
1.6
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
1978
1.0
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as The Preacher
1977
0.9
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1957
0.7
Gulliver's Travels
as Professor of Light
1996
0.7
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
1984
0.6An Airman's Letter to His Mother
as Narrator
1941
0.2
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
1941
0.2A Walk Through Prospero's Library
as Prospero
1992
0.2
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1963
0.1Frequently Asked Questions About John Gielgud
John Gielgud has appeared in 79 titles, including 77 movies and 2 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in John Gielgud's filmography is Secret Agent (1936).
The most recent title featuring John Gielgud is Nothing Like a Dame (2018).
One of the highest rated titles featuring John Gielgud is The Elephant Man with an IMDb rating of 8.2.
John Gielgud has been active for approximately 82 years, with credits spanning from 1936 to 2018.
Titles featuring John Gielgud currently have an average IMDb rating of 6.6.
The busiest years in John Gielgud's career include 1981, 1996, 1968.
