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John Gielgud

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Date of death:
Best movie: The Elephant Man (1980)
Place of birth: London, England
Current Interest
2.0
▼ 0.1
Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Positive26 (33%)
Mixed52 (67%)
Negative0 (0%)
Based on 78 rated titles
Title
Year
Pulse
Caligula
as Nerva
1979
17.2
DragonHeart
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996
16.3
Elizabeth
as The Pope
1998
14.5
Quest for Camelot
as Merlin (voice)
1998
14.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Foster
1956
13.1
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mr. Touchett
1996
10.7
Arthur
as Hobson
1981
10.7
Shine
as Cecil Parkes
1996
10.3
The Power of One
as St. John
1992
10.3
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
1953
8.9
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Raglan
1968
8.4
Shining Through
as Sunflower
1992
8.0
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
1996
7.4
Chariots of Fire
as Master of Trinity
1981
7.0
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Elder Pope
1968
6.2
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1969
6.2
The Elephant Man
as Carr Gomm
1980
6.1
Gandhi
as Lord Irwin
1982
5.7
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Hobson
1988
5.3
Lost Horizon
as Chang
1973
5.2
Sphinx
as Abdu-Hamdi
1981
5.1
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Beddoes
1974
4.6
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
1970
4.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
1982
4.5
Prospero's Books
as Prospero
1991
4.5
The Human Factor
as Brigadier Tomlinson
1979
4.3
First Knight
as Oswald
1995
4.2
Secret Agent
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1936
4.1
Haunted
as Dr Henry Doyle
1995
4.0
Hamlet
as Priam
1996
3.9
The Wicked Lady
as Hogarth
1983
3.7
The Loved One
as Sir Francis Hinsley
1965
3.6
Lion Of The Desert
as Sharif El Gariani
1981
3.5
Appointment with Death
as Colonel Carbury
1988
3.1
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Chief Constable
1974
3.1
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
2018
2.7
Becket
as King Louis VII of France
1964
2.5
Aces High
as Headmaster
1976
2.4
Chimes at Midnight
as Henry IV
1965
2.4
The Scarlet and the Black
as Pope Pius XII
1983
2.0
Providence
as Clive Langham
1977
1.7
Murder by Decree
as Prime Minister
1979
1.6
Plenty
as Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
1.6
Saint Joan
as Earl of Warwick
1957
1.6
Merlin
as King Constant
1998
1.4
11 Harrowhouse
as Meecham
1974
1.3
Getting It Right
as Sir Gordon Munday
1989
1.3
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
1.3
The Whistle Blower
as Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
1.3
The Prime Minister
as Disraeli
1941
1.3
A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
1988
1.1
The Shooting Party
as Cornelius Cardew
1985
1.1
The Formula
as Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
0.9
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
1954
0.7
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
as Prospero
1992
0.7
Gold
as Farrell
1974
0.6
A Diary for Timothy
as Hamlet
1945
0.5
Les Misérables
as Gillenormand
1978
0.5
The Master of Ballantrae
as Lord Durrisdeer
1984
0.4
Peter Pan
as Narrator
1976
0.4
Assignment to Kill
as Curt Valayan
1968
0.4
Romeo and Juliet
as Chorus
1978
0.4
Scandalous
as Uncle Willie
1984
0.4
Galileo
as The Old Cardinal
1975
0.3
Discovering Hamlet
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2011
0.3
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
0.3
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
as The Preacher
1977
0.3
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Marquis of Caterhan
1981
0.2
Catastrophe
as The Protagonist
2001
0.2
Camille
as Duke de Charles
1984
0.2
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Reverend Jones
1980
0.2
Sebastian
as Head of Intelligence
1968
0.1
Priest of Love
as Herbert G. Muskett
1981
0.1
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
1984
0.1
To Die in Madrid
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1963
0.1
Richard II
as John of Gaunt
1978
0.1
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1957
0.1
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
as Narrator
1941
0.1
Gulliver's Travels
as Professor of Light
1996
0.1

Frequently 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.