John Gielgud
Acting
Biography
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to a silver trumpet muffled in silk. Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
Born: April 14, 1904
Place of Birth: London, England
Known For
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.
Laurence Olivier: a life
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Frankenstein: The True Story
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
The Strauss Dynasty
A dramatisation of two generations of the Strauss family of Vienna, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the 19th century.
The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as The Protagonist
as Cockburn
as The Pope
as Merlin (voice)
as King Constant
as St. John Clarke
as Stimme Gottes
as Priam
as Mr. Touchett
as Self - Interviewee
as Narrator
as Cecil Parkes
as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
as Professor of Light
as Dr Henry Doyle
as Oswald
as Self (Voice)
as Pierre Robillard
as St. John
as Sunflower
as Drechsler
as Self (archive footage)
as Stephen Dawlish
as Prospero
as Virgil (voice)
as Drechsler
as Sydney Cockerell
as Virgil
as Herbert Dreuther
as Barbablù
as Haverford Downs
as Sir Gordon Munday
as Cardinal Wolsey
as Aaron Jastrow
as Hobson
as Colonel Carbury
as British Lord
as Eddie Loomis
as Lord Hinksey
as Sir Simon de Canterville
as Sir Adrian Chappie
as Tiresias
as Tieresias
as Jasper Swift
as Lord Wakering
as Sir Leonard Darwin
as John Middleton Murry
as Theodore Woodward
as Cornelius Cardew
as Self
as Duke de Charles
as De Lacey
as Self - Presenter
as Cavagnari
as Lord Durrisdeer
as Uncle Willie
as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
as Pfistermeister
as Hogarth
as Pope Pius XII
as Doge di Venezia
as Lord Irwin
as Self
as Albert Speer Sr.
as Charmolue
as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
as Herbert G. Muskett
as Hobson
as Master of Trinity
as Sharif El Gariani
as Marquis of Caterhan
as Abdu-Hamdi
as Dr. Abraham Esau
as Carr Gomm
as Reverend Jones
as John Lasocki
as Brigadier Tomlinson
as Nerva
as Jelks
as Cyril Boggis
as Prime Minister
as Gillenormand
as John of Gaunt
as Chorus
as Spooner
as The Preacher
as Captain Shotover
as Inquisitor
as The Doctor
as Clive Langham
as Narrator
as Self
as Lord Henry Wotton
as Headmaster
as The Old Cardinal
as Mr. Beddoes
as Meecham
as Chief Constable
as Farrell
as Clinton-Meek
as Chief Constable
as Chang
as Various Roles
as Harold L. Streeter
as Lord Sissal
as Harry
as Self
as Harry
as Julius Caesar
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
as The Elder Pope
as Self - Guest
as Rich Man
as Curt Valayan
as Lord Raglan
as Head of Intelligence
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Chorus
as Mock Turtle
as Rich Man
as Nikolai ivanov
as Henry IV
as Chorus
as The Inquisitor
as Charles II
as Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton
as Capt. Shotover
as Lord Burleigh
as Sir Francis Hinsley
as Gabriel Quantara
as Ghost (voice)
as King Louis VII of France
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
as Gaev
as Self
as Earl of Warwick
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
as Foster
as George, Duke of Clarence
as Chorus
as Self
as Cassius
as Narrator
as The Ghost
as Charmolue
as Lord Durrisdeer
as Duke
as Self
as Hamlet
as Disraeli
as Self
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
as Inigo Jollifant
as Henri Dubois