John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (/ˈɡiːlɡʊd/; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31. During the 1930s Gielgud was a stage star in the West End and on Broadway, appearing in new works and classics. He began a parallel career as a director, and set up his own company at the Queen's Theatre, London. He was regarded by many as the finest Hamlet ...
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Nothing Like a Dame
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
The Tichborne Claimant
Elizabeth
The Portrait of a Lady
Shine
The Leopard Son
Haunted
First Knight
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
A Summer Day's Dream
Shining Through
Swan Song
Prospero's Books
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
The Strauss Dynasty
A TV Dante
Strike It Rich
Barbablù, Barbablù
Getting It Right
A Man for All Seasons
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Appointment with Death
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Quartermaine's Terms
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
The Whistle Blower
Plenty
Leave All Fair
Romance on the Orient Express
The Shooting Party
To Be Hamlet
Camille
Frankenstein
The Master of Ballantrae
Scandalous
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Ingrid
The Wicked Lady
The Scarlet and the Black
Invitation to the Wedding
Gandhi- THThe Critic
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Priest of Love
Arthur
Chariots of Fire
Lion of the Desert
Sphinx
The Elephant Man
The Conductor
The Formula
The Human Factor
Murder by Decree
Les Misérables
Richard II
Romeo and Juliet
No Man's Land
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man- THThe Grand Inquisitor
Providence
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aces High
Galileo
Murder on the Orient Express
11 Harrowhouse
Gold
Lost Horizon
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Probe
Eagle in a Cage
Home
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Sebastian
Assignment to Kill
Romeo and Juliet
Chimes at Midnight
The Loved One
Becket
To Die in Madrid
The Cherry Orchard
Saint Joan
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
A Diary for Timothy
The Prime Minister
Secret Agent
The Good Companions
Insult
The Clue of the New Pin
Who Is the Man?