John Gielgud
Cast

John Gielgud

1904 – 2000
Active years (films on this site)
1953–1991
Genres
DramaHistoryBiographyRomanceComedy
Schools and movements
British CinemaClassical HollywoodAmerican Independent CinemaContemporary European Art Cinema

Directors worked with

Joseph L. Mankiewicz1 filmRenato Castellani1 filmOrson Welles1 filmSidney Lumet1 filmAlain Resnais1 filmDavid Lynch1 filmRichard Attenborough1 filmPeter Greenaway1 film

Biography

Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director. With his contemporaries Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, his career spanned eight decades. 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 (RADA), Gielgud worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare from 1929 to 1931.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

National / local

8 films on this site

  1. Julius Caesar 1953 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  2. Romeo and Juliet 1954 · Renato Castellani · IMDb 6.0 · Cast
  3. Chimes at Midnight 1965 · Orson Welles · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
  4. Murder on the Orient Express 1974 · Sidney Lumet · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  5. Providence 1977 · Alain Resnais · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
  6. The Elephant Man 1980 · David Lynch · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
  7. Gandhi 1982 · Richard Attenborough · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  8. Prospero's Books 1991 · Peter Greenaway · IMDb 6.8 · Cast