John Gielgud
Birthday: 1904-04-14 | Place of Birth: South Kensington, London, England, UKSir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gielgud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as The Pope
as Cecil Parkes
as Doctor Doyle
as Mr. Touchett
as Narrator
as Professor of Light
as Oswald
as Prospero
as Sunflower
as Prospero
as Haverford Downs
as Aaron Jastrow
as Colonel Carbury
as Hobson
as Sir Adrian Chappie
as Sir Simon de Canterville
as Cornelius Cardew
as Theodore Woodward
as De Lacey
as Duke de Charles
as Himself - Presenter
as Lord Durrisdeer
as Uncle Willie
as Hogarth
as Pfistermeister
as Pope Pius XII
as Lord Irwin
