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John Gielgud
Born: 14th Apr 1904 London, England - Died 21st May 2000
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 179
Film: 141 (79%)
Television: 38 (21%)
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Filmography
2018
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2016
A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich ... view
Character:
Self
2014
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yor ... view
Character:
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great trag ... view
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King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2009
Extra from The Imperial Edition featuring extensive behind the scenes look at the production and setting up the sets accompanied by the score from the ... view
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2005
Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited". ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2003
Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excer ... view
Character:
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
2001
An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentati ... view
Character:
The Protagonist
1999
Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwrec ... view
Character:
Cockburn
1998
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C ... view
Character:
The Pope
1998
During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants t ... view
Character:
Merlin (voice)
Apr 1998 (first aired)
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only ... view
Character:
King Constant (2 ep.)
1998
Tony Palmer tells the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. John Gielgud reads from Rachm ... view
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Oct 1997 (first aired)
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a s ... view
Character:
St. John Clarke (4 ep.)
1997
A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be ... view
Character:
Stimme Gottes
1996
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. ... view
Character:
Priam
1996
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe ... view
Character:
Mr. Touchett
1996
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Ric ... view
Character:
Self - Interviewee
1996
The true story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa's Serengeti plain. The journey of "The Leopard Son" begins at his mot ... view
Character:
Narrator
1996
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. ... view
Character:
Cecil Parkes
1996
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dra ... view
Character:
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Feb 1996 (first aired)
Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels. ... view
Character:
Professor of Light (2 ep.)
1995
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. So ... view
Character:
Dr Henry Doyle
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Stick With Me, Kid was a 13 part television series that aired in 1995 on the Disney Channel starring Kristopher Milnes and Leigh Lawson. ... view
Character:
Grandpa (13 ep.)
1995
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel ... view
Character:
Oswald
1995
Semi-Biographical film documenting the life of The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of the beloved Thomas The tank Engine Stories ... view
Character:
Self (Voice)
1994
Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in ... view
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Nov 1994 (first aired)
Scarlett is a 1994 American television miniseries loosely based on Alexandra Ripley's eponymous 1991 book of the same name, a sequel to Margaret Mitch ... view
Character:
Pierre Robillard (1 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
Five programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with its stars and directors. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1992
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel ... view
Character:
St. John
1992
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War ... view
Character:
Sunflower
1992
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero ( ... view
Character:
Prospero
1992
An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar f ... view
Character:
Svetlovidov
Dec 1991 (first aired)
A dramatization of two generations of the Viennese Strauss family, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the ... view
Character:
Drechsler (6 ep.)
1991
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Oct 1991 (first aired)
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances. ... view
Character:
Stephen Dawlish (1 ep.)
1991
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this un ... view
Character:
Prospero
1991
These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never complet ... view
Character:
Virgil (voice)
1991
Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Si ... view
Character:
Sydney Cockerell
1991
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 th ... view
Character:
Drechsler
1990
The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star. ... view
Character:
Self
1990
Like everyone else in the kingdom, two clever swindlers understand the king's passion for new clothes. Claiming to be creators of the richest and most ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1990
A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos ... view
Character:
Virgil
1990
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever. ... view
Character:
Herbert Dreuther
1989
An old patriarch at the gates of death, who has been married five times, reunites his family and indulges in a sadistic game with them. ... view
Character:
Barbablù
Nov 1989 (first aired)
Fortysomething wife and mother Molly Pargeter leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and there is no passion in her r ... view
Character:
Haverford Downs (4 ep.)
1989
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva ... view
Character:
Sir Gordon Munday
1988
Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri ... view
Character:
Cardinal Wolsey
Nov 1988 (first aired)
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate thevpersonal, social and political impacts of World War II, inc ... view
Character:
Aaron Jastrow (11 ep.)
1988
Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton. ... view
Character:
Self
1988
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way t ... view
Character:
Hobson
1988
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed ... view
Character:
Colonel Carbury
1987
An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disne ... view
Character:
British Lord
1987
TV adaptation of the play set in a Cambridge School of English for Foreigners in 1962. St John Quartermaine is a rather ineffective but kindly teacher ... view
Character:
Eddie Loomis
Jan 1987 (first aired)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector M ... view
Character:
Lord Hinksey (1 ep.)
1986
A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estat ... view
Character:
Sir Simon de Canterville
1986
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold ... view
Character:
Sir Adrian Chappie
1986
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d ... view
Character:
Tiresias
1986
Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king ... view
Character:
Tieresias
1986
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three ... view
Character:
Jasper Swift
Jan 1986 (first aired)
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “di ... view
Character:
Lord Wakering (1 ep.)
1985
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations. ... view
Character:
Sir Leonard Darwin
1985
John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The pub ... view
Character:
John Middleton Murry
1985
Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who me ... view
Character:
Theodore Woodward
1985
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal d ... view
Character:
Cornelius Cardew
1985
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's play ... view
Character:
Self
Character:
Eddie Loomis (1 ep.)
Jasper Swift (1 ep.)
1984
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hop ... view
Character:
Duke de Charles
1984
A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results. ... view
Character:
De Lacey
May 1984 (first aired)
Sir John Gielgud is joined by an outstanding repertory of actors in this pioneering, imaginative series demonstrating the immense variety and emotiona ... view
Character:
Self - Presenter (16 ep.)
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) ... view
Character:
Cavagnari (2 ep.)
1984
The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. ... view
Character:
Lord Durrisdeer
1984
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts. ... view
Character:
Uncle Willie
1984
Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpt ... view
Character:
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Oct 1983 (first aired)
A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig I ... view
Character:
Pfistermeister (10 ep.)
1983
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, ... view
Character:
Hogarth
1983
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His ... view
Character:
Pope Pius XII
1983
An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate's sister. ... view
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Dec 1982 (first aired)
The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade. ... view
Character:
Doge di Venezia (1 ep.)
1982
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ... view
Character:
Lord Irwin
1982
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier. ... view
Character:
Self
1982
Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacu ... view
Character:
Lord Burleigh
May 1982 (first aired)
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based up ... view
Character:
Albert Speer Sr. (2 ep.)
1982
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod ... view
Character:
Charmolue
Oct 1981 (first aired)
Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Cath ... view
Character:
Edward 'Ned' Ryder (5 ep.)
1981
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When ... view
Character:
Herbert G. Muskett
1981
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing. ... view
Character:
Hobson
1981
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a d ... view
Character:
Master of Trinity
1981
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and ... view
Character:
Sharif El Gariani
1981
When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashi ... view
Character:
Marquis of Caterhan
1981
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, a ... view
Character:
Abdu-Hamdi
1980
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe ... view
Character:
Dr. Abraham Esau
1980
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is reve ... view
Character:
Carr Gomm
1980
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the myst ... view
Character:
Reverend Jones
Original title: Dyrygent
1980
A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned sym ... view
Character:
John Lasocki
1979
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate. ... view
Character:
Brigadier Tomlinson
Original title: Caligola
1979
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravit ... view
Character:
Nerva
Mar 1979 (first aired)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and p ... view
Character:
Jelks (1 ep.)
Cyril Boggis (1 ep.)
1979
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using informat ... view
Character:
Prime Minister
1978
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me ... view
Character:
Gillenormand
1978
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet ... view
Character:
John of Gaunt
Dec 1978 (first aired)
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produc ... view
Character:
Chorus (1 ep.)
John of Gaunt (1 ep.)
1978
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil ha ... view
Character:
Chorus
1978
'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the home ... view
Character:
Spooner
1977
Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of ... view
Character:
The Preacher
1977
Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge i ... view
Character:
Captain Shotover
1977
The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University. ... view
Character:
Inquisitor
1977
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An ... view
Character:
The Doctor
1977
On the eve of his 78th birthday, ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes ... view
Character:
Clive Langham
1976
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark H ... view
Character:
Narrator
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1976
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. ... view
Character:
Lord Henry Wotton
1976
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By ... view
Character:
Headmaster
1975
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion ... view
Character:
The Old Cardinal
1974
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before. ... view
Character:
Mr. Beddoes
1974
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen ... view
Character:
Meecham
1974
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori. ... view
Character:
Chief Constable
1974
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drillin ... view
Character:
Farrell
Apr 1974 (first aired)
A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes. ... view
Character:
Clinton-Meek (2 ep.)
Nov 1973 (first aired)
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori. ... view
Character:
Chief Constable (2 ep.)
1973
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon ... view
Character:
Chang
1973
Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music. ... view
Character:
Various
Oct 1972 (first aired)
Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presen ... view
Character:
Various Roles (1 ep.)
1972
That hipster ring that special agent Hugh Lockwood wears? It's a camera, transmitting image and sound of his surroundings. It's also a scanner, detect ... view
Character:
Harold L. Streeter
1972
1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon ... view
Character:
Lord Sissal
1972
David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series. ... view
Character:
Harry
Jan 1971 (first aired)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular ... view
Character:
Self (3 ep.)
1970
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether ... view
Character:
The Ghost
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Harry (1 ep.)
Sep 1970 (first aired)
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. ... view
Character:
Frederick William Densham (1 ep.)
1970
All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ide ... view
Character:
Julius Caesar
1969
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfa ... view
Character:
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
1968
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon ... view
Character:
The Elder Pope
Jun 1968 (first aired)
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks. ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (2 ep.)
1968
On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the ... view
Character:
Rich Man
1968
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance mon ... view
Character:
Curt Valayan
1968
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamo ... view
Character:
Lord Raglan
1968
Based on Anton Chekhov's short story, "About Love". Starring John Gielgud as Chekhov. ... view
Character:
Anton Chekhov
1968
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian f ... view
Character:
Head of Intelligence
Oct 1967 (first aired)
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the lo ... view
Character:
Self (3 ep.)
Original title: Révolution d'octobre
1967
French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock footage ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1967
BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story. ... view
Character:
Chorus
1966
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th ... view
Character:
Mock Turtle
1966
When a Rolls Royce damages a scooter, the furious owner goes to seek redress, and finds herself face to face with a millionaire capitalist. ... view
Character:
Gabriel Quantara
Sep 1966 (first aired)
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals.
It prem ... view
Character:
Rich Man (1 ep.)
1966
A play by Chekhov, starring Vivien Leigh and John Gielgud, it marked Leigh’s final performance before her death in 1967 ... view
Character:
Nikolai ivanov
1966
Performance of extracts from The Ages of Man is a one-man show performed by John Gielgud featuring a collection of speeches in Shakespeare's plays. Wh ... view
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Original title: Campanadas a medianoche
1965
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry' ... view
Character:
Henry IV
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Chorus (1 ep.)
The Inquisitor (1 ep.)
Charles II (1 ep.)
Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton (1 ep.)
Capt. Shotover (1 ep.)
Lord Burleigh (1 ep.)
1965
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whisp ... view
Character:
Sir Francis Hinsley
Sep 1964 (first aired)
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although ada ... view
Character:
Gabriel Quantara (1 ep.)
1964
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but perf ... view
Character:
Ghost (voice)
1964
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of C ... view
Character:
King Louis VII of France
Original title: Mourir à Madrid
1963
Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the c ... view
Character:
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1962
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 pa ... view
Character:
Gaev
Jan 1959 (first aired)
“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Br ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Character:
Jul 1957 (first aired)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1957
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc ... view
Character:
Earl of Warwick
1957
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. ... view
Character:
Edward Moulton-Barrett
1956
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve ... view
Character:
Foster
1955
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himse ... view
Character:
George, Duke of Clarence
Character:
John Worthing, JP
1954
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one fami ... view
Character:
Chorus
1954
One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately asso ... view
Character:
Self
1953
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to ass ... view
Character:
Cassius
1953
Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest. ... view
Character:
Narrator
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
Character:
The Ghost (1 ep.)
Charmolue (1 ep.)
Lord Durrisdeer (1 ep.)
Duke (1 ep.)
Jun 1948 (first aired)
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
1945
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944. ... view
Character:
Hamlet
1941
A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death. ... view
Character:
Narrator
1941
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Quee ... view
Character:
Disraeli
1937
A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next. ... view
Character:
Self
1936
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German ... view
Character:
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
1933
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos. ... view
Character:
Inigo Jollifant
1932
'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue) ... view
Character:
Henri Dubois
1929
A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room. ... view
Character:
Rex Trasmere
1924
Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her mercenary and socially ambitious mother , Genevieve ... view
Character:
Daniel