John Gielgud English actor director and producer
John Gielgud is a 96 years old English actor director and producer from South Kensington. John Gielgud was born on April 14, 1904 (died on May 21, 2000, he was 96 years old) in South Kensington.
About
No, he died on 05/21/2000, 24 years ago. He was 96 years old when he died. He died in Wotton House
Family
His mother is Kate Terry-Lewis and his father is Henry Lex Franciszek Adam Gielgud.
Parents
Mother: Kate Terry-Lewis
Father: Henry Lex Franciszek Adam Gielgud
Siblings
John Gielgud had 3 siblings. British writer Val (3 years older) , British writer Lewis (9 years older) , and Frances
Works
John Gielgud Movies (111)
There are 111 movies of John Gielgud.
His first feature film was Quest for Camelot (1998, as Merlin (voice)). He was 94 when he starred in this movie. Since 1998, he has appeared in 111 feature films. The last one is The Leopard Son (1996). In this movie, we watched him in the Narrator character .
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John Gielgud movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Merlin | Quest for Camelot (1998) | 94 |
| Nerva | Caligula (1979) | 75 |
| King Arthur | DragonHeart (1996) | 92 |
| Sharif El Gariani | Lion of the Desert (1981) | 77 |
| Carr Gomm | The Elephant Man (1980) | 76 |
| Mr. Beddoes | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | 70 |
| Stimme Gottes | David (1997) | 92 |
| Colonel Carbury | Appointment with Death (1988) | 84 |
| Lord Irwin | Gandhi (1982) | 78 |
| Hobson | Arthur (1981) | 77 |
| The Pope | Elizabeth (1998) | 94 |
| Foster | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | 52 |
| Master of Trinity | Chariots of Fire (1981) | 77 |
| Oswald | First Knight (1995) | 91 |
| Sunflower | Shining Through (1992) | 87 |
| Priam | Hamlet (1996) | 92 |
| St. john | The Power of One (1992) | 87 |
| Cassius | Julius Caesar (1953) | 49 |
| King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France | Becket (1964) | 59 |
| Hobson | Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) | 84 |
| Cecil Parkes | Shine (1996) | 92 |
| Himself/Interview | Looking for Richard (1996) | 92 |
| Mr. Touchett | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | 92 |
| Henry IV | Chimes at Midnight (1965) | 62 |
| Doctor Doyle | Haunted (1995) | 92 |
| Prime Minister Lord Salisbury | Murder by Decree (1979) | 74 |
| George, Duke of Clarence | Richard III (1955) | 51 |
| The Elder pope | The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) | 64 |
| Lord Raglan | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) | 64 |
| Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden | Secret Agent (1936) | 32 |
| Headmaster | Aces High (1976) | 73 |
| Mock Turtle | Alice in Wonderland (1966) | 62 |
| Charmolue | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) | 77 |
| Farrell | Gold (1974) | 70 |
| Hogarth | The Wicked Lady (1983) | 79 |
| Prospero | Prospero's Books (1991) | 87 |
| Chang | Lost Horizon (1973) | 68 |
| Narrator | Peter Pan (1976) | 72 |
| Abdu-Hamdi | Sphinx (1981) | 76 |
| Sir Adrian Chappie | The Whistle Blower (1986) | 83 |
| Sir Francis Hinsley | The Loved One (1965) | 61 |
| Uncle Willie | Scandalous (1984) | 79 |
| Sir Simon de Canterville | The Canterville Ghost (1986) | 82 |
| Clive Langham | Providence (1977) | 72 |
| Pope Pius XII | The Scarlet and the Black (1983) | 78 |
| Count Leopold Von Berchtold | Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) | 65 |
| John Lasocki | The Conductor (1980) | 78 |
| Marquis of Caterhan | Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery (1981) | 76 |
| Brigadier Tomlinson | The Human Factor (1979) | 75 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) | 87 | |
| Sir Leonard Darwin | Plenty (1985) | 81 |
| Gillenormand | Les Misérables (1978) | 74 |
| Strike It Rich (1990) | 85 | |
| Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar (1970) | 66 |
| Dr. Abraham Esau, Director Reich Energy | The Formula (1980) | 75 |
| Cornelius Cardew | The Shooting Party (1985) | 81 |
| Chorus | Romeo and Juliet (1954) | 50 |
| Herbert G. Muskett | Priest of Love (1981) | 77 |
| Cardinal Wolsey | A Man for All Seasons (1988) | 84 |
| Theodore Woodward | Romance on the Orient Express (1985) | 80 |
| Reverend Jones | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) | 77 |
| himself | Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film (2016) | 112 |
| Meecham | 11 Harrowhouse (1974) | 70 |
| Chief Constable | Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) | 69 |
| Chorus | Romeo & Juliet (1978) | 74 |
| Hamlet | A Diary for Timothy (1945) | 41 |
| Albert Speer Sr. | Inside the Third Reich (1982) | 78 |
| De Lacey | Frankenstein (1984) | 80 |
| Narrator | To Die in Madrid (1963) | 59 |
| The Old Cardinal | Galileo (1975) | 70 |
| Earl of Warwick | Saint Joan (1957) | 53 |
| Edward Moulton-Barrett | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) | 52 |
| Duke de Charles | Camille (1984) | 80 |
| The Protagonist | Catastrophe (2000) | 95 |
| Lord Sissal | Eagle in a Cage (1972) | 67 |
| Drechsler | The Strauss Dynasty (1991) | 86 |
| Swan Song (1992) | 87 | |
| Cockburn | The Tichborne Claimant (1998) | 94 |
| Writer | Trouser Bar (2016) | 112 |
| Sydney Cockerell | The Best of Friends (1991) | 86 |
| Lord Henry Wotton | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) | 72 |
| Harold L. Streeter | Probe (1972) | 67 |
| Head of Intelligence | Sebastian (1968) | 63 |
| Tieresias | Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) | 82 |
| Sir Gordon Munday | Getting It Right (1989) | 85 |
| John of Gaunt | Richard II (1978) | 74 |
| John Middleton Murry | Leave All Fair (1985) | 81 |
| Curt Valayan | Assignment to Kill (1968) | 64 |
| Invitation to the Wedding (1983) | 78 | |
| Director | Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1964) | 60 |
| Ghost | Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1964) | 60 |
| The Preacher | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) | 73 |
| Himself | The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (1995) | 90 |
| Narrator | An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941) | 37 |
| Daniel | Who Is the Man? (1924) | 20 |
| Rex Trasmere | The Clue of the New Pin (1929) | 24 |
| Inigo Jollifant | The Good Companions (1933) | 28 |
| The Prime Minister (1941) | 36 | |
| Gaev | The Cherry Orchard (1962) | 58 |
| Ages of Man (1966) | 61 | |
| Gabriel Quantara | The Mayfly and the Frog (1966) | 62 |
| October Revolution (1967) | 63 | |
| Harry | Home (1972) | 67 |
| Captain Shotover | Heartbreak House (1977) | 73 |
| Spooner | No Man's Land (1978) | 74 |
| Lord Durrisdeer | The Master of Ballantrae (1984) | 79 |
| Tiresias | Theban Plays: Antigone (1986) | 82 |
| Virgil | A TV Dante (1990) | 86 |
| Prospero | A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992) | 87 |
| A Summer Day's Dream (1994) | 90 | |
| Narrator | The Leopard Son (1996) | 92 |
John Gielgud TV Shows (23)
His first TV Show was The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
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Awards (13)
Awarded Tony Award , awarded Grammy Award , awarded Academy Awards , nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 , awarded Praemium Imperiale in 1993 ,
Education
He graduated from Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art and Westminster School
What was John's zodiac sign?John Gielgud zodiac sign was aries.
Other facts about John Gielgud
| Place of death | Wotton House |
|---|---|
| Student of | Helen Haye |
| Family | Q960236 |
| Date of death | 2000-05-21T00:00:00Z |
| Given name | John , series ordinal: 2 |
| Archives at | British Library |
| Country of citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Libris-URI | 64jmqszq0pw16r8 |
| Work period (start) | 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
| Family name | Gielgud. Show people with the surname Gielgud |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Genre | Shakespearean Comedy |
