John Gielgud

AKA:
Sir , John Gielgud , Arthur John Gielgud , Sir , John Gielgud
Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
04/14/1904
Birthplace:
London, England
Death Date:
05/21/2000
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biography
Considered with Sir Laurence Olivier as one of the finest actors of the 20th century, the versatile and prolific Sir John Gielgud has fashioned a career spanning more than 75 years of theater, film and television. Scion of an illustrious stage family--his maternal grand-aunt was the celebrated 19th Century actress Ellen Terry and his paternal great-grandmother was famed Lithuanian actress Anielia Aszpergerowa--Gielgud trained on a one-year scholarship at Lady Benson's Acting School and at RADA before making his stage debut at age 17 in 1921 at the Old Vic with a single line as a herald in Continued
Credits
The Pope
1998
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn
1998
Narration--Voice of Hugo Van Lawick
1996
Oswald
1995
Headmaster St John
1992
Leonard Darwin
1985
Lord Irwin
1982
Herbert G Muskett
1981
Hobson
1981
Carr Gomm
1980
Chang
Sir Francis Hinsley
Nerva
Master of Trinity
Lord Salisbury--Prime Minister
Old Cardinal
Count Berchtold
Sharif El Gariani
Cornelius Cardew
Headmaster
Sir Adrian Chapple
Clarence
Pfistermeister
Earl of Warwick
Sunflower
Farrell
Sir Gordon Munday
Abu Hamdi
Head of Intelligence
Dr Abraham Esau
Colonel Carbury
Brigadier Tomlinson
Dr Doyle
Actor
Julias Caesar
Curt Valayan
Clive Langham
Meecham
Hogarth
Herbert Dreuther
King Louis VII of France
Cassius
Reverend Clyde Ormiston
Uncle Willie
Director
Disraeli
Narration
1963
The Conductor
John Middleton Murry
Prospero
of Virgil
Jasper Swift
Narration
Lord Sissal
milestones
Year
Milestone
1921 
Stage acting debut at Old Vic with one-line role in "Henry V"
1924 
Feature debut in a silent film, "Who Is The Man?"
1928 
Made New York acting debut, "The Patriot"
1929 
Joined Old Vic Theatre Company
1932 
Feature debut in a sound film, "Insult"
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