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John Gielgud Biography (1904-)

Full name, Arthur John Gielgud; born April 14, 1904, in London, England; sonof Frank (a stockbroker) and Kate (Terry-Lewis) Gielgud. Avocational interests: Music, painting. Career: Actor, producer, and director. Queen's Theatre, London, manager, 1937-38; appeared in television commercials forPaul Masson wines. Member: Actors' Equity Association, Shakespeare Reading Society (president, 1958-), Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (president, 1977-89; fellow, 1989), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (fellow, 1992), Garrick Club, Arts Club, Players' Club (New York City). Awards, Honors: British Academy Award, best British actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1953, for Julius Caesar; Special Antoinette Perry Award, 1959, for Ages of Man; Grammy Award, best spoken word or non-musical recording, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1960, for Ages of Man; Antoinette Perry Award, best director of a play, 1961, forBig Fish, Little Fish; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best director of a play, 1963, for The School for Scandal; Academy Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1964, for Becket; Drama League DistinguishedPerformance Award, 1965; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best actor, 1965, for Tiny Alice; named best male performer, Variety poll of London critics, 1969, for Forty Years On; Evening Standard Award,best actor, 1970, Drama Desk Award and Antoinette Perry Award nomination, both best actor in a play, both 1971, all for Home; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best supporting actor, 1974, for Murder onthe Orient Express; Drama Desk Award, unique theatrical experience, 1977,for No Man's Land; New York Film Critics Award, best actor, 1977, forProvidence; Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, and New York Film Critics Circle Award, all best supporting actor, 1981, for Arthur; New Standard Special Award, 1982; Grammy Award nomination, best spoken word or non-musical recording, 1982, for No Man's Island; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actor in a limited series,1982, for Brideshead Revisited; Grammy Award nomination, best spoken word or non-musical recording, 1983, for Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actor in a limited series, 1985, for The Master of Ballantrae; Laurence Olivier Award, special awardfor services to theatre, Society of West End Theatre, 1985; National Societyof Film Critics Award and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, both best supporting actor, and British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, all 1985, for Plenty and The Shooting Party; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actor in a limited series, 1986, for Romance on the Orient Express; Grammy Award nomination, best spoken word or non-musical recording, 1986, for Gulliver; Annual Cable Excellence (ACE) Award, best actor in a movie or miniseries,1988, for Time after Time; Golden Globe Award, best supporting actor in a television series, miniseries, or motion picture, Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a television miniseries or motion picture, and Emmy Award nomination, all 1989, for War and Remembrance; Emmy Award, outstanding actor in a limited series, 1991, for "Summer's Lease," Masterpiece Theatre; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, bestperformance by an actor in a supporting role, 1997, for Shine; knighted, 1953; Brandeis University Companion, 1960; member, Order of Companions ofHonour, 1977; member, Order of Merit, 1996; chevalier, French Legion d'Honneur; honorary degrees include LL.D., University of St. Andrew's, 1950; D.Litt.,Oxford University, 1953, and University of London, 1977; and LL.D., BrandeisUniversity, 1965. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 388/396 Oxford St., London W1V 3AT, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, director

Birth Details

April 14, 1904

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Herald, Henry V, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1921
• King Lear, 1922
• Wat Tyler, 1922
• Peer Gynt, 1922
• Felix, The Insect Play, Regent Theatre, London, 1923
• Aide-de-camp, Robert E. Lee, Regent Theatre, 1923
• Charles Wykeham, Charley's Aunt, Comedy Theatre, London, 1923
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Regent Theatre, 1924
• Castalio, The Orphan, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1925
• Nicky Lancaster, The Vortex, Royalty Theatre, London, 1925
• Peter Trophimoff, The Cherry Orchard, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1925
• Konstantin Treplev, The Seagull, Little Theatre, London, 1925
• Sir John Harington, Gloriana, Little Theatre, 1925
• Robert, L'Ecole des Cocottes, Princes Theatre, London, 1925
• Ferdinand, The Tempest, Savoy Theatre, London, 1926
• Baron Tusenbach, The Three Sisters, Barnes Theatre, London, 1926
• George Stibelev, Katerina, Barnes Theatre, 1926
• Lewis Dodd, The Constant Nymph, New Theatre, London, 1926
• Dion Anthony, The Great God Brown, Strand Theatre, London, 1927
• (Broadway debut) Grand Duke Alexander, The Patriot, Majestic Theatre, 1928
• Oswald, Ghosts, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1928
• Dr. Gerald Marlowe, Holding Out the Apple, Globe Theatre, London,1928
• Captain Allenby, The Skull, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1928
• Felipe Rivas, The Lady from Albuquerque, Court Theatre, London, 1928
• Alberto, Fortunato, Court Theatre, 1928
• John Marstin, Out of the Sea, Strand Theatre, 1928
• Fedor, Red Dust, Little Theatre, 1929
• Henry Tremayne, The Lady with a Lamp, Garrick Theatre, London, 1929
• Trotsky (Bronstein), Red Sunday, Arts Theatre, London, 1929
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, London,1929
• Antonio, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1929
• Cleante, The Imaginary Invalid, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1929
• Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1929
• Title role, Richard II, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1929
• Title role, Macbeth, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1929
• Title role, Hamlet, Queen's Theatre, London, 1930
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lyric HammersmithTheatre, 1930
• Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Orlando, As You Like It, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Emperor, Androcles and the Lion, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1930
• Title role, Hamlet, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Hotspur, Henry IV, Part 1, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Prospero, The Tempest, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Lord Trinket, The Jealous Wife, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1930
• Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1930
• Inigo Jollifant, The Good Companions, His Majesty's Theatre, London, 1931
• Joseph Schindler, Musical Chairs, Arts Theatre, 1931
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, Sadler's Wells Theatre,London, 1931
• Sergius Saranoff, Arms and the Man, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1931
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1931
• Title role, King Lear, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1931
• Richard II, Richard of Bordeaux, Arts Theatre, 1932then New Theatre, 1933
• Roger Maitland, The Maitlands, Wyndham's Theatre, 1934
• Title role, Hamlet, New Theatre, 1934
• Title role, Noah, New Theatre, 1935
• Mercutio, then Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, New Theatre, 1935
• Boris Trigorin, The Seagull, New Theatre, 1936
• Title role, Hamlet, Empire Theatre, New York City, 1936
• Mason, He Was Born Gay, Queen's Theatre, 1937
• Title role, Richard II, Queen's Theatre, 1937
• Joseph Surface, The School for Scandal, Queen's Theatre, 1937
• Colonel Vershinin, The Three Sisters, Queen's Theatre, 1938
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Queen's Theatre, 1938
• Nicholas Randolph, Dear Octopus, Queen's Theatre, 1938
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Globe Theatre, 1939
• Title role, Hamlet, Lyceum Theatre, London, then Kronborg Castle,Elsinore, Denmark, both 1939
• MacHeath, The Beggar's Opera, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1940
• Title role, King Lear, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1940
• Prospero, The Tempest, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1940
• Fumed Oak, Globe Theatre, 1940
• Hands Across the Sea, Globe Theatre, 1940
• Swan Song, Globe Theatre, 1940
• Will Dearth, Dear Brutus, Globe Theatre, 1941
• Title role, Macbeth, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1942
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1942
• Louis Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1942
• Valentine, Love for Love, Phoenix Theatre, 1943
• Champion-Cheney, The Circle, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• Valentine, Love for Love, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• Title role, Hamlet, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Haymarket Theatre, 1945
• Ferdinand, The Duchess of Malfi, Haymarket Theatre, 1945
• Raskolnikoff, Crime and Punishment, New Theatre, 1946
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1947
• Valentine, Love for Love, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1947
• Jason, Medea, National Theatre, New York City, 1947
• Raskolnikoff, Crime and Punishment, National Theatre, 1947
• Eustace Jackson, The Return of the Prodigal, Globe Theatre, 1948
• Thomas Mendip, The Lady's Not for Burning, Globe Theatre, 1949
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1950
• Angelo, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company,Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1950
• Cassius, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1950
• Title role, King Lear, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1950
• Thomas Mendip, The Lady's Not for Burning, Royale Theatre, 1950
• Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Phoenix Theatre, 1951
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Phoenix Theatre, 1952
• Mirabel, The Way of the World, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1953
• Jaffeir, Venice Preserv'd, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1953
• Julian Anson, A Day by the Sea, Haymarket Theatre, 1953
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Palace Theatre, London, 1955
• Title role, King Lear, Palace Theatre, 1955
• Sebastian, Nude with Violin, Globe Theatre, 1956
• Prospero, The Tempest, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, then Drury Lane Theatre, London, both 1957
• James Callifer, The Potting Shed, Globe Theatre, 1958
• Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
• Ages of Man (solo show), 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1958then Queen's Theatre, 1959
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Cambridge Drama Festival, Boston, MA, then Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, both 1959
• Ages of Man (solo show), Haymarket Theatre, 1960
• Prince Ferdinand Cavanati, The Last Joke, Phoenix Theatre, London,1960
• Title role, Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1961
• Gaev, The Cherry Orchard, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1961
• Joseph Surface, The School for Scandal, Haymarket Theatre, 1962then Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Ages of Man (solo show), Lyceum Theatre, 1963
• Julius Caesar, The Ides of March, Haymarket Theatre, 1963
• Homage to Shakespeare, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 1964
• Julian, Tiny Alice, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1964
• Nikolai Ivanov, Ivanov, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England,then Phoenix Theatre, 1965later Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1966
• Ages of Man (solo show), Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles,CA, 1967
• Orgon, Tartuffe, Old Vic Theatre, 1967
• Men and Women of Shakespeare (solo show), Hunter College, New YorkCity, 1967
• Title role, Oedipus, Old Vic Theatre, 1968
• Headmaster, Forty Years On, Apollo Theatre, London, 1968
• Sir Gideon, The Battle of Shrivings, Lyric Theatre, London, 1970
• Harry, Home, Royal Court Theatre, London, then Morosco Theatre, New York City, both 1970
• Julius Caesar, Caesar and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival Theatre,Chichester, England, 1971
• Sir Geoffrey Kendle, Veterans, Royal Court Theatre, 1972
• Prospero, The Tempest, National Theatre, 1974
• William Shakespeare, Bingo, Royal Court Theatre, 1974
• Milton, Paradise Lost, Royal Theatre, York, then Old Vic Theatre,both 1974
• Spooner, No Man's Land, Old Vic Theatre, then Wyndham's Theatre, both 1975later Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1976
• Tribute to a Lady, Old Vic Theatre, 1976
• Title role, Julius Caesar, Olivier Theatre, London, 1977
• Sir Politic Wouldbe, Volpone, Olivier Theatre, 1977
• Sir Noel Cunliffe, Half-Life, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1977thenDuke of York's Theatre, London, 1978
• Sir Sydney Cockerell, The Best of Friends, Apollo Theatre, 1988
• Also appeared with J. B. Fagan's repertory company, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, 1924; and in a revue with Beatrice Lillie and Edith Evans, military bases on Gibraltar, 1942.
• Major Tours
• Appearances
• Understudy, The Wheel, British cities, 1922
• Lewis Dodd, The Constant Nymph, British cities, 1927
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, British cities, 1939
• Fumed Oak, Entertainments National Service Association tour of British military bases, 1940
• Hands across the Sea, Entertainments National Service Associationtour of British military bases, 1940
• Swan Song, Entertainments National Service Association tour of British military bases, 1940
• Charles Condamine, Blithe Spirit, British military bases in the Far East, 1945
• Title role, Hamlet, British military bases in the Far East, 1945
• Raskolnikoff, Crime and Punishment, British cities, 1946
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Canadian and U.S.cities, 1947
• Valentine, Love for Love, Canadian and U.S. cities, 1947
• Title role, Richard II, Rhodesian cities, 1953
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, European and British cities, 1955
• Title role, King Lear, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, European and British cities, 1955
• Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII, European cities, 1958
• Ages of Man (solo show), U.S. and Canadian cities, 1958Italian cities, 1959 and 1960Israeli cities, 1962New Zealand and Australian cities, 1963and European cities, 1964
• Joseph Surface, The School for Scandal, U.S. cities, 1962-63
• Men and Women of Shakespeare (solo show), South American and U.S.cities, 1966
• Stage Work
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Richard of Bordeaux, New Theatre, London, 1932
• Strange Orchestra, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1932
• Sheppey, Wyndham's Theatre, 1933
• (And producer, with Richard Clowes) Spring 1600, Shaftesbury Theatre, 1934
• Queen of Scots, New Theatre, 1934
• Hamlet, New Theatre, 1934
• The Old Ladies, New Theatre, 1935
• Romeo and Juliet, New Theatre, 1935
• (With Emlyn Williams) He Was Born Gay, Queen's Theatre, 1937
• Richard II, Queen's Theatre, 1938
• The Merchant of Venice, Queen's Theatre, 1938
• Spring Meeting, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1938
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Globe Theatre, 1939
• Scandal in Assyria, Globe Theatre, 1939
• Producer, Rhondda Roundabout, Globe Theatre, 1939
• The Beggar's Opera, Haymarket Theatre, 1940
• Dear Brutus, Globe Theatre, 1941
• Ducks and Drakes, Apollo Theatre, London, 1941
• Macbeth, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1942
• Love for Love, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1943
• Landslide, Westminster Theatre, 1943
• The Cradle Song, Apollo Theatre, 1944
• Crisis in Heaven, Lyric Theatre, 1944
• The Last of Summer, Phoenix Theatre, 1944
• Lady Windermere's Fan, Haymarket Theatre, 1945
• Medea, National Theatre, 1947
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1947
• Love for Love, Royale Theatre, 1947
• The Glass Menagerie, Haymarket Theatre, 1948
• Medea, Globe Theatre, 1948
• The Heiress, Haymarket Theatre, 1949
• The Lady's Not for Burning, Globe Theatre, 1949
• Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1949
• Treasure Hunt, Apollo Theatre, 1949
• Shall We Join the Ladies? and The Boy with a Cart (double-bill), Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1950
• (With Anthony Quayle) King Lear, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1950
• Indian Summer, Criterion Theatre, London, 1951
• Much Ado about Nothing, Phoenix Theatre, 1952
• Macbeth, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1952
• Richard II, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1952
• The Way of the World, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1953
• A Day by the Sea, Haymarket Theatre, 1953
• Charley's Aunt, New Theatre, 1954
• The Cherry Orchard, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1954
• Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1955
• Much Ado about Nothing, Palace Theatre, London, 1955
• The Chalk Garden, Haymarket Theatre, 1956
• Variations on a Theme, Globe Theatre, 1958
• Five Finger Exercise, Comedy Theatre, London, 1958
• Hamlet, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1963
• The Ides of March, Haymarket Theatre, 1963
• Ivanov, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, then Phoenix Theatre, both 1965later Shubert Theatre, 1966
• Halfway up the Tree, Queen's Theatre, 1967
• All Over, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Private Lives, Queen's Theatre, 1972then 46th Street Theatre, NewYork City, 1975
• The Constant Wife, Albery Theatre, London, 1973then Shubert Theatre, 1975
• The Gay Lord Quex, Albery Theatre, 1975
• Producer
• (With Noel Coward) Nude with Violin, Globe Theatre, 1956
• The Trojans (opera), Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1957
• The Complaisant Lover, Globe Theatre, 1959
• Much Ado about Nothing, Cambridge Drama Festival, Boston, MA, thenLunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, both 1959
• Five Finger Exercise, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1959
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1961
• Big Fish, Little Fish, American National Theatre and Academy, NewYork City, 1961
• Dazzling Prospect, Globe Theatre, 1961
• The School for Scandal, Haymarket Theatre, 1962then Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Don Giovanni (opera), Coliseum Theatre, London, 1968
• Major Tours
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Stage manager, The Wheel, British cities, 1922
• The Importance of Being Earnest, British cities, 1939
• (And producer) Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, European and British cities, 1955
• Producer, The School for Scandal, U.S. cities, 1962-63
• Private Lives, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1974-75
• The Constant Wife, U.S. cities, 1975
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Daniel, Who Is the Man?, 1924
• Rex Trasmere, The Clue of the New Pin, Producers Distributors, 1929
• Henri Dubois, Insult, Paramount, 1932
• Inigo Jollifant, The Good Companions, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1933
• Voice, Full Fathom Five (short film), 1934
• Edgar Brodie and Richard Ashenden, The Secret Agent, Gaumont, 1936
• A Diary for Timothy (documentary), 1937
• Title role, Hamlet (documentary), 1939
• Narrator, An Airman's Letter to His Mother (short film), 1941
• Benjamin Disraeli, The Prime Minister, Warner Bros., 1941
• Unfinished Journey (short film), 1943
• Voice, Shakespeare's Country (short film), 1944
• Voice of the Ghost, Hamlet, General Films Distributors, 1948
• Cassius, Julius Caesar (also known as William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Chorus, Romeo and Juliet (also known as Giulietta e Romeo),United Artists, 1954
• The Cherry Orchard, 1954
• George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III, Lopen, 1956
• Foster, Around the World in 80 Days, United Artists, 1956
• Edward Moulton-Barrett, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
• Earl of Warwick, Saint Joan, United Artists, 1957
• Narrator, The Immortal Land (documentary), 1958
• Northwest Frontier (also known as Flame over India), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Voice of the Ghost, Hamlet, Warner Bros., 1964
• King Louis VII, Becket, Paramount, 1964
• Sir Francis Hinsley, The Loved One, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• King Henry IV, Chimes at Midnight (also known as Campanadas a Medianoche and Falstaff), Peppercorn/Wormser/U-M, 1967
• Narrator, To Die in Madrid (also known as Mourir a Madrid),1967
• Narrator, October Revolution (also known as Revolution d'Octobre), 1967
• Curt Valayan, Assignment to Kill, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
• Lord Raglan, The Charge of the Light Brigade, United Artists, 1968
• Head of Intelligence, Sebastian (also known as Mr. Sebastian), Paramount, 1968
• Elder Pope, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• Count Leopold Von Berchtold, Oh! What a Lovely War, Paramount, 1969
• Title role, Julius Caesar, American International Pictures, 1970
• Lord Sissal, Eagle in a Cage, National General, 1971
• Chang, Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1973
• Farrell, Gold, Allied Artists, 1974
• Beddoes, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974
• Meecham, 11 Harrowhouse (also known as Anything for Love and Fast Fortune), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Old cardinal, Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei), American Film Theatre, 1975
• Headmaster, Aces High, EMI, 1977
• Clive Langham, Providence, Cinema V, 1977
• Doctor, Joseph Andrews, Paramount, 1977
• Nerva, Caligula (also known as Gore Vidal's Caligula and Io, Caligula), PAC, 1978
• Brigadier Tomlinson, The Human Factor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1979
• Preacher, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Howard Mahler,1979
• Lord Salisbury, Murder by Decree (also known as Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree), Avco-Embassy, 1979
• John Lasocki, the title role, The Conductor (also known as TheOrchestra Conductor and Dyrygent), 1979then Cinegate, 1981
• Carr Gomm, The Elephant Man, Paramount, 1980
• Dr. Esau, The Formula, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1980
• Abdu Hamdi, The Sphinx, Warner Bros., 1981
• Hobson, Arthur, Warner Bros., 1981
• Master of Trinity College, Chariots of Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• Herbert G. Muskett, Priest of Love, Filmways, 1981
• Sharif El Gariani, Lion of the Desert (also known as Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert), United Film Distribution, 1981
• Lord Irvin, Gandhi, Columbia, 1982
• Hogarth, The Wicked Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• Pfistermeister, Wagner, Alan Landsburg, 1983
• Uncle Willie, Scandalous, Orion, 1984
• Sir Leonard Darwin, Plenty, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Reverend Clyde Ormiston, Invitation to the Wedding, New Realm, 1985
• Cornelius Cardew, The Shooting Party, European Classics, 1985
• Ingrid (documentary), Wombat Productions, 1985
• John Middleton Murray, Leave All Fair, 1985
• Sir Adrian Chapple, The Whistle Blower, Hemdale, 1987
• Barbalu Barbalu (also known as Bluebeard Bluebeard), Betafilm/RAF2, 1987
• Colonel Carbury, Appointment with Death, Cannon, 1988
• Hobson, Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Warner Bros., 1988
• Sir Gordon Munday, Getting It Right, MCEG, 1989
• Herbert Dreuther, Strike It Rich (also known as Loser Take All and Money Talks), Millimeter, 1990
• Prospero, Prospero's Books (also known as L'Ultima Tempesta), Miramax, 1991
• Konrad Friedrichs/Sunflower, Shining Through, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Headmaster St. John, The Power of One, Warner Bros., 1992
• Svetlovidov, Swan Song, 1992
• Oswald, First Knight, Columbia, 1995
• Doctor Doyle, Haunted, October Films, 1995
• (Uncredited) Voice of King Arthur, Dragonheart, Universal, 1996
• Himself, Looking for Richard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Cecil Parkes, Shine, Fine Line Features, 1996
• Hugo Van Lawick, the narrator, The Leopard Son (documentary), Discovery Channel Pictures, 1996
• Mr. Touchett, The Portrait of a Lady, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
• Priam, Hamlet (also known as William Shakespeare's Hamlet),Columbia, 1996
• Cockburn, The Tichborne Claimant, 1998
• The pope, Elizabeth (also known as Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen), Gramercy Pictures, 1998
• Voice of Merlin, Quest for Camelot (also known as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot), Warner Bros., 1998
• Film Work
• Director, Hamlet, Warner Bros., 1964
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Host, The Pallisers, BBC, 1974then PBS, 1977
• Host and narrator, Buddenbrooks, PBS, 1984
• Miniseries
• Clinton-Meek, QB VII, ABC, 1974
• Benjamin Disraeli, Edward the King (also known as Edward the Seventh and The Royal Victorians), 1975
• Edward Ryder, Brideshead Revisited, Granada, 1980then broadcast assegments of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1982
• Albert Speer, Sr., Inside the Third Reich, ABC, 1982
• The Doge, Marco Polo, NBC, 1982
• Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, The Far Pavilions (also known as Blade of Steel), HBO, 1984
• Theodore Woodward, Romance on the Orient Express, NBC, 1985
• Aaron Jastrow, War and Remembrance, ABC, 1988-89
• Haverford Downs, "Summer's Lease," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1991
• Dreschler, The Strauss Dynasty, 1991
• Sir Sydney Cockerell, "The Best of Friends," Masterpiece Theatre,PBS, 1992
• Pierre Robillard, Scarlett, CBS, 1994
• King Constant, Merlin, NBC, 1998
• Episodic
• Mr. Browning, "The Browning Version," Dupont Show of the Month, CBS, 1959
• "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski," Stage 67, ABC, 1966
• "The Mayfly and the Frog," NET Playhouse, NET, 1968
• "Special Duties," Shades of Green, PBS, 1976
• Member of chorus, "Romeo and Juliet," BBC Television Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, BBC, 1978
• John of Gaunt, "King Richard the Second," BBC Television Shakespeare:King Richard the Second, BBC, 1978
• "Neck," Tales of the Unexpected, 1980
• Eddie Loomis, "Quartermaine's Terms," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• "Richard Burton: In from the Cold," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "The Emperor's New Clothes," Storybook Classics, Showtime, 1990
• Chancellor Lord Hinksey, "Twilight of the Gods," Inspector Morse,PBS, 1993
• "Hand in Glove," Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn Mysteries, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
• Movies
• (Television debut) Julian Anson, A Day by the Sea, ITV, 1959
• Romeo and Juliet, 1967
• Chief constable, Frankenstein: The True Story, NBC, 1973
• Heartbreak House, 1977
• Gillenormand, Les Miserables, CBS, 1978
• Charmolue, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (also known as Hunchback), CBS, 1982
• Pope Pius XII, The Scarlet and the Black (also known as The Vatican Pimpernel and Scarlatto e Nero), CBS, 1983
• Lord Durrisdeer, The Master of Ballantrae, CBS, 1984
• Duke de Charles, Camille, CBS, 1984
• Teiresias, Oedipus the King, 1984
• Blind man, Frankenstein, 1984
• Teiresias, Antigone, 1984
• Jasper Swift, Time after Time, BBC, 1985then Arts and Entertainment, 1987
• Sir Simon de Canterville, The Canterville Ghost, syndicated, 1986
• Cardinal Wolsey, A Man for All Seasons, 1988
• Virgil, A TV Dante: The Inferno, Cantos I-VIII, 1989
• Wakering, Lovejoy: The Lost Colony, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
• Specials
• Ghost, "Hamlet," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1953
• The Rehearsal, 1963
• Ages of Man (solo show), CBS, 1966
• The Professors and the Professionals, NET, 1966
• Alice in Wonderland, BBC, 1966
• Nikolai Ivanov, Ivanov, CBS, 1967
• From Chekhov with Love, BBC, 1967then CBS, 1968
• Saint Joan, BBC, 1968
• In Good King Charles' Golden Days, BBC, 1969
• Conversation at Night, BBC, 1969
• Hassan, BBC, 1970
• Harry, Home, PBS, 1970
• Ghost, "Hamlet," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1970
• "William," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1973
• Narrator, "Peter Pan," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1976
• Marquis of Caterham, The Seven Dials Mystery, syndicated, 1981
• Reverend Jones, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, NBC, 1981
• Funny You Don't Look 200, ABC, 1987
• John Gielgud: An Actor's Life, 1988
• Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond, TNT, 1990
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, Fox, 1991
• Ava Gardner, Cinemax, 1992
• Sir John Gielgud Talking with David Frost, PBS, 1992
• Professor of Sunlight, "Gulliver's Travels," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1996
• Also appeared in The Cherry Orchard, Deliver Us from Evil,and Great Acting.
• Other Television Appearances
• Dorian Gray, 1967
• Harold Streeter, Probe (pilot; also known as Search), NBC,1972
• Parson's Pleasure, 1980
• Presenter, Six Centuries of Verse, 1984
• Summer's Day Dream, 1994
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Ages of Man, Volume 2 (One Man in His Time) Part Two-Shakespeare,Columbia, 1959
• (With Ralph Richardson) No Man's Land, Caedmon, 1981
• (With Irene Worth) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Caedmon, 1982
• (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Gulliver, Soundwings, 1985
• King Lear, Random House Audiobooks, 1994
• Romeo and Juliet, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• (Adapter) The Cherry Orchard, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1954published as The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts, Heinemann,1963
• (Adapter) Ivanov, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 1965published as Ivanov: A Drama in Four Acts, Scripts Limited, 1966
• Television Specials
• (Adapter, with John Bowen) Ivanov, CBS, 1967
• Autobiographies
• Early Stages, Macmillan, 1939
• Stage Directions, Heinemann (London), 1963
• Distinguished Company, Heinemann, 1972
• (With John Miller and John Powell) An Actor and His Time, Sidgwick& Jackson (London), 1979
• Backward Glances, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989
• Other Books
• (With John Miller) Shakespeare: Hit or Miss?, Sidgwick & Jackson (London), 1991
• (With John Miller) Acting Shakespeare, Scribner (New York City), 1992
• Notes from the Gods, Nick Hern Books (London), 1994