---
title: 'John Gielgud'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'art collector'
  - 'director'
  - 'theatre director'
born: '1904-04-14'
died: '2000-05-21'
birthplace: 'South Kensington'
deathplace: 'Wotton House'
films_in_library: 59
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gielgud'
wikidata: 'Q204685'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# John Gielgud

film actor, television actor, art collector, director, theatre director.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1998 · [Elizabeth](https://cinepixo.com/movies/elizabeth-1998) — as Pius V · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Quest for Camelot](https://cinepixo.com/movies/quest-for-camelot-1998) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Shine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/shine-1996) — as Cecil Parkes · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Dragonheart](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragonheart-1996) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Looking for Richard](https://cinepixo.com/movies/looking-for-richard-1996) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [The Portrait of a Lady](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-portrait-of-a-lady-1996) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Hamlet](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-1996) — as Priam · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [First Knight](https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-knight-1995) — as Oswald · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Haunted](https://cinepixo.com/movies/haunted-1995) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [The Power of One](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-power-of-one-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Shining Through](https://cinepixo.com/movies/shining-through-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Prospero's Books](https://cinepixo.com/movies/prosperos-books-1991) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Getting It Right](https://cinepixo.com/movies/getting-it-right-1989) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Appointment with Death](https://cinepixo.com/movies/appointment-with-death-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Arthur 2: On the Rocks](https://cinepixo.com/movies/arthur-2-on-the-rocks-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Whistle Blower](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-whistle-blower-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Plenty](https://cinepixo.com/movies/plenty-1985) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Leave All Fair](https://cinepixo.com/movies/leave-all-fair-1985) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [The Shooting Party](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shooting-party-1985) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1984 · [Scandalous](https://cinepixo.com/movies/scandalous-1984) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [The Wicked Lady](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wicked-lady-1983) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Chariots of Fire](https://cinepixo.com/movies/chariots-of-fire-1981) — as Master of Trinity College · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/movies/arthur-1981) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Sphinx](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sphinx-1981) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Priest of Love](https://cinepixo.com/movies/priest-of-love-1981) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Elephant Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-elephant-man-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Formula](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-formula-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Orchestra Conductor](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-orchestra-conductor-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Caligula](https://cinepixo.com/movies/caligula-1979) — as Marcus Cocceius Nerva · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [The Human Factor](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-human-factor-1979) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Murder by Decree](https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-by-decree-1979) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [Providence](https://cinepixo.com/movies/providence-1977) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [Joseph Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/movies/joseph-andrews-1977) — as the Doctor · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-1977) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Aces High](https://cinepixo.com/movies/aces-high-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Galileo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/galileo-1975) — as the Old Cardinal · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Murder on the Orient Express](https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-on-the-orient-express-1974) — as Edward Beddoes · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Gold](https://cinepixo.com/movies/gold-1974) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [11 Harrowhouse](https://cinepixo.com/movies/11-harrowhouse-1974) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [Lost Horizon](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lost-horizon-1973) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [Eagle in a Cage](https://cinepixo.com/movies/eagle-in-a-cage-1972) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [Julius Caesar](https://cinepixo.com/movies/julius-caesar-1970) — as Julius Caesar · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [Oh! What a Lovely War](https://cinepixo.com/movies/oh-what-a-lovely-war-1969) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [The Shoes of the Fisherman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shoes-of-the-fisherman-1968) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Assignment to Kill](https://cinepixo.com/movies/assignment-to-kill-1968) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Sebastian](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sebastian-1968) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [The Loved One](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-loved-one-1965) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Richard Burton's Hamlet](https://cinepixo.com/movies/richard-burtons-hamlet-1964) — as The Ghost, Director · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Saint Joan](https://cinepixo.com/movies/saint-joan-1957) — as Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [The Barretts of Wimpole Street](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barretts-of-wimpole-street-1957) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Richard III](https://cinepixo.com/movies/richard-iii-1955) — as George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [Romeo and Juliet](https://cinepixo.com/movies/romeo-and-juliet-1954) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [Julius Caesar](https://cinepixo.com/movies/julius-caesar-1953) — as Gaius Cassius Longinus · unreviewed here
- 1948 · [Hamlet](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-1948) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1945 · [A Diary for Timothy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-diary-for-timothy-1945) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1941 · [The Prime Minister](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-prime-minister-1941) — as Benjamin Disraeli · unreviewed here
- 1936 · [Secret Agent](https://cinepixo.com/movies/secret-agent-1936) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1933 · [The Good Companions](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-good-companions-1933) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1929 · [The Clue of the New Pin](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-clue-of-the-new-pin-1929) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud
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