Acting
John Gielgud
- Titles
- 138movies41TV shows
- Career
Active from 1924 to 2016, with a break from 2002 to 2015, busiest in 1968 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Chimes at Midnight87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Politics5.3average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Spiritual3.0average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.4, average 2.4
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 15
- Historical Drama 14
- Character Study 10
- Social Commentary 5
- Shakespearean Adaptation 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Period Drama 4
- Literary Adaptation 4
- Introspective 3
- Conspiracy Thriller 3
- Shakespearean Tragedy 3
- Tragic Romance 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Edward FoxActorGandhi, The Strauss Dynasty, The Shooting Party, Galileo, The Strauss Dynasty, +1 more
Ralph RichardsonActorRichard III, Wagner, No Man's Land, Eagle in a Cage, William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare, +1 more
Trevor HowardActorGandhi, Inside the Third Reich, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Aces High, 11 Harrowhouse, +1 more
Wendy HillerActorThe Elephant Man, The Best of Friends, Richard II, From Chekhov with Love
Derek JacobiActorInside the Third Reich, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Human Factor, Richard II
Richard JohnsonActorJulius Caesar, Aces High, A Man for All Seasons, Hamlet
James MasonActorJulius Caesar, Murder by Decree, The Shooting Party, 11 Harrowhouse
Peter GreenawayDirectorProspero's Books, A TV Dante, A Walk Through Prospero's Library, A TV Dante
Anne V. CoatesEditorThe Elephant Man, Becket, Aces High, 11 Harrowhouse
Margaret LeightonActorHamlet, ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall, Galileo
Richard AttenboroughActorElizabeth, Gandhi, The Human Factor
Dorothy TutinActorThe Shooting Party, The Cherry Orchard, From Chekhov with Love
Movies and TV shows
1532010s
4 titles · average score 84
Writer
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2000s
1 title · average score 63
as The Protagonist
1990s
30 titles · average score 66
as The Pope
TV show · as Professor of Light
TV show · as Grandpa
as Dr Henry Doyle
as Sunflower
as Svetlovidov
as Prospero
TV show · as Drechsler
as Sydney Cockerell
TV show · as Virgil(voice)
as Virgil
as Herbert Dreuther
1980s
45 titles · average score 64
TV show · as Haverford Downs
as Hobson
as Sir Adrian Chappie
as Sir Leonard Darwin
as Pope Pius XII
as Hogarth
TV show · as Albert Speer Sr.
as Lord Irwin
as Hobson
as Marquis of Caterhan
as Carr Gomm
as Reverend Jones
1970s
34 titles · average score 63
as Prime Minister
as Brigadier Tomlinson
as Spooner
as John of Gaunt
as The Preacher
as Clive Langham
as Lord Henry Wotton
as Headmaster
as Farrell
as Lord Sissal
as Harry
as Julius Caesar
1960s
22 titles · average score 66
as Lord Raglan
as Curt Valayan
as The Elder Pope
as Rich Man
as Head of Intelligence
as Gabriel Quantara
as Henry IV
TV show · as Charles II / Capt. Shotover
as King Louis VII of France
as Ghost (voice)
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
as Gaev
1950s
9 titles · average score 68
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
as Earl of Warwick
as Foster
as George, Duke of Clarence
as John Worthing, JP
as Chorus
as Cassius
as Narrator
TV show · as Duke / Lord Durrisdeer
1940s
3 titles · average score 64
as Hamlet
as Disraeli
as Narrator
1930s
3 titles · average score 62
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
as Inigo Jollifant
as Henri Dubois
1920s
2 titles
as Rex Trasmere
as Daniel