John Gielgud
1904–2000 | British actor
Distinguished British stage actor and director, for whom cinema was a secondary matter
Mini Biography
On stage from the early 1920s, John Gielgud made his reputation playing Shakespeare at the Old Vic in the 30s, establishing himself as a pre-eminent speaker of verse, particularly in the roles of Romeo and Hamlet and, later, Prospero.
In the 1970s he formed a notable partnership with Ralph Richardson in modern plays by Pinter and David Storey, but his greatness has been captured rarely on film.
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Watch John Gielgud on British television
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Tuesday at 4am on Sky Cinema Drama HD
- Sunday at 5.30pm on Sky Cinema Greats
- In the 1924 Paris Olympics, a Jew and a Scotsman run for Britain.
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
- Friday at 1pm on True Entertainment
- Friday at 2pm on True Entertainment Plus 1
- Fact-based Second World War drama about a cleric who rescued thousands of PoWs and Italian resistance fighters from the Gestapo.
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Sunday at 5.30pm on TCM HD
- Sunday at 6.30pm on TCM Plus 1
- A Victorian gentleman and his valet win a bet that they can go around the world in eighty days.
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Gold (1974)
- 25th February at 6am on Movies4Men
- 1st March at 6.25pm on Sony Movie Channel
- 1st March at 7.25pm on Sony Movie Channel Plus 1
- A South African mining engineer falls for the boss’s granddaughter and exposes a conspiracy.
- Gold (1974)