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John Gielgud, Award Winner – MovieActors.com

John Gielgud: Best Supporting Actor 1981: MovieActors.com
ARTHUR (Comedy – PG)
Sir John Gielgud won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Dudley Moore's acerbic valet in this romantic comedy.
About John Gielgud (1904 – 2000)
A graduate of Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, Gielgud made his stage debut, in 1921, at the Old Vic Theatre with one line in Henry VII. He made his film debut in 1924 in Who is the Man. Sir John Gielgud focused more in the theatre and has been considered by some to be the best Hamlet, a role that he first played in 1930, of this century. Sir John Gielgud won a Tony for directing the Broadway play, "Big Fish, Little Fish".
While still performing on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic, Gielgud distinguished himself in such movies as Richard III (1955, opposite Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson), Becket (he was nominated for the Best Supporting Oscar award in 1964), and in Gandhi (1982).
Sir John Gielgud was knighted in 1953, and was appointed a Companion of Honour, in 1977.
John Gielgud's notable movie credits include...
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965)
JULIUS CAESAR (1970)
RICHARD III (1955)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956)
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN (1968)
LOST HORIZON (1973)
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)
PROVIDENCE (1977)
MURDER BY DECREE (1979)
THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
THE FORMULA (1980)
LION OF THE DESERT (1981)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
GANDHI (1982)
THE WICKED LADY (1983)
THE FAR PAVILIONS (TV MINI-SERIES) 1984
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (1988)
THE WHISTLE BLOWER (1983)
GETTING IT RIGHT (1989)
SHINING THROUGH (1992)
THE POWER OF ONE (1992)
SWAN SONG (1992)
FIRST KNIGHT (1995)
HAUNTED (1995)
DRAGONHEART (1996)
SHINE (1996)
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1996)
HAMLET (1970)
ELIZABETH (1998)
THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT (1998)
CATASTROPHE (short) 2000
John Gielgud's television credits include...
QB VII (TV Mini-Series 1974)
LES MISERABLES (TV movie) (1978)
MARCO POLO (TV Mini-Series)
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (TV Mini-Series)
INSIDE THE 3RD REICH (TV Mini-Series 1982)
CAMILLE (1984)
WAR AND REMEMBRANCE (Mini-Series 1988-1989)
SUMMER'S LEASE (TV Mini-Series 1989)
THE STRAUSS DYNASTY (TV Mini-Series 1991)
SCARLETT (TV Mini-Series 1991)
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (TV Mini-Series 1997)
MERLIN (1998)

John Gielgud in HAUNTED (1995).
Gielgud in LION OF THE DESERT.

Gielgud in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.


John Gielgud in SHINE (1996).

John Gielgud in ARTHUR (1981).
Sir John Gielgud won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Dudley Moore's acerbic valet in this romantic comedy.
About John Gielgud (1904 – 2000)

While still performing on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic, Gielgud distinguished himself in such movies as Richard III (1955, opposite Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson), Becket (he was nominated for the Best Supporting Oscar award in 1964), and in Gandhi (1982).
Sir John Gielgud was knighted in 1953, and was appointed a Companion of Honour, in 1977.
John Gielgud's notable movie credits include...
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965)
JULIUS CAESAR (1970)
RICHARD III (1955)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956)
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN (1968)
LOST HORIZON (1973)
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)
PROVIDENCE (1977)
MURDER BY DECREE (1979)
THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
THE FORMULA (1980)
LION OF THE DESERT (1981)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
GANDHI (1982)
THE WICKED LADY (1983)
THE FAR PAVILIONS (TV MINI-SERIES) 1984
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (1988)
THE WHISTLE BLOWER (1983)
GETTING IT RIGHT (1989)
SHINING THROUGH (1992)
THE POWER OF ONE (1992)
SWAN SONG (1992)
FIRST KNIGHT (1995)
HAUNTED (1995)
DRAGONHEART (1996)
SHINE (1996)
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1996)
HAMLET (1970)
ELIZABETH (1998)
THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT (1998)
CATASTROPHE (short) 2000
John Gielgud's television credits include...
QB VII (TV Mini-Series 1974)
LES MISERABLES (TV movie) (1978)
MARCO POLO (TV Mini-Series)
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (TV Mini-Series)
INSIDE THE 3RD REICH (TV Mini-Series 1982)
CAMILLE (1984)
WAR AND REMEMBRANCE (Mini-Series 1988-1989)
SUMMER'S LEASE (TV Mini-Series 1989)
THE STRAUSS DYNASTY (TV Mini-Series 1991)
SCARLETT (TV Mini-Series 1991)
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (TV Mini-Series 1997)
MERLIN (1998)

John Gielgud in HAUNTED (1995).


Gielgud in LION OF THE DESERT.

Gielgud in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.


John Gielgud in SHINE (1996).

John Gielgud in ARTHUR (1981).