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Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (/ˈɡiːlɡʊd/; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31.
During the 1930s Gielgud was a stage star in the West End and on Broadway, appearing in new works and classics. He began a parallel career as a director, and set up his own company at the Queen's Theatre, London. He was regarded by many as the finest Hamlet of his era, and was also known for high comedy roles such as John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest. In the 1950s Gielgud feared that his career was threatened when he was convicted and fined for a homosexual offence, but his colleagues and the public supported him loyally. When avant-garde plays began to supersede traditional West End productions in the later 1950s he found no new suitable stage roles, and for several years he was best known in the theatre for his one-man Shakespeare show, The Ages of Man. From the late 1960s he found new plays that suited him, by authors including Alan Bennett, David Storey and Harold Pinter.
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, Kt, OM (/ˈlɒrəns kɜːr ɒˈlɪvieɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.
His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1964) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970).
(via Wikipedia) "Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 -- 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. He achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk". Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award." Here, in a more commercial work which gave him his 1st Academy Award. 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur. He' s outstanding.
One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately associated for ever since 1929. This video has been created and uploaded solely for nonprofit educational purposes. All credit goes to BBC.
Masters of their craft, Sir John Gielgud and Susan Fleetwood in the lavish BBC screen adaptation of Sir John Mortimer's witty novel, 'Summer's Lease', about upper-class Brits caught in intrigue whilst holidaying in Tuscany; the beebs bringing two theatrical heavyweights to the small screen for all to enjoy (1989). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163961/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer's_Lease
Documentary in Memory of the great English Actor Sir John Gielgud
This 1966 Broadway version of Chekov's play tells the story of Nikolai Ivanov (John Gielgud), a man struggling to regain his former glory. For the past five years, he has been married to Anna Petrovna (Vivien Leigh), a disinherited 'jewess', who has become very ill. Ivanov's estate is run by a distant relative, Mikhail Borkin (Ronald Radd), who is frequently advising people on how he can help them make money. The doctor, Lvov (John Merivale), an 'honest' man as he frequently reminds the rest of the cast, informs Ivanov that his wife is dying of tuberculosis, and that she needs to recover by going to the Crimea. Unfortunately, Ivanov is unable, and unwilling, to pay for the trip. He is heavily in debt and already owes Zinaida Lebdeva (Paula Laurence) 9000 roubles. Ivanov is criticised for h...
Carol Burnett and Joel Grey presenting John Gielgud with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Arthur" at the 54th Academy Awards® in 1982.
(via Wikipedia) "Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 -- 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. He achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk". Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award." Here, in a more commercial work which gave him his 1st Academy Award. 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur. He' s outstanding.
One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately associated for ever since 1929. This video has been created and uploaded solely for nonprofit educational purposes. All credit goes to BBC.
Masters of their craft, Sir John Gielgud and Susan Fleetwood in the lavish BBC screen adaptation of Sir John Mortimer's witty novel, 'Summer's Lease', about upper-class Brits caught in intrigue whilst holidaying in Tuscany; the beebs bringing two theatrical heavyweights to the small screen for all to enjoy (1989). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163961/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer's_Lease
Documentary in Memory of the great English Actor Sir John Gielgud
This 1966 Broadway version of Chekov's play tells the story of Nikolai Ivanov (John Gielgud), a man struggling to regain his former glory. For the past five years, he has been married to Anna Petrovna (Vivien Leigh), a disinherited 'jewess', who has become very ill. Ivanov's estate is run by a distant relative, Mikhail Borkin (Ronald Radd), who is frequently advising people on how he can help them make money. The doctor, Lvov (John Merivale), an 'honest' man as he frequently reminds the rest of the cast, informs Ivanov that his wife is dying of tuberculosis, and that she needs to recover by going to the Crimea. Unfortunately, Ivanov is unable, and unwilling, to pay for the trip. He is heavily in debt and already owes Zinaida Lebdeva (Paula Laurence) 9000 roubles. Ivanov is criticised for h...
Carol Burnett and Joel Grey presenting John Gielgud with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Arthur" at the 54th Academy Awards® in 1982.
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read by Sir John Gielgud.
Becket 1964 Legendado Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Audiobook read by Sir John Gielgud. Label: Nimbus Records. 1989
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll read by Sir John Gielgud. Label: Nimbus Records. 1989
Gandhi (1982) - Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen Movies - Full Film HD Gandhi (1982), Ben Kingsley Movies, John Gielgud Movies, Candice Bergen Movies, Full Film HD
Stars: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw Director: Fielder Cook Writer: Millard Lampell (screenplay) In 1815, a soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon!