John Gielgud

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English person Shakespearean actor actor film actor human stage actor theatre director

John Gielgud was a distinguished English actor and director renowned for his Shakespearean performances on stage and screen, and as one of the great theatrical knights of the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
John Gielgud canonical 24
Arthur John Gielgud 1
Chancellor Robert – John Gielgud 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
Shakespearean actor ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
BAFTA awards ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award

Emmy Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Tony Award ⓘ
burialPlace Oxfordshire ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-05-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish descent ⓘ
familyName John Gielgud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gielgud
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
fullName John Gielgud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arthur John Gielgud
genre drama ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
John ⓘ
honour Companion of Honour ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
influenced British theatre acting style ⓘ
knownFor Shakespearean roles ⓘ
classical theatre ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableAchievement EGOT winner ⓘ
notableWork Arthur ⓘ
Becket ⓘ
Chariots of Fire ⓘ
Gandhi ⓘ
Hamlet ⓘ
Julius Caesar (play) ⓘ
surface form: Julius Caesar

Prospero's Books ⓘ
surface form: Prospero’s Books

King Richard II of England ⓘ
surface form: Richard II

The Elephant Man ⓘ
The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

South Kensington ⓘ
placeOfDeath Buckinghamshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wotton Underwood ⓘ
relative Edward Gordon Craig ⓘ
Ellen Terry ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
title Sir ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard III (1955 film) → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Chariots of Fire → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Hamlet (1996 film) → stars → John Gielgud ⓘ
Shine → stars → John Gielgud ⓘ
Elizabeth → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Oh! What a Lovely War → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
The Shooting Party → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasNotablePerformer → John Gielgud ⓘ
54th Academy Awards → bestSupportingActorWinner → John Gielgud ⓘ
Julius Caesar (1953 film) → leadActor → John Gielgud ⓘ
Julius Caesar (1953 film) → castMember → John Gielgud ⓘ
Shining Through (1992 film) → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Chimes at Midnight → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Chimes at Midnight → portraysCharacter → John Gielgud ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Gielgud as King Henry IV
Arthur → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur (1981 film)
Arthur → academyAwardRecipient → John Gielgud ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur (1981 film)
Becket → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Gandhi → starred → John Gielgud ⓘ
Dragon School → notableAlumni → John Gielgud ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir John Gielgud
RADA → hasAlumni → John Gielgud ⓘ
John Gielgud → fullName → John Gielgud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur John Gielgud
John Gielgud → familyName → John Gielgud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gielgud
Gielgud Theatre → namedAfter → John Gielgud ⓘ
The Elephant Man → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
The Formula → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
The Power of One → starring → John Gielgud ⓘ
Lost Horizon (1973 film) → starredActor → John Gielgud ⓘ
film "First Knight" (1995) → characterActor → John Gielgud ⓘ
subject surface form: First Knight
this entity surface form: Chancellor Robert – John Gielgud
Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) → castMember → John Gielgud ⓘ