John Gielgud (1904-2000), Actor and theatre director
Sir John Gielgud
Sitter in 113 portraits
Born into a theatrical tradition - Ellen Terry was his great aunt and his father's Polish grandmother was also an actress. He made his professional debut in 1921 at the Old Vic and it was there that his performances in Richard II and Hamlet in 1929 propelled him to fame. Gielgud's fame before the War was as a Shakespearean actor and director, skills he re-deployed in the triumphant one-man Shakespeare recital, Ages of Man, with which he toured the world in 1959. A versatile talent, he directed and played in Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning in 1949. He won an Oscar for his film role in Arthur (1981). As late as 1998 he starred in The Titchborne Claimant.
by Bernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1 May 1977
NPG P1173
by Bernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1 May 1977
NPG P1174
John Gielgud; Sir Ralph David Richardson
by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1978
NPG P150(41)
John Gielgud; Adèle Dixon in 'The Good Companions'
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print, 1931
NPG x17233
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print, 1933
NPG x26399
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132018
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132019
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132020
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132021
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132022
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132023
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132024
John Gielgud as Richard II in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 20 January 1933
NPG x132025
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