1. Elizabeth (1998) .... Pope Paul IV
... aka Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (1998) (closing credits title)
2. Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice) .... Merlin
... aka Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot, The (1998)
3. Merlin (1998/II) (TV) .... King Constant
4. Tichborne Claimant, The (1998) .... Cockburn
5. "Dance to the Music of Time, A" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... St. John Clarke
6. Hamlet (1996) (long version) .... Priam
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1996)
7. Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) .... Mr. Touchett
8. Leopard Son, The (1996) (voice) .... Narrator
9. Shine (1996) .... Cecil Parkes
10. Looking for Richard (1996) .... Himself
11. Dragonheart (1996) (voice) (uncredited) .... King Arthur
12. Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) .... Professor of Sunlight
13. Haunted (1995) .... Doctor Doyle
14. First Knight (1995) .... Oswald
15. "Scarlett" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Pierre Robillard
16. Best of Friends, The (1994) (TV) .... Sydney Cockerell
17. Shining Through (1992) .... Konrad Friedrichs/Sunflower
18. Power of One, The (1992) .... St. John
... aka Puissance de l'ange, La (1992) (France)
19. Swan Song (1992) .... Svetlovidov
20. Prospero's Books (1991) .... Prospero
... aka Ultima tempesta, L' (1991) (Italy)
21. "Strauss Dynasty, The" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Dreschler
22. Walk Through Prospero's Library, A (1991) (TV) .... Prospero
23. Strike It Rich (1990) .... Herbert Dreuther
... aka Loser Takes All (1990)
... aka Money Talks (1990)
24. "Summer's Lease" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Haverford Downs
25. "War and Remembrance" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Aaron Jastrow
26. Getting It Right (1989) .... Sir Gordon Munday
27. TV Dante: The Inferno Cantos I-VIII, A (1989) (TV) .... Virgil
28. Appointment with Death (1988) .... Colonel Carbury
29. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) .... Hobson
30. Man for All Seasons, A (1988) (TV) .... Cardinal Wolsey
31. Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud)
32. Quartermaine's Terms (1987) (TV) .... Eddie
33. Barbablú, Barbablú (1987)
... aka Bluebeard, Bluebeard (1987)
34. Canterville Ghost, The (1986) (TV) .... Sir Simon de Canterville
35. Whistle Blower, The (1986) .... Sir Adrian Chapple
36. Romance on the Orient Express (1985) (TV) .... Mr. Woodward
37. Ingrid (1985) .... Himself
38. Invitation to the Wedding (1985) .... Reverend Clyde Ormiston
39. Leave All Fair (1985) .... John Middleton Murry
40. Plenty (1985) .... Sir Leonard Darwin
41. Time After Time (1985) .... Jasper Swift
42. Camille (1984) (TV) .... Duke de Charles
43. Scandalous (1984) .... Uncle Willie
44. "Far Pavilions, The" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Major Sir Louis Cavagnari
... aka "Blade of Steel" (1984) (mini)
45. Master of Ballantrae, The (1984) (TV) .... Lord Durrisdeer
46. Antigone (1984) (TV) .... Teiresias
47. Buddenbrooks (1984) (TV)
48. Frankenstein (1984) (TV) .... Blind Man
49. Oedipus the King (1984) (TV) .... Teiresias
50. Shooting Party, The (1984) .... Cornelius Cardew
51. Wicked Lady, The (1983) .... Hogarth
52. Scarlet and the Black, The (1983) (TV) .... Pope Pius XII
... aka Scarlatto e nero (1983) (TV) (Italy)
... aka Vatican Pimpernel, The (1983) (TV)
53. "Wagner" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Pfistermeister
54. Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Albert Speer Sr.
55. Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1982) (TV) .... Charmolue
... aka Hunchback (1982) (TV)
56. "Brideshead Revisited" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... Edward Ryder
57. "Marco Polo" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... The Doge
58. Gandhi (1982) .... Lord Irwin
59. Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) (TV) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Interviewee
60. Seven Dials Mystery, The (1982) (TV) .... Marquis of Caterhan
61. Priest of Love (1981) .... Herbert G. Muskett
62. Arthur (1981) .... Hobson
63. Sphinx (1981) .... Abdu Hamdi
64. Chariots of Fire (1981) (as Sir John Gielgud) .... Master of Trinity College
65. Voyage to the End of the Earth (1981) (TV) .... Narrator
66. Caligula (1980) .... Nerva
... aka Caligula, My Son (1980) (UK: changed title)
... aka Io, Caligola (1980) (Italy)
67. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV) .... Reverend Jones
68. Elephant Man, The (1980) .... Carr Gomm
69. Formula, The (1980) .... Dr. Esau
... aka Formel, Die (1980) (West Germany)
70. Human Factor, The (1980) .... Brigadier Tomlinson
71. Lion of the Desert (1980) .... Sharif el-Gariani
... aka Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert (1980)
72. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A (1979) .... The Preacher
73. Murder by Decree (1979) .... Lord Salisbury
... aka Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree (1979)
74. Dyrygent (1979) .... John Lasocki, Conductor
... aka Conductor, The (1979)
... aka Orchestra Conductor (1979)
75. Miserables, Les (1978) (TV) .... Gillenormand
76. King Richard the Second (1978) (TV) .... John of Gaunt
... aka BBC Television Shakespeare: King Richard the Second (1978) (TV)
... aka Richard II (1978) (TV)
77. Romeo and Juliet (1978) (TV) .... Chorus
... aka BBC Television Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (1978) (TV)
78. Providence (1977) .... Clive Langham
79. Heartbreak House (1977) (TV)
... aka Play of the Month: Heartbreak House (1977) (TV) (UK)
80. Joseph Andrews (1977) .... The Doctor
81. Aces High (1976) .... Headmaster
82. "Edward the King" (1975) (mini) TV Series .... Benjamin Disraeli
... aka "Edward the Seventh" (1975) (mini)
... aka "Royal Victorians, The" (1975) (mini)
83. Edward VII (1975) (TV) .... Benjamin Disraeli
84. Galileo (1975) .... The Old Cardinal
... aka Galileo Galilei (1975)
85. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Beddoes
86. 11 Harrowhouse (1974) .... Meecham
... aka Anything for Love (1974) (USA: TV title)
... aka Eleven Harrowhouse (1974)
... aka Fast Fortune (1974)
87. Gold (1974) .... Farrell
88. "QB VII" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Clinton-Meek
89. "Pallisers, The" (1974) TV Series .... Host
90. Lost Horizon (1973) .... Chang
91. Probe (1972) (TV) .... Harold Streeter
... aka Search (1972) (TV)
92. Frankenstein: The True Story (1972) (TV) .... Chief Constable (Police)
93. Home (1972) (TV) .... Harry
94. Eagle in a Cage (1971) .... Lord Sissal
95. Hamlet (1970/I) (TV) .... Ghost
96. Julius Caesar (1970) .... Julius Caesar
97. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... Count Leopold Von Berchtold
98. Conversation at Night (1969) (TV)
... aka Thirty-Minute Theatre: Conversation at Night (1969) (TV) (UK: series title)
99. Shoes of the Fisherman, The (1968) .... The Elder Pope
100. Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1968) .... Lord Raglan
101. Assignment to Kill (1968) .... Curt Valayan
102. From Chekhov with Love (1968) (TV) .... Anton Chekhov
103. Sebastian (1968) .... Head of Intelligence
... aka Mr. Sebastian (1968)
104. Romeo and Juliet (1967) (TV)
... aka Play of the Month: Romeo and Juliet (1967) (TV) (UK)
105. Alice in Wonderland (1967) (TV) .... Mock Turtle
106. Révolution d'octobre (1967) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka October Revolution (1967)
107. Mayfly and the Frog, The (1966) (TV)
... aka Wednesday Play: The Mayfly and the Frog (1966) (TV) (UK: series title)
108. Campanadas a medianoche (1965) .... Henry IV
... aka Chimes at Midnight (1965) (UK)
... aka Falstaff (1967/I) (Switzerland: German title) (USA)
109. Ages of Man, The (1965) (TV) .... Himself
110. Loved One, The (1965) .... Sir Francis Hinsley
111. Hamlet (1964/I) (voice) .... Ghost
112. Becket (1964) .... King Louis VII
113. Mourir à Madrid (1963) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka To Die in Madrid (1963)
114. Browning Version, The (1959) (TV) .... Andrew Crocker-Harris
115. North West Frontier (1959)
... aka Flame Over India (1959) (USA)
116. Immortal Land, The (1958) (voice) .... Narrator
117. Saint Joan (1957) .... Warwick
118. Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1957) .... Edward Moulton-Barrett
119. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) .... Foster
120. Romeo and Juliet (1954) .... Chorus
... aka Giulietta e Romeo (1954) (Italy)
121. Richard III (1954) .... George, Duke of Clarence
122. Julius Caesar (1953) .... Cassius
... aka William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1953)
123. Hamlet (1948) (uncredited) .... Voice of the Ghost
124. Airman's Letter to His Mother, An (1941) .... Narrator
125. Prime Minister, The (1941) .... Benjamin Disraeli
126. Secret Agent (1936) .... Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden
127. Good Companions, The (1933) .... Inigo Jollifant
128. Insult (1932) .... Henri Dubois
129. Clue of the New Pin, The (1929) .... Rex Trasmere
130. Who Is the Man? (1924) .... Daniel
Miscellaneous crew - filmography
1. Hamlet (1964/I) (stage director)
Director - filmography
1. Hamlet (1964/I)
Notable TV guest appearances
1. "Lovejoy" (1986) playing "Lord Wakering" in episode: "Lost Colony, The" (episode # 5.14) 12/26/1993
2. "Inspector Morse" (1987) playing "Lord Hinksey" in episode: "Twilight Of The Gods" (episode # 7.3) 1/20/1993
3. "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979) playing "Jelks" in episode: "Neck" (episode # 1.6) 4/28/1979
4. "DuPont Show of the Month, The" (1957) in episode: "Browning Version, The" 4/23/1959