John Gielgud
Born April 14, 1904 (Age: 122)
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London, England
Biography
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, 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.
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, 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.
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Filmography
Discovering Hamlet
2011
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as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
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Age: 107
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
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as
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Age: 104
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 101
Elizabeth
1998
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as The Pope
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Age: 94
Quest for Camelot
1998
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as Merlin (voice)
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Age: 94
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
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as
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Age: 93
David
1997
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as Stimme Gottes
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Age: 92
Hamlet
1996
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as Priam
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Age: 92
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
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as Mr. Touchett
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Age: 92
Looking for Richard
1996
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as Self - Interviewee
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Age: 92
The Leopard Son
1996
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as Narrator
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Age: 92
Shine
1996
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as Cecil Parkes
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Age: 92
DragonHeart
1996
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as King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 92
First Knight
1995
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as Oswald
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Age: 91
The Power of One
1992
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as St. John
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Age: 87
Shining Through
1992
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as Sunflower
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Age: 87
No Image
Swan Song
1992
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as Svetlovidov
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Age: 87
No Image
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
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as Prospero
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Age: 87
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 87
Prospero's Books
1991
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as Prospero
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Age: 87
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
1991
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as Virgil (voice)
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Age: 86
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
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as Drechsler
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Age: 86
The Best of Friends
1991
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as Sydney Cockerell
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Age: 86
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
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as Self
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Age: 86
A TV Dante
1990
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as Virgil
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Age: 86
Strike It Rich
1990
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as Herbert Dreuther
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Age: 85
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
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as Barbablù
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Age: 85
Getting It Right
1989
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as Sir Gordon Munday
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Age: 85
A Man for All Seasons
1988
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as Cardinal Wolsey
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Age: 84
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
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as Self
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Age: 84
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
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as Hobson
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Age: 84
Appointment with Death
1988
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as Colonel Carbury
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Age: 84
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
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as British Lord
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Age: 83
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
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as Eddie Loomis
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Age: 82
Time After Time
1986
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as Jasper Swift
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Age: 81
Plenty
1985
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as Sir Leonard Darwin
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Age: 81
Leave All Fair
1985
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as John Middleton Murry
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Age: 81
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
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as Theodore Woodward
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Age: 80
The Shooting Party
1985
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as Cornelius Cardew
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Age: 80
To Be Hamlet
1985
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as Self
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Age: 80
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
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as Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
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Age: 79
The Wicked Lady
1983
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as Hogarth
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Age: 79
Gandhi
1982
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as Lord Irwin
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Age: 78
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
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as Self
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Age: 78
No Image
The Critic
1982
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as Lord Burleigh
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Age: 78
Priest of Love
1981
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as Herbert G. Muskett
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Age: 77
Arthur
1981
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as Hobson
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Age: 77
Chariots of Fire
1981
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as Master of Trinity
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Age: 77
Lion of the Desert
1981
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as Sharif El Gariani
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Age: 77
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981
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as Marquis of Caterhan
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Age: 76
Sphinx
1981
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as Abdu-Hamdi
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Age: 76
The Formula
1980
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as Dr. Abraham Esau
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Age: 76
The Elephant Man
1980
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as Carr Gomm
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Age: 76
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
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as Reverend Jones
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Age: 75
The Conductor
1980
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as John Lasocki
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Age: 75
The Human Factor
1979
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as Brigadier Tomlinson
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Age: 75
Caligula
1979
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as Nerva
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Age: 75
Les Misérables
1978
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as Gillenormand
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Age: 74
Richard II
1978
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as John of Gaunt
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Age: 74
Romeo and Juliet
1978
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as Chorus
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Age: 74
No Man's Land
1978
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as Spooner
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Age: 74
No Image
The Grand Inquisitor
1977
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as Inquisitor
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Age: 72
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
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as Mr. Beddoes
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Age: 70
11 Harrowhouse
1974
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as Meecham
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Age: 70
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
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as Chief Constable
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Age: 70
Gold
1974
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as Farrell
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Age: 70
Lost Horizon
1973
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as Chang
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Age: 68
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1973
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as Various
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Age: 68
Probe
1972
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as Harold L. Streeter
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Age: 67
Eagle in a Cage
1972
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as Lord Sissal
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Age: 67
Home
1972
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as Harry
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Age: 67
Hamlet
1970
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as The Ghost
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Age: 66
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
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as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
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Age: 64
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
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as Rich Man
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Age: 64
No Image
From Chekhov with Love
1968
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as Anton Chekhov
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Age: 63
Ivanov
1966
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as Nikolai ivanov
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Age: 62
Chimes at Midnight
1965
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as Henry IV
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Age: 61
The Loved One
1965
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as Sir Francis Hinsley
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Age: 61
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
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as Ghost (voice)
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Age: 60
Becket
1964
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as King Louis VII of France
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Age: 59
To Die in Madrid
1963
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as Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Age: 59
The Cherry Orchard
1962
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as Gaev
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Age: 58
No Image
The Immortal Land
1958
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as
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Age: 53
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Foster
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Age: 52
Richard III
1955
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as George, Duke of Clarence
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Age: 51
No Image
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
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as John Worthing, JP
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Age: 51
Romeo and Juliet
1954
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as Chorus
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Age: 50
Hamlet: The Actor's View
1954
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as Self
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Age: 50
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Cassius
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Age: 49
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953
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as Narrator
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Age: 48
A Diary for Timothy
1945
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as Hamlet
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Age: 41
No Image
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
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as Narrator
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Age: 37
The Prime Minister
1941
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as Disraeli
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Age: 36
Insult
1932
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as Henri Dubois
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Age: 28