page_title: John Gielgud, roles and awards
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: John Gielgud, roles and awards / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: Promotional image for the film Julius Caesar (1953), featuring Edmond O'Brien (left) and John Gielgud (right) Such images were taken by a studio photographer, and then disseminated to the media and the public for the purpose of promoting their films.
context_page_description: Sir John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor and theatre director. He appeared on stage, television and radio and in film in a career that spanned eight decades. Film historian Brian McFarlane, writing for the British Film Institute, wrote of Gielgud that "in terms of the performing arts, it is no exaggeration to say that he towered over the century".
  Gielgud, a member of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family, began working on stage in 1921 before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After completing his studies he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic in the 1930s. He continued working on the stage until 1990 both as a director and actor. Although he made some films early in his career, he did not start working regularly in the medium until he was in his sixties; in the course of just over thirty years between 1964 and 1998 he appeared in over sixty films. He was active on television and radio, appearing in numerous plays and interviews, and was also in demand as a narrator.
caption: Edmond O'Brien (Casca, left) and Gielgud (Cassius) in Julius Caesar (1953), for which Gielgud won a BAFTA for Best British Actor.[8]
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