In 1981’s Arthur, Dudley Moore played a lovable drunk with a fatherly butler, Hobson (John Gielgud). But the Arthur opening in theaters Friday features a much darker, alcoholic bad boy Russell ...

The name Gielgud is Lithuanian, he said, “not Scottish, as many people imagine.” He was christened Arthur John, but was always known as John, or to friends, Johnnie.

Helen Mirren will star opposite Russell Brand in Warner Bros.’ remake of “Arthur.” She will play his longtime nanny in a reimagining of the John Gielgud part in the 1981 comedy, in which he ...

Dudley Moore. John Gielgud. Liza Minelli. With names like that, the original Arthur (1981) was destined to be a hit, and here are 20 reasons why it just might be the greatest comedy film of all ...

Dudley Moore played the titular role in 'Arthur' (1981), with Liza Minnelli portraying waitress Linda Marolla and Sir John Gielgud in an Oscar-winning performance as Arthur's dryly sarcastic ...

John Gielgud, who played the servant and died in the original film, reappears for a few choice minutes as an admonishing guardian angel who demands that Arthur stop drinking and start living.

Arthur arrives back in movie theaters starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren in an update of the Dudley Moore classic that won an Oscar for Sir John Gielgud. The Arthur story has been brought to ...

Rediscover the music of the spoken word as John Gielgud (Arthur) conducts a grand tour of English-language poetry through the centuries. Compiled by poet and literary critic Anthony Thwaite, these ...

Sam Mendes directs hot play by Jack Thorne about Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Elizabeth Taylor and Hamlet at London’s National Theatre ...

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international ...

Gielgud, later star of Hollywood films such as Arthur, Gandhi and Chariots Of Fire, was the subject of 'special enquiries' by civil servants.