John Gielgud Wins Supporting Actor: 1982 Oscars

[@LPJack02]

RIP Sir John Gielgud (April 14, 1904 - May 21, 2000), aged 96 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@cryptkicker71]

And a Knight! I'm sure he thought along the same lines of Sir Alec Guinness. They had done so much more "quality" theater, that they didn't understand the importance of their roles. I think John learned a bit from Alec and Star Wars. He made sure to get paid. And, he got a well deserved Oscar.

[@meirwise1107]

I'm my opinion Sir John Gielgud was the greatest actor in the English language and that includes Olivier.

[@LeeMills-ml9jm]

I could not agree with you more. Whether it be on stage, in a movie or spoken word recording he had a presence that held your attention. When you look at his movie performances as a whole, he won the Academy Award for calling Arthur "a little sh*t"

[@frigginirishloons]

Completely deserved. Performance was great and he was hilarious.

[@oacaparov]

John Gielgud deserved the Oscar for his long career and many excepcional characters. But I think Howard Rollins Jr. deserved for his acting in "Ragtime". Ian Holm in My second place.

[@JackWalker12993]

RIP Ian Holm, he may not have won an Oscar for his portrayal of Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire but he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

[@dinasztie]

One of the greatest wins in this category. Brilliant, hilarious performance.

[@outinsider]

I guess he was off doing a play somewhere like a real actor. Still, incredibly deserving.

[@nickcopeland6915]

No, he didn't care about awards.

[@TomRipley7350]

"Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature."

[@kdohertygizbur]

Lol

[@rhondatraywick3724]

Exactly! Love it!

[@catherinejohnson9395]

“Good luck in prison.”😂

[@ManuelGuzman067]

love the movie Arthur and what an incredible actor sir Gielgud was

[@jslasher1]

He is called Sir John, NOT Sir Gielgud.

[@Oscars]

@cinefi you're welcome...thanks for watching ;)

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Gielgud turned the role down several times - until the amount of money offered was impossible to resist. He took a similar stance for his tiny role in the sequel - refusing until a high salary figure was reached.

[@Falconlibrary]

One does have expenses, dear boy.

[@UXB-p5u]

The greatest without question ❤

[@ALE280290]

John Gielgud and Ian Holm were both amazing (they both missed, sadly).

[@dee4j1]

I would've loved to see him go onstage and make a few satirical swipes at Hollywood and films in general. These quips exemplify: [to Richard Burton on seeing Burton's first "Hamlet"] "I'll come back and see it when you're better." [on reading bad reviews] "It's wonderful when it isn't you." [on Claude Rains] "He was a great influence on me. I don't know what happened to him. I think he failed and went to America."

[@godlyblessedliibaangodisgo4394]

Me too♡♡ Awsome post btw

[@kennethwayne6857]

There are books that detail 'Gielgud-isms'. Love to read 'em.

[@j.1820]

John Gielgud rightfully won I think, but what a list of actors in general.

[@trilby5546]

All great actors Sir J the best.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Joel Grey is so cute. I feel bad that it took him 60+ years to come out, especially given what and whom he was surrounded by.

[@nkt1]

You can't help but smile at Jack's devilish grin.

[@judas210]

"Steal something casual"

[@Bobaklives]

Oh man, he wasn't there? I was hoping to hear him... ah well. Among the greatest actors of all time.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

I never understood why he didn't attend as he was the odds on favorite to win and it would have been wonderful for him to say something pithy just like in Arthur.

[@sliat1981]

He wasn’t interested in winning

[@kdohertygizbur]

He turned the role down like 4 times He was not interested in awards

[@nickcopeland6915]

He didn't care about awards.

[@nickcopeland6915]

@Jeffrey Suggs That's not what I meant.

[@AccioHHr]

@chinahands100 CRAP? Arthur is a highly respected film and Gielgud was brilliant in it.

[@jwelch5742]

Can you upload E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial winning Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects?

[@Planet_Molly]

Back with there was a still modicum of class associated with the Oscars and Hollywood

[@cmartichick]

1:10 Jack looking good, damn

[@supermariofan03]

This list should have been: John Gielgud Ian Holm Jack Nicholson Howard E. Rollins Jr Jerry Orbach

[@hunterolaughlin]

You don’t have any actors from Raiders of the Lost Ark in mind? No Paul Freeman or John Rhys-Davies or Ronald Lacey?

[@ari3lz3pp3lin]

Omg that guy presenting is on Buffy! :D

[@thefletchishere]

the reason for not going he said later was because the oscars were 'too common'

[@trickydick6152]

He could afford to say that: but then, he shouldn't have played in a common movie like "Arthur". Or at least, not accept the nomination.

[@Hemulionbotanisti]

@@trickydick6152 Maybe he wanted to make a statement of it.

[@steph13326ify]

@@trickydick6152 Yeah, if he really felt that way, he should of rejected the nomination like George C Scott did for "Patton."

[@trickydick6152]

@@steph13326ify And for "The Hustler" as well.

[@liamadaley]

@@trickydick6152 What is your source for this quote?

[@DiceyJJ]

dude was a Boss...he faded the OSCARS lol...awesome

[@trumancapote9097]

LOL!! Somehow I doubt he was EVER called DUDE to his face.

[@Dennisanyone-]

Where was Mary Steenburgen last years winner to present?

[@ANFeuerstahl]

RIP Mr. Holm

[@misterhot9163]

I guess none of the English actors who were nominated in this category bothered to attend the ceremony.

[@WojciechTrojanowski1978]

I love 1:44

[@Leonardoeditor37]

I've never understood why the Academy didn't even nominated Paul Freeman for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Same as Harrison Ford

[@TheTranceCartel]

The most forgotten Best Supporting Actor

[@basilmanolakos4926]

Is that Carol Burnett with Joel Grey announcing Sir John Gielgud's Best Supporting Oscar?

[@thomassiegel5908]

Rutger Hauer should’ve been nominated for Blade Runner

[@josecal8081]

Blade Runner was a contender in the following year. Only earned two technical nominaciones. Rutger Hauer was great though.

[@bandicoot5412]

As time goes bye

[@carolynfeldman9643]

I love her outfit🤗

[@ralphadamo1857]

Ian Holm? Didn't his body get tragically invaded by some alien creature? Oh, wait. That was John Hurt. My bad.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

It's too bad Gielgud was such a snob about Oscars because he accepted other awards for this delightful performance as Hobson, the acid-tongued manservant, one of the flat-out funniest ever put to film. Of course, Steve Gordon gave him priceless lines to say, but he put his own personal stamp on them as no one else could have done. Like this one to Liza Minnelli: "One usually has to go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature."

[@YortOK]

Alot of the old time English actors just didn't see the practicality of flying 10 hours from London to LA just to sit in an audience for an award they might not even win. Paul Scofield was another.

[@jackiescanlon]

yortko1 and of course the wonderful Peter O'Toole.

[@nkt1]

@@YortOK You could do it in 4 hours back then, for a price.

[@naly202]

Haha. I love it when amazing actors are missing from the Oscar presentations. Especially nowadays that the ceremony has become a farce.

[@kenmario6284]

In the old days (pre-1990) actors not attending was very common because studios were very inflexible and wouldn’t give actors time off from their current projects. These days actors almost always attend.

[@lorrainepurmort4283]

A wonderful role

[@janethu9169]

John G., Chariot of Fire. Jack Nicholson. ....

[@spikemoe1]

@RedRun56 Does the button thingymabobmajigger routinely bump into the right end of the running red bar? Because you can fix that by pausing the video for a while until it has buffered enough.

[@lynnturman8157]

Try reading instead. More entertaining than today'd TV & better for your brain.

[@kaejae24]

@casadegolfas He really wasn't publicly gay. He pretty much kept it hidden

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Good for him! Sexuality of any persuasion is a private matter unlike today where gay people have to tell the whole world their sexual persuasion and the liberals and progressives all coo about. Jesus give me a break!

[@bulafritz]

James Coco is the only person ever to get an Oscar and a Razzie nomination for the same performance!

[@StevenTorrey]

While it was an interesting movie, it was hardly Oscar worthy!

[@seanlarajames708]

And Amy Irving for yentl

[@josecal8081]

And Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy. But she is great in the movie

[@mcmraw]

This was the year that the winners of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor were not in attendence to accept the award.

[@hunterolaughlin]

If any actor from Raiders of the Lost Ark could be nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category, I think Paul Freeman or John Rhys-Davies or Ronald Lacey could be good contenders.

[@hotamerican69]

I love Arthur, but it makes me wonder if Rollins would have not ended up dead had he won.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

?

[@oacaparov]

Rollins died too soon. I think he should won, but The Academy preferred The long career of Gielgud.

[@TulseLuper]

@ALE280290 Ian Holm is alive and well.

[@SexyStudChris]

Great !!

[@bradlafferty6076]

Where was he?

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

Famous for his cry Youll not get me you effing bastards..

[@steveN111333]

Why wasn't he there ?!?!?!?

[@trumancapote9097]

JOHN GIELGUD was a tremendously gifted actor and deserved to win for his hilarious turn in ARTHUR. That being said, i think the Academy should make it a REQUIREMENT to be in attendence if your name is called and IF NOT the second runner-up should receive the Oscar (and if they are NOT there the next one and so forth). NO SHOW then NO OSCAR. CASE

[@coronaflo]

How would they know who the runner-up is, not to mention even if they did who would want to get a second-place oscar.

[@sliat1981]

Who’s the cross eyed presenter?

[@lynnturman8157]

Yeah. Truly a great talent. Too bad he was so self-destructive (as many great talents are).

[@trumancapote9097]

JOHN GIELGUD self-destructive?!! He lived to be almost 100 years old!!

[@trumancapote9097]

JOHN GIELGUD self-destructive?!! He lived to be almost 100 years old!!

[@jacobgarrity9055]

Sir John Gielgud for Arthur and Bilbo Baggins for Chariots of Fire.

[@Cunninghamily]

0:40

[@kaledadam3955]

why wasnt he there?

[@KelvinKlink]

@LickMyCuntMoFo dudley and nicholson should have gone drinking at the bar together that night after the Oscars, since they both lost the statuette. just do not know if at any bar in NY or at Overlook Hotel ~ ~

[@TulseLuper]

@kaejae24 Not really. In the 1950s, he was arrested for trying to pick a man up in a public bathroom, which nearly ruined his career. He also famously remarked on the set of Caligula, with delight, "I've never seen so much c*ck in all my life!"

[@qsprimalaccuracy9709]

Awesome acceptance speech by John Gielgud

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

This must be a freakinh rare occasion when three gay actors where nominated in the same category, same year

[@loricullum2144]

Harrold Rollins should have won if you have never seen Ragtime it's wonderful?

[@grahammaio9801]

And a gay man was the presenter.

[@curtismichael4703]

@@loricullum2144 I agree Rollins should have won for his performance in RAGTIME. He was a brilliant actor, right up there with Denzel Washington. Gielgud was good in ARTHUR and he was legendary at that point in his career, so I'm sure that persuaded the vote.

[@richardscott4318]

"Good luck in prison." 😄😄😄

[@sliat1981]

I'm not there. I despise oscars

[@jamesdurnford739]

sliat1981 very clever

[@thomasmagnum3588]

I just watched ARTHUR again, for like the thousandth time! Then came here thinking, “oh how cool to see Gielgud’s acceptance speech”! DARN he would have been hilarious. Judging by the applause, it sounded like Jack Nicholson and Howard Rollins were almost tied for second place. It is sad that Dudley Moore and Steve Gordon were with us for such a brief time. Great talents combined to make one of films greatest comedies.

[@kristinemorley4337]

He didn’t even show up 😂

[@ArnavSinha2681]

Ah the Caligula man.

[@RSmith6948]

Gielgud had requested that Michael York accept the award for him if he won. But the academy had begun a policy after Brando/Littlefeather that no stand-ins be allowed to accept awards. That’s why there was no speech. York was actually in the audience.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why didn't say thank you ?

[@harrietamidala1691]

@chinahands100 The Remake was crap! Not the original.

[@drstranger7430]

Most of the time, when a name is called and the applause seems louder, it means to say they'll win. In Howard's case, it's just one of many uncredited talents from poc's and asians. #OscarSoWhite

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Jack the only one still standing now.

[@average_joe9481]

Does the Academy Awards frown on Celebrities who aren’t there? and if they do win, what happens if they are not there to accept the award in person?

[@nickcopeland6915]

Someone accepts it for them. John Gielgud in this case didn't care about awards so he skipped it.

[@NJTDover]

Back then when the Oscar ceremony was worth watching it with the family. Nobody cares today's academy awards at all.

[@moogooguypan2514]

I love reading comments total strangers make about what someone should or should not do when they have absolutely no idea what the life is like that they are talking about. The world is filled with so many latrine geniuses…… No wonder Donald Trump is president.

[@Imnotyourmamaluke]

Yes exactly. Or comments that go on and on about actors and actresses like the commenters know them personally. I mean it's unbelievable and a little creepy.

[@virghammer1]

Exactly. Makes one want, Hobson-like, to zing the poor schmuck, eh? I always just squelch - w/ great difficulty, sometimes, mind you! the impulse and just grit my teeth … sigh ( and I’m truly sorry if this sounds mean) and just resignedly re-realize: I guess Inane = … Inane. 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♂️

[@virghammer1]

PS. Gotta admire you for “loving” it, though. 😂 😂 ( I know: one assumes: NOT!). - Cheers, V.

[@damianlatimer2290]

Howard Rollins was robbed!

[@KenKen-mn8nu]

imagine being nominated and winning and not even having the decency to show up. pathetic

[@schrire39]

Is this the single most boring clip on youtube?

[@MaureenStapletonFan]

The only acting winner present to accept their award was Maureen Stapleton. And you post this ?! What about Maureen ? What about Jane Fonda accepting on her father's behalf? What was the reasoning for posting this vid from 1982 ? A missed opportunity.

[@oacaparov]

Henry Fonda was sick. Katharine Hepburn was not interested in Oscars (never was). And John Gielgud.... I think the same Reason for Hepburn.

[@nickcopeland6915]

Jack Nicholson won Best Supporting Actor two years later.

[@sushicourier]

"Steal something casual."