Val Henry Gielgud CBE (28 April 1900 – 30 November 1981) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster. He was a pioneer of radio drama for the BBC, and also directed the first ever drama to be produced in the newer medium of television.
Val Gielgud was born in London, into a theatrical family, being the brother of Sir John Gielgud (who acted in several of his productions) and a great-nephew of the Victorian actress Dame Ellen Terry.
Val Henry Gielgud CBE (28 April 1900 – 30 November 1981) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster. He was a pioneer of radio drama for the...
eldest daughter, also named Kate, married Frank Gielgud; their four children included Val and John Gielgud. Ellen (1847–1928) followed her elder sister into...
UNESCO, and Val, later head of BBC radio drama; his younger sister Eleanor became John's secretary for many years. On his father's side, Gielgud was of Lithuanian...
administrator ValGielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster Gielgud Theatre, London 39557 Gielgud, an asteroid Gielgud Award All...
written by novelist and dramatist Dorothy L. Sayers, and produced by ValGielgud, with Robert Speaight as Jesus. The twelve plays in the cycle are: Kings...
of Frank Henry Gielgud (1860–1949) and his second wife, Kate Terry-Gielgud, née Terry-Lewis (1868–1958). His younger siblings were Val, later head of...
However, with the approach of the Second World War, the key executive, ValGielgud, head of productions at BBC Radio, proposed that an in-house company...
Watson. In the 1950s radio series starring John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes, Gielgud's own brother, ValGielgud, played the part in "The Bruce-Partington Plans"...
Griffith Jones, Fay Compton and Isabel Jeans; a 1954 version produced by ValGielgud; a 1959 adaptation starring Tony Britton and Faith Brook; a 1970 version...
Mrs. Findlay Gertie Maude by John Van Druten (1937) Party Manners by ValGielgud (1950) Some authors suggested that in her later years, Esmond discussed...
considered his best known to be Jess Oakroyd in The Good Companions with John Gielgud and Jessie Matthews (1933) and Radfern in Carol Reed's Laburnum Grove with...
Maina Gielgud AO (born 14 January 1945) is a British former ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of The Australian...
Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) ValGielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...
Ronald Simpson as Soames. It was adapted by Muriel Levy and produced by ValGielgud and Felix Felton. Young Jolyons in later adaptations included Andrew...
its confined setting, small cast and short length, and was directed by ValGielgud, who was at the time the BBC's senior producer of radio drama. Because...
Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) ValGielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...
Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) ValGielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...
Customer'. It was directed by the BBC's head of radio drama at the time, ValGielgud, and produced by Lance Sieveking. The artwork was by C. R. Nevinson....
Baron Bernstein of Leigh Colin Brazier Sir Clement Freud Stephen Fry ValGielgud Gilbert Harding Patrick Kidd Quentin Letts Tony Miles Michael Molloy...
early 1940s —- 2 by Carr alone, and 2 in collaboration with the BBC's ValGielgud. The Island of Coffins - Crippen & Landru, 2020. A collection of radio...
whilst performing in a comedy titled Yes and No and later invited by ValGielgud to appear in radio productions at the BBC. During his varied career he...
of a documentary about him. Another early BBC radio drama producer, ValGielgud, said of the "not altogether fortunate" Sieveking: "He was perhaps over...
August 1921, 18-year-old Natalia Mamontova married future BBC broadcaster ValGielgud, against her mother's wishes and without her foreknowledge. Natalia Mamontova...