# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/val-gielgud
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:05:48.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/val-gielgud"
name: "Val Gielgud"
slug: "val-gielgud"
description: "Val Henry Gielgud CBE 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."
tagline: "British writer (1900-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Val_Gielgud_in_1949.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1900-04-28"
deathDate: "1981-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.67
  momentum:             3
  historical:           5.288014666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317350/"
    handle:    "nm0317350"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Gielgud"
    title: "Val Gielgud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "ڤال جيلجود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Gielgud"
    title: "Val Gielgud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Gielgud"
    title: "Val Gielgud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c5858ef-12c5-4bad-803c-235a2a503793"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1782850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1044007"
    title: "Val Gielgud"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations