Alec Guinness
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1914
- Died
- August 5, 2000 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Known For
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Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Movie · as Self
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Starring Sigmund Freud
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Movie · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
Movie · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
Movie · as James
Mute Witness
Movie · as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Foreign Field
Movie · as Amos
Tales from Hollywood
Movie · as Heinrich Mann
Kafka
Movie · as The Chief Clerk
Performance
TV · as Heinrich Mann · 1 ep
Screen One
TV · as Amos · 1 ep
A Handful of Dust
Movie · as Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
Movie · as William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
Movie · as Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
Movie · as Self
A Passage to India
Movie · as Professor Godbole
Edwin
Movie · as Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
Movie · as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
Movie · as Sigmund Freud
Smiley's People
TV · as George Smiley · 6 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Heinrich Mann · 1 ep
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Raise the Titanic
Movie · as John Bigalow
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie · as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV · as George Smiley · 7 eps
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Movie
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The South Bank Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Star Wars
Movie · as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Making of Star Wars
Movie · as Self
Murder by Death
Movie · as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Caesar
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Gift of Friendship
Movie · as Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie · as Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie · as Papst Innozenz III.
Great Performances
TV · as Father Quixote · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cromwell
Movie · as King Charles I
Scrooge
Movie · as Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ealing Comedies
Movie · as Self
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Malvolio
The Comedians
Movie · as Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Jocelyn Broome · 1 ep
The Quiller Memorandum
Movie · as Pol
Hotel Paradiso
Movie · as Benedict Boniface
Doctor Zhivago
Movie · as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Pasternak
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
Movie · as Wilhelm Frick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as The Executioner · 1 ep
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie · as Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie · as Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
Movie · as Captain Crawford
A Majority of One
Movie · as Koichi Asano
Our Man in Havana
Movie · as Jim Wormold
Tunes of Glory
Movie · as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
The Scapegoat
Movie · as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Startime
TV · as Jebal Deeks · 1 ep
The Horse's Mouth
Movie · as Gulley Jimson
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Movie · as Self
...On Seeing Film
Movie · as Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie · as Col. Nicholson
Barnacle Bill
Movie · as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Swan
Movie · as Prince Albert
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" · 1 ep
The Ladykillers
Movie · as Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
Movie · as The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
Movie · as Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
Movie · as Narrator
MGM Parade
TV · as self · 1 ep
Father Brown
Movie · as Father Brown
The Stratford Adventure
Movie · as Self
The Captain's Paradise
Movie · as Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
Movie · as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Card
Movie · as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Man in the White Suit
Movie · as Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie · as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Julius Caesar · 1 ep
Last Holiday
Movie · as George Bird
The Mudlark
Movie · as Benjamin Disraeli
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie · as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
A Run for Your Money
Movie · as Whimple
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Fagin
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Expectations
Movie · as Herbert Pocket
Evensong
Movie · as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)