Alec Guinness
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec Guinness, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 2, 1914 In Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 70
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Evensong 1934-09-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019-12-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | Starring Sigmund Freud | (archive footage) | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
| Movie | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-11-21 |
| Movie | Eskimo Day | James | 1996-04-04 |
| Movie | Mute Witness | The Reaper | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | A Foreign Field | Amos | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann | 1992-10-18 |
| Series | Screen One | Amos | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd | 1988-06-24 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
| Movie | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | 1987-12-11 |
| Movie | Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | A Passage to India | Professor Godbole | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | Lovesick | Sigmund Freud | 1983-02-18 |
| Series | Smiley's People | George Smiley | 1982-09-20 |
| Movie | The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1980-05-20 |
| Movie | Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi | 1980-09-22 |
| Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt | 1980-12-01 |
| Series | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | 1979-09-10 |
| Movie | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1978-11-17 |
| Movie | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | 1977-05-25 |
| Movie | Parkinson: Alec Guinness | Interviewee | 1977-12-17 |
| Movie | The Making of Star Wars | Self | 1977-09-16 |
| Movie | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome | 1974-09-24 |
| Movie | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler | 1973-04-19 |
| Movie | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Papst Innozenz III. | 1972-03-03 |
| Movie | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1970-07-12 |
| Movie | The Ealing Comedies | Self | 1970-09-08 |
| Movie | The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones | 1967-10-31 |
| Movie | Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface | 1966-03-01 |
| Movie | The Quiller Memorandum | Pol | 1966-11-10 |
| Movie | Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick | 1965-10-13 |
| Movie | Pasternak | Himself | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | 1964-03-24 |
| Movie | H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford | 1962-04-15 |
| Movie | A Majority of One | Koichi Asano | 1961-12-27 |
| Movie | Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | 1960-09-17 |
| Movie | The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue | 1959-08-06 |
| Series | Startime | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
| Movie | The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson | 1958-11-11 |
| Movie | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson | 1957-10-11 |
| Movie | Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose | 1957-12-17 |
| Movie | To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | 1955-12-08 |
| Movie | The Prisoner | The Cardinal | 1955-04-19 |
| Movie | Father Brown | Father Brown | 1954-06-08 |
| Movie | The Stratford Adventure | Self | 1954-08-02 |
| Movie | Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross | 1953-06-01 |
| Movie | The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James | 1953-09-28 |
| Movie | The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin | 1952-02-25 |
| Movie | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland | 1951-06-28 |
| Movie | The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton | 1951-08-07 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Last Holiday | George Bird | 1950-05-15 |
| Movie | The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli | 1950-10-03 |
| Movie | A Run for Your Money | Whimple | 1949-11-23 |
| Movie | Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1948-06-28 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) | 1934-09-03 |