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Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

ActingBorn April 2, 1914Died August 5, 2000 (age 86)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.

Filmography

2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Movie
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2012
Starring Sigmund Freud

as (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

Movie
2004
The Story of Star Wars

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

Movie
2000Movie
1996
Eskimo Day

as James

Movie
1995
Mute Witness

as The Reaper

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1992
Tales from Hollywood

as Heinrich Mann

Movie
1991
Kafka

as The Chief Clerk

Movie
1991
Performance

as Heinrich Mann

TV
1989
Screen One

as Amos

TV
1988Movie
1987
Little Dorrit

as William Dorrit

Movie
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1985
Monsignor Quixote

as Father Quixote

Movie
1984
A Passage to India

as Professor Godbole

Movie
1984
Edwin

as Sir Fennimore Truscott

Movie
1983
Return of the Jedi

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Movie
1983
Lovesick

as Sigmund Freud

Movie
1982
Smiley's People

as George Smiley

TV
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Earl of Dorincourt

Movie
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

Movie
1980
Raise the Titanic

as John Bigalow

Movie
1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Movie
1979TV
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special

as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1978TV
1977Movie
1977
Star Wars

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Movie
1976
Murder by Death

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Movie
1976Movie
1975TV
1974
The Gift of Friendship

as Jocelyn Broome

Movie
1973Movie
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Papst Innozenz III.

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
Great Performances

as Father Quixote

TV
1970
Scrooge

as Jacob Marley's Ghost

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Cromwell

as King Charles I

Movie
1970
Twelfth Night

as Malvolio

Movie
1967
The Comedians

as Major H. O. Jones

Movie
1967
Omnibus

as Self

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Jocelyn Broome

TV
1967
The Comedians in Africa

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966Movie
1966
Hotel Paradiso

as Benedict Boniface

Movie
1965
Pasternak

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1965
Doctor Zhivago

as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Movie
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as The Executioner

TV
1964Movie
1962
Lawrence of Arabia

as Prince Feisal

Movie
1962
H.M.S. Defiant

as Captain Crawford

Movie
1961
A Majority of One

as Koichi Asano

Movie
1960
Tunes of Glory

as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Movie
1960
Our Man in Havana

as Jim Wormold

Movie
1959
Startime

as Jebal Deeks

TV
1959
The Scapegoat

as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

Movie
1958
The Horse's Mouth

as Gulley Jimson

Movie
1958Movie
1957
Barnacle Bill

as Captain William Horatio Ambrose

Movie
1957Movie
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

TV
1956
The Swan

as Prince Albert

Movie
1955
The Ladykillers

as Professor Marcus

Movie
1955
MGM Parade

as self

TV
1955
The Prisoner

as The Cardinal

Movie
1955
To Paris with Love

as Sir Edgar Fraser

Movie
1955Movie
1954Movie
1954
Father Brown

as Father Brown

Movie
1953
The Captain's Paradise

as Captain Henry St. James

Movie
1953
Malta Story

as Flight Lt. Peter Ross

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
The Card

as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Julius Caesar

TV
1951
The Man in the White Suit

as Sidney Stratton

Movie
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob

as Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Movie
1950
The Mudlark

as Benjamin Disraeli

Movie
1950
Last Holiday

as George Bird

Movie
1949Movie
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets

as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

Movie
1948
Oliver Twist

as Fagin

Movie
1946
Great Expectations

as Herbert Pocket

Movie
1934
Evensong

as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 2, 1914
Day of DeathAugust 5, 2000
Place of BirthMarylebone, London, England, UK
Popularity1.5