Alec Guinness
- Acting
- April 2, 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
- August 5, 2000
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
Filmography
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies · Self
- A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) · Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel · Self
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Starring Sigmund Freud · (archive footage)
- Hitler: The Comedy Years · Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess · Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Story of Star Wars · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' · Self
- Eskimo Day · James
- Mute Witness · The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
- A Foreign Field · Amos
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered · Self
- Tales from Hollywood · Heinrich Mann
- Kafka · The Chief Clerk
- Performance · Heinrich Mann
- Screen One · Amos
- A Handful of Dust · Mr. Todd
- Little Dorrit · William Dorrit
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Self, Thanks
- Monsignor Quixote · Father Quixote
- David Lean: A Life in Film · Self
- A Passage to India · Professor Godbole
- Edwin · Sir Fennimore Truscott
- Return of the Jedi · Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Lovesick · Sigmund Freud
- Smiley's People · George Smiley
- American Playhouse · Heinrich Mann
- Little Lord Fauntleroy · Earl of Dorincourt
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back · Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- Raise the Titanic · John Bigalow
- The Empire Strikes Back · Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · George Smiley
- The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
- The Star Wars Holiday Special · Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The South Bank Show · Self
- The Making of Star Wars · Self
- Star Wars · Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- Murder by Death · Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Caesar and Cleopatra · Caesar
- Apostrophes · Self
- The Gift of Friendship · Jocelyn Broome
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days · Adolf Hitler
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon · Papst Innozenz III.
- Film '72 · Self
- Great Performances · Father Quixote
- Scrooge · Jacob Marley's Ghost
- The Ealing Comedies · Self
- Cromwell · King Charles I
- Twelfth Night · Malvolio
- The Comedians · Major H. O. Jones
- Omnibus · Self
- ITV Playhouse · Jocelyn Broome
- The Comedians in Africa · Self
- Lionpower from MGM · Self
- The Quiller Memorandum · Pol
- Hotel Paradiso · Benedict Boniface
- Pasternak · Self
- Doctor Zhivago · Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious · Wilhelm Frick
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · The Executioner
- The Fall of the Roman Empire · Marcus Aurelius
- Lawrence of Arabia · Prince Feisal
- H.M.S. Defiant · Captain Crawford
- A Majority of One · Koichi Asano
- Tunes of Glory · Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- Our Man in Havana · Jim Wormold
- Startime · Jebal Deeks
- The Scapegoat · John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- The Horse's Mouth · Gulley Jimson, Writer
- The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant · Self
- ...On Seeing Film · Self
- Barnacle Bill · Captain William Horatio Ambrose
- The Bridge on the River Kwai · Col. Nicholson
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- The Swan · Prince Albert
- The Ladykillers · Professor Marcus