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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Acting1914Marylebone, 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.

Acting History

2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Talking Pictures
TVas Self (archive footage)
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
1996
1995
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
1993
1992
Performance
TVas Heinrich Mann• 1 eps
1991
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1989
Screen One
TVas Amos
1988
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
Great Performances
TVas Father Quixote• 1 eps
1986
Apostrophes
TVas Self• 1 eps
1985
The South Bank Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1984
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
1983
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Omnibus
TVas Self• 1 eps
1982
Smiley's People
TVas George Smiley• 6 eps
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
The Oscars
TVas Self• 2 eps
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TVas George Smiley• 7 eps
1978
The 'Star Wars' Christmas Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1976
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
1970
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
Cromwell
as King Charles I
1967
The Comedians
as Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
1966
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain Crawford
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
1960
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1959
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1958
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley Jimson
1957
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"• 1 eps
1956
The Swan
as Prince Albert
1955
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
MGM Parade
TVas self
1954
Father Brown
as Father Brown
1953
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James
1952
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1951
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1950
The Mudlark
as Benjamin Disraeli
Last Holiday
as George Bird
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
1948
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
1946
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
1934
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/2/1914
Day of Death
8/5/2000
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK