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Alec Guinness

Born 2 April 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Died 5 August 2000

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies1h 3mSelf - (archive footage)
  2. 2021A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)13mSelf (archive footage)
  3. 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel23mSelf
  4. 2012Starring Sigmund Freud28m(archive footage)
  5. 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess59mSelf - Actor (archive footage)
  6. 2004The Story of Star Wars1hObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  7. 2004When Star Wars Ruled the World1hObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  8. 2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'53mSelf (archive footage)
  9. 1996Eskimo Day1h 23mJames
  10. 1995Mute Witness1h 35mThe Reaper
  11. 1993A Foreign Field1h 29mAmos
  12. 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1hSelf (archive footage)
  13. 1992Tales from Hollywood1h 53mHeinrich Mann
  14. 1991Kafka1h 38mThe Chief Clerk
  15. 1988A Handful of Dust1h 58mMr. Todd
  16. 1987Little Dorrit5h 57mWilliam Dorrit
  17. 1985Monsignor Quixote1h 55mFather Quixote
  18. 1985David Lean: A Life in Film2h 20mSelf
  19. 1984Edwin1h 30mSir Fennimore Truscott
  20. 1984A Passage to India2h 43mProfessor Godbole
  21. 1983Lovesick1h 36mSigmund Freud
  22. 1983Return of the Jedi2h 12mBen 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
  23. 1982Smiley's People1 seasonGeorge Smiley
  24. 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy1h 43mEarl of Dorincourt
  25. 1980Raise the Titanic1h 55mJohn Bigalow
  26. 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back48mObi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  27. 1980The Empire Strikes Back2h 4mObi-Wan Kenobi
  28. 1979Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1 seasonGeorge Smiley
  29. 1978The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness22m
  30. 1977Star Wars2h 1mObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
  31. 1977The Making of Star Wars49mSelf
  32. 1976Caesar and Cleopatra1h 15mCaesar
  33. 1976Murder by Death1h 34mButler Jamesir Bensonmum
  34. 1974The Gift of Friendship1hJocelyn Broome
  35. 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days1h 46mAdolf Hitler
  36. 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon2h 1mPapst Innozenz III.
  37. 1970Scrooge1h 54mJacob Marley's Ghost
  38. 1970Cromwell2h 20mKing Charles I
  39. 1970Twelfth Night1h 43mMalvolio
  40. 1970The Ealing Comedies1h 14mSelf
  41. 1967The Comedians in Africa11mSelf (uncredited)
  42. 1967The Comedians2h 32mMajor H. O. Jones
  43. 1966Hotel Paradiso1h 38mBenedict Boniface
  44. 1966The Quiller Memorandum1h 44mPol
  45. 1965Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious1h 37mWilhelm Frick
  46. 1965Pasternak9mSelf (archive footage)
  47. 1965Doctor Zhivago3h 20mGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
  48. 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire3h 8mMarcus Aurelius
  49. 1962H.M.S. Defiant1h 41mCaptain Crawford
  50. 1962Lawrence of Arabia3h 48mPrince Feisal
  51. 1961A Majority of One2h 36mKoichi Asano
  52. 1960Our Man in Havana1h 51mJim Wormold
  53. 1960Tunes of Glory1h 46mMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
  54. 1959The Scapegoat1h 32mJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue
  55. 1958The Horse's Mouth1h 35mGulley Jimson
  56. 1958...On Seeing Film16mSelf
  57. 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant6mSelf
  58. 1957Barnacle Bill1h 27mCaptain William Horatio Ambrose
  59. 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai2h 42mCol. Nicholson
  60. 1956The Swan1h 52mPrince Albert
  61. 1955The Ladykillers1h 31mProfessor Marcus
  62. 1955The Prisoner1h 35mThe Cardinal
  63. 1955Rowlandson's England17mNarrator
  64. 1955To Paris with Love1h 18mSir Edgar Fraser
  65. 1954Father Brown1h 31mFather Brown
  66. 1954The Stratford Adventure40mSelf
  67. 1953The Captain's Paradise1h 34mCaptain Henry St. James
  68. 1953Malta Story1h 39mFlight Lt. Peter Ross
  69. 1952The Card1h 25mEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
  70. 1951The Man in the White Suit1h 25mSidney Stratton
  71. 1951The Lavender Hill Mob1h 18mHenry 'Dutch' Holland
  72. 1950Last Holiday1h 28mGeorge Bird
  73. 1950The Mudlark1h 34mBenjamin Disraeli
  74. 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets1h 44mThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
  75. 1949A Run for Your Money1h 25mWhimple
  76. 1948Oliver Twist2h 1mFagin
  77. 1946Great Expectations1h 58mHerbert Pocket
  78. 1934Evensong1h 27mW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)