Alec Guinness
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-04-02
- Died:
- 2000-08-05
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Talking Pictures
Starring Sigmund Freud
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
When Star Wars Ruled the World
The Story of Star Wars
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Eskimo Day
Mute Witness
A Foreign Field
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Tales from Hollywood
Kafka
Performance
Screen One
A Handful of Dust
Little Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Monsignor Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
A Passage to India
Edwin
Return of the Jedi
Lovesick
Smiley's People
American Playhouse
Little Lord Fauntleroy
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Raise the Titanic
The Empire Strikes Back
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The South Bank Show
The Making of Star Wars
Star Wars
Murder by Death
Caesar and Cleopatra
Apostrophes
The Gift of Friendship
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Film '72
Great Performances
Scrooge
The Ealing Comedies
Cromwell
Twelfth Night
The Comedians
Omnibus
ITV Playhouse
The Comedians in Africa
Lionpower from MGM
The Quiller Memorandum
Hotel Paradiso
Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Lawrence of Arabia
H.M.S. Defiant
A Majority of One
Tunes of Glory
Our Man in Havana
Startime
The Scapegoat
The Horse's Mouth
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
...On Seeing Film
Barnacle Bill
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Steve Allen Show
The Swan
The Ladykillers
MGM Parade
The Prisoner
To Paris with Love
Rowlandson's England
The Stratford Adventure
Father Brown
The Captain's Paradise
Malta Story
The Oscars
The Card
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Man in the White Suit
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Mudlark
Last Holiday
A Run for Your Money
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Oliver Twist
The Ed Sullivan Show
Great Expectations
Evensong