Person
Alec Guinness
Acting · 1914–2000 · 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
Great Performances
Father Quixote
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
ITV Playhouse
Jocelyn Broome
Apostrophes
Self
Omnibus
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The South Bank Show
Self
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
- 2021A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)Self (archive footage)
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerObi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensObi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf
- 2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Starring Sigmund Freud(archive footage)
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a PrincessSelf - Actor (archive footage)
- 2004When Star Wars Ruled the WorldObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2004The Story of Star WarsObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'Self (archive footage)
- 1996Eskimo DayJames
- 1995Mute WitnessThe Reaper
- 1993A Foreign FieldAmos
- 1993Audrey Hepburn: RememberedSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Tales from HollywoodHeinrich Mann
- 1991KafkaThe Chief Clerk
- 1991PerformanceHeinrich Mann
- 1989Screen OneAmos
- 1988A Handful of DustMr. Todd
- 1987Little DorritWilliam Dorrit
- 1987Grace Kelly: The American PrincessSelf (archive footage)
- 1985Monsignor QuixoteFather Quixote
- 1985David Lean: A Life in FilmSelf
- 1984A Passage to IndiaProfessor Godbole
- 1984EdwinSir Fennimore Truscott
- 1983Return of the JediBen 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- 1983LovesickSigmund Freud
- 1982Smiley's PeopleGeorge Smiley
- 1980Little Lord FauntleroyEarl of Dorincourt
- 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackObi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 1980Raise the TitanicJohn Bigalow
- 1980The Empire Strikes BackObi-Wan Kenobi
- 1979Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge Smiley
- 1978The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
- 1978The Star Wars Holiday SpecialBen (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978The South Bank ShowSelf
- 1977The Making of Star WarsSelf
- 1977Star WarsObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- 1976Murder by DeathButler Jamesir Bensonmum
- 1976Caesar and CleopatraCaesar
- 1975ApostrophesSelf
- 1974The Gift of FriendshipJocelyn Broome
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysAdolf Hitler
- 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonPapst Innozenz III.
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971Great PerformancesFather Quixote
- 1970ScroogeJacob Marley's Ghost
- 1970The Ealing ComediesSelf
- 1970CromwellKing Charles I
- 1970Twelfth NightMalvolio
- 1967The ComediansMajor H. O. Jones
- 1967OmnibusSelf
- 1967ITV PlayhouseJocelyn Broome
- 1967The Comedians in AfricaSelf (uncredited)
- 1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966The Quiller MemorandumPol
- 1966Hotel ParadisoBenedict Boniface
- 1965PasternakSelf (archive footage)
- 1965Doctor ZhivagoGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- 1965Situation Hopeless — But Not SeriousWilhelm Frick
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Executioner
- 1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireMarcus Aurelius
- 1962Lawrence of ArabiaPrince Feisal
- 1962H.M.S. DefiantCaptain Crawford
- 1961A Majority of OneKoichi Asano
- 1960Tunes of GloryMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- 1960Our Man in HavanaJim Wormold
- 1959StartimeJebal Deeks
- 1959The ScapegoatJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- 1958The Horse's MouthGulley Jimson
- 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle GiantSelf
- 1958...On Seeing FilmSelf
- 1957Barnacle BillCaptain William Horatio Ambrose
- 1957The Bridge on the River KwaiCol. Nicholson
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- 1956The SwanPrince Albert
- 1955The LadykillersProfessor Marcus
- 1955MGM Paradeself
- 1955The PrisonerThe Cardinal
- 1955To Paris with LoveSir Edgar Fraser
- 1955Rowlandson's EnglandNarrator
- 1954The Stratford AdventureSelf
- 1954Father BrownFather Brown
- 1953The Captain's ParadiseCaptain Henry St. James
- 1953Malta StoryFlight Lt. Peter Ross
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952The CardEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameJulius Caesar
- 1951The Man in the White SuitSidney Stratton
- 1951The Lavender Hill MobHenry 'Dutch' Holland
- 1950The MudlarkBenjamin Disraeli
- 1950Last HolidayGeorge Bird
- 1949A Run for Your MoneyWhimple
- 1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- 1948Oliver TwistFagin
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1946Great ExpectationsHerbert Pocket
- 1934EvensongW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
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