ALEC GUINNESS
Alec Guinness
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: April 2, 1914
Deathday: August 5, 2000
Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.
Filmography
Starring
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2013·
Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)
2012·
Honest TrailersObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
1996·
Eskimo DayJames
1995·
Mute WitnessThe Reaper
1993·
A Foreign FieldAmos
Self (archive footage)
1992·
Tales from HollywoodHeinrich Mann
1991·
PerformanceHeinrich Mann
1991·
KafkaThe Chief Clerk
1989·
Screen OneAmos
1988·
A Handful of DustMr. Todd
Self (archive footage)
1987·
Little DorritWilliam Dorrit
Self
1985·
Monsignor QuixoteFather Quixote
1984·
EdwinSir Fennimore Truscott
1984·
A Passage to IndiaProfessor Godbole
1983·
LovesickSigmund Freud
1983·
Return of the JediBen 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1982·
Smiley's PeopleGeorge Smiley
Obi Wan Kenobi
Earl of Dorincourt
1980·
Raise the TitanicJohn Bigalow
Obi-Wan Kenobi
George Smiley
1978·
The South Bank ShowSelf
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
1977·
Star WarsObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1976·
Caesar and CleopatraCaesar
1976·
Murder by DeathButler Jamesir Bensonmum
1975·
ApostrophesSelf
Jocelyn Broome
Adolf Hitler
Papst Innozenz III.
1971·
Great PerformancesFather Quixote
1970·
Twelfth NightMalvolio
1970·
The Ealing ComediesSelf
1970·
ScroogeJacob Marley's Ghost
1970·
CromwellKing Charles I
1967·
OmnibusSelf
1967·
Lionpower from MGMSelf (uncredited)
1967·
The ComediansMajor H. O. Jones
1966·
Hotel ParadisoBenedict Boniface
Pol
Wilhelm Frick
1965·
PasternakHimself
1965·
Doctor ZhivagoGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Marcus Aurelius
1962·
H.M.S. DefiantCaptain Crawford
1962·
Lawrence of ArabiaPrince Feisal
1961·
A Majority of OneKoichi Asano
1960·
Tunes of GloryMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960·
Our Man in HavanaJim Wormold
1959·
Startime1959·
The ScapegoatJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Self
1958·
The Horse's MouthGulley Jimson
1957·
Barnacle BillCaptain William Horatio Ambrose
Col. Nicholson
1956·
The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956·
The SwanPrince Albert
1955·
Rowlandson's EnglandNarrator
1955·
To Paris with LoveSir Edgar Fraser
1955·
The PrisonerThe Cardinal
1955·
The LadykillersProfessor Marcus
Self
1954·
Father BrownFather Brown
1953·
The OscarsSelf
1953·
Malta StoryFlight Lt. Peter Ross
Captain Henry St. James
1952·
The CardEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Julius Caesar
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Sidney Stratton
1950·
The MudlarkBenjamin Disraeli
1950·
Last HolidayGeorge Bird
1949·
A Run for Your MoneyWhimple
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1948·
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948·
Oliver TwistFagin
1946·
Great ExpectationsHerbert Pocket
1934·
EvensongW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)