Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Deceased · Born: Apr 2, 1914 · Died: Aug 5, 2000

Personal Details

Height 5' 9"
Born Apr 2, 1914 Marylebone, London, England, UK
Parents
  • Andrew Geddes
  • Agnes Cuff
Relatives
  • Sally Guinness (Grandchild)
  • Mary Ann Benfield (Grandparent)
  • Edward Cuff (Grandparent)
  • Natasha Guinness-Taylor (Great Grandchild)
  • Otis Guinness-Walker (Great Grandchild)
  • Chloe Salaman (Niece or Nephew)
  • Toby Salaman (Niece or Nephew)
  • Joseph Blatchley (Niece or Nephew)

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.

Career

2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
When Star Wars Ruled the World as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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The Story of Star Wars
The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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1995
Mute Witness
Mute Witness as The Reaper
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1993
Screen One
Screen One as Amos
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Screen One
Screen One as Amos
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1992
Performance
Performance as Heinrich Mann
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1991
Kafka
Kafka as The Chief Clerk
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1988
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust as Mr. Todd
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1987
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit as William Dorrit
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Great Performances
Great Performances as Father Quixote
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1985
Great Performances
Great Performances as Father Quixote
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1984
Edwin
Edwin as Sir Fennimore Truscott
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A Passage to India
A Passage to India as Professor Godbole
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1983
Lovesick
Lovesick as Sigmund Freud
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1982
Smiley's People
Smiley's People as George Smiley
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1980
SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic as John Bigalow
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy as Earl of Dorincourt
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
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1977
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
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1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra as Caesar
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Murder by Death
Murder by Death as Bensonmum
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1974
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse as Jocelyn Broome
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1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Adolf Hitler
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1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon as Papst Innozenz III.
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1970
Cromwell
Cromwell as King Charles I
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Scrooge
Scrooge as Jacob Marley's Ghost
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Malvolio
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1967
The Comedians
The Comedians as Major H. O. Jones
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1966
The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum as Pol
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Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Paradiso as Benedict Boniface
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1965
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious as Wilhelm Frick
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
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1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire as Marcus Aurelius
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1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia as Prince Feisal
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Damn the Defiant!
Damn the Defiant! as Captain Crawford
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1961
A Majority of One
A Majority of One as Koichi Asano
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1960
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
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Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana as Jim Wormold
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1959
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
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1958
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth as Gulley Jimson
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1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Nicholson
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All at Sea
All at Sea as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
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1956
The Swan
The Swan as Prince Albert
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1955
The Prisoner
The Prisoner as The Cardinal
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The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers as Professor Marcus
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1954
The Detective
The Detective as Father Brown / The Detective
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1953
Malta Story
Malta Story as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
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The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise as Captain Henry St. James
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1952
The Promoter
The Promoter as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
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1951
The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit as Sidney Stratton
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The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
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1950
The Mudlark
The Mudlark as Benjamin Disraeli
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Last Holiday
Last Holiday as George Bird
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1949
A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money as Whimple
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry /...
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1948
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist as Fagin
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1946
Great Expectations
Great Expectations as Herbert Pocket
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2003
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
1985
The South Bank Show
1977
The Making of 'Star Wars'
1970
Tuesday's Documentary
1954
The Stratford Adventure
1958
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth as Writer
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