6.2Acting
Alec Guinness
- Born
- 1914-04-02
- Died
- 2000-08-05
- Birthplace
- 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
101 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Movie
Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015 · Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Talking Pictures
2013 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012 · Movie
(archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Movie
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996 · Movie
James
Mute Witness
1995 · Movie
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
A Foreign Field
1993 · Movie
Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Movie
Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991 · Movie
The Chief Clerk
Performance
1991 · TV Show
Heinrich Mann
Screen One
1989 · TV Show
Amos
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Movie
Mr. Todd
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Movie
Self (archive footage) · Thanks
Little Dorrit
1987 · Movie
William Dorrit
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Movie
Self
Monsignor Quixote
1985 · Movie
Father Quixote
A Passage to India
1984 · Movie
Professor Godbole
Edwin
1984 · Movie
Sir Fennimore Truscott
Lovesick
1983 · Movie
Sigmund Freud
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Heinrich Mann
Smiley's People
1982 · TV Show
George Smiley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Movie
Earl of Dorincourt
Raise the Titanic
1980 · Movie
John Bigalow
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · TV Show
George Smiley
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978 · Movie
Cast
The South Bank Show
1978 · TV Show
Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Movie
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Self
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976 · Movie
Caesar
Murder by Death
1976 · Movie
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Apostrophes
1975 · TV Show
Self
The Gift of Friendship
1974 · Movie
Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Movie
Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Movie
Papst Innozenz III.
Film '72
1971 · TV Show
Self
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
Father Quixote
Cromwell
1970 · Movie
King Charles I
Scrooge
1970 · Movie
Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ealing Comedies
1970 · Movie
Self
Twelfth Night
1970 · Movie
Malvolio
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV Show
Jocelyn Broome
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Omnibus
1967 · TV Show
Self
The Comedians
1967 · Movie
Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Movie
Self (uncredited)
Hotel Paradiso
1966 · Movie
Benedict Boniface
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Movie
Pol
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Movie
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Pasternak
1965 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
1965 · Movie
Wilhelm Frick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
The Executioner
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Movie
Marcus Aurelius
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · Movie
Captain Crawford
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Movie
Prince Feisal
A Majority of One
1961 · Movie
Koichi Asano
Our Man in Havana
1960 · Movie
Jim Wormold
Tunes of Glory
1960 · Movie
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Startime
1959 · TV Show
Jebal Deeks
The Scapegoat
1959 · Movie
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
...On Seeing Film
1958 · Movie
Self
The Horse's Mouth
1958 · Movie
Gulley Jimson · Writer
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 · Movie
Self
Barnacle Bill
1957 · Movie
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Movie
Col. Nicholson
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · TV Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The Swan
1956 · Movie
Prince Albert
MGM Parade
1955 · TV Show
self
Rowlandson's England
1955 · Movie
Narrator
The Ladykillers
1955 · Movie
Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
1955 · Movie
The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
1955 · Movie
Sir Edgar Fraser
Father Brown
1954 · Movie
Father Brown
The Stratford Adventure
1954 · Movie
Self
Malta Story
1953 · Movie
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Captain's Paradise
1953 · Movie
Captain Henry St. James
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
The Card
1952 · Movie
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Julius Caesar
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Movie
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Movie
Sidney Stratton
Last Holiday
1950 · Movie
George Bird
The Mudlark
1950 · Movie
Benjamin Disraeli
A Run for Your Money
1949 · Movie
Whimple
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Movie
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Oliver Twist
1948 · Movie
Fagin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
Self
Great Expectations
1946 · Movie
Herbert Pocket
Evensong
1934 · Movie
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)