Alec Guinness
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1977
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
1962
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
1957
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1991
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
1980
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
1972
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
1948
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
1955
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976
Cromwell
as King Charles I
1970
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1949
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
1980
Our Man in Havana
as Jim Wormold
1960
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1951
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
1946
TV Appearances
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Julius Caesar
1951
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956
Smiley's People
as George Smiley
1982
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley
1979
Performance
as Heinrich Mann
1991
Screen One
as Amos
1989
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Omnibus
as Self
1967
Apostrophes
as Self
1975