Alec Guinness
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.
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Movies (82)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: El ascenso de Skywalker
2019 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: El despertar de la fuerza
2015 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015 · Self
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012 · (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996 · James
Mute Witness
1995 · The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
A Foreign Field
1993 · Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991 · The Chief Clerk
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
1987 · William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage), Thanks
Monsignor Quixote
1985 · Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Self
A Passage to India
1984 · Professor Godbole
Edwin
1984 · Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
1983 · Sigmund Freud
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Raise the Titanic
1980 · John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Self
Star Wars
1977 · Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Murder by Death
1976 · Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976 · Caesar
The Gift of Friendship
1974 · Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Papst Innozenz III.
Scrooge
1970 · Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ealing Comedies
1970 · Self
Cromwell
1970 · King Charles I
Twelfth Night
1970 · Malvolio
The Comedians
1967 · Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Pol
Hotel Paradiso
1966 · Benedict Boniface
Pasternak
1965 · Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
1965 · Wilhelm Frick
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · Captain Crawford
A Majority of One
1961 · Koichi Asano
Tunes of Glory
1960 · Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Our Man in Havana
1960 · Jim Wormold
The Scapegoat
1959 · John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Horse's Mouth
1958 · Gulley Jimson, Writer
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 · Self
...On Seeing Film
1958 · Self
Barnacle Bill
1957 · Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Col. Nicholson
The Swan
1956 · Prince Albert
The Ladykillers
1955 · Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
1955 · The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
1955 · Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
1955 · Narrator
The Stratford Adventure
1954 · Self
Father Brown
1954 · Father Brown
The Captain's Paradise
1953 · Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
1953 · Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Card
1952 · Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Mudlark
1950 · Benjamin Disraeli
Last Holiday
1950 · George Bird
A Run for Your Money
1949 · Whimple
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Oliver Twist
1948 · Fagin
Great Expectations
1946 · Herbert Pocket
Evensong
1934 · W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
TV shows (19)
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Performance
1991 · Heinrich Mann
Screen One
1989 · Amos
Smiley's People
1982 · George Smiley
American Playhouse
1982 · Heinrich Mann
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · George Smiley
The South Bank Show
1978 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
Great Performances
1971 · Father Quixote
Omnibus
1967 · Self
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Jocelyn Broome
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · The Executioner
Startime
1959 · Jebal Deeks
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
MGM Parade
1955 · self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Julius Caesar
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self