Alec Guinness
Actor
Born April 2, 1914 in Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
James
Mute Witness
The Reaper
A Foreign Field
Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Performance
Heinrich Mann
Screen One
Amos
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
Smiley's People
George Smiley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The South Bank Show
Self
The Making of Star Wars
Self
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
Apostrophes
Self
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
Great Performances
Father Quixote
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ealing Comedies
Self
Cromwell
King Charles I
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
Omnibus
Self
ITV Playhouse
Jocelyn Broome
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Executioner
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
Startime
Jebal Deeks
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
...On Seeing Film
Self
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The Swan
Prince Albert
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
MGM Parade
self
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
The Stratford Adventure
Self
Father Brown
Father Brown
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Oscars
Self
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
Last Holiday
George Bird
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Oliver Twist
Fagin
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)