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Alec Guinness
Actor, Writer
Died August 5, 2000 (86 years)
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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
| 2019 | Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Elstree 1976 · as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2005 | The Science of Star Wars (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1996 | Interview Day · as James |
| 1995 | Mute Witness · as The Reaper |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field · as Amos |
| 1991 | Kafka · as The Chief Clerk |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust · as Mr. Todd |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit · as William Dorrit |
| 1987 | Monsignor Quixote · as Father Quixote |
| 1984 | A Passage to India · as Professor Godbole |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi |
| 1983 | Lovesick · as Sigmund Freud |
| 1982 | Smiley's People (TV Series) · as George Smiley |
| 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic · as John Bigalow |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Earl of Dorincourt |
| 1980 | SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back · as Obi Wan Kenobi |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV Series) · as George Smiley |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Star Wars · as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi |
| 1976 | Murder by Death · as Bensonmum |
| 1976 | Caesar and Cleopatra · as Caesar |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as Adolf Hitler |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon · as Papst Innozenz III. |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Father Quixote |
| 1970 | Cromwell · as King Charles I |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Twelfth Night · as Malvolio |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Malvolio |
| 1967 | The Comedians · as Major H. O. Jones |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jocelyn Broome |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum · as Pol |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso · as Benedict Boniface |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago · as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious · as Wilhelm Frick |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Marcus Aurelius |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia · as Prince Feisal |
| 1962 | Damn the Defiant! · as Captain Crawford |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory · as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana · as Jim Wormold |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat · as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth · as Gulley Jimson |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai · as Col. Nicholson |
| 1957 | All at Sea · as Captain William Horatio Ambrose |
| 1956 | The Swan · as Prince Albert |
| 1955 | The Prisoner · as The Cardinal |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love · as Sir Edgar Fraser |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers · as Professor Marcus |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise · as Captain Henry St. James |
| 1953 | Malta Story · as Flight Lt. Peter Ross |
| 1952 | The Promoter · as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob · as Henry 'Dutch' Holland |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit · as Sidney Stratton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Julius Caesar |
| 1950 | Last Holiday · as George Bird |
| 1949 | 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 | A Run for Your Money · as Whimple |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist · as Fagin |
| 1946 | Great Expectations · as Herbert Pocket |
| 1934 | Evensong · as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) |