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Alec Guinness
Actor, Writer
Born April 2, 1914Died August 5, 2000 (86 years)
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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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Alec Guinness Filmography
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act · as Cast |
| 2019 | Star Wars: 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 |
| 2011 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes · as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2011 | Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope - Deleted Scenes · as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Col. Nicholson |
| 2005 | The Science of Star Wars (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | The Story of Star Wars · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | Interview Day · as James |
| 1995 | Mute Witness · as The Reaper |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field · as Amos |
| 1991 | Kafka · as The Chief Clerk |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Heinrich Mann |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as William Dorrit |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust · as Mr. Todd |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit · as William Dorrit |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Amos |
| 1984 | A Passage to India · as Professor Godbole |
| 1984 | Edwin · as Sir Fennimore Truscott |
| 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 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Earl Of Dorincourt |
| 1980 | SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back · as Obi Wan Kenobi |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic · as John Bigalow |
| 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV Series) · as George Smiley |
| 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 Butler Jamesir 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 | |
| 1970 | Cromwell · as King Charles I |
| 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 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as The Executioner |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Marcus Aurelius |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia · as Prince Feisal |
| 1962 | Damn the Defiant! · as Captain Crawford |
| 1961 | A Majority of One · as Koichi Asano |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory · as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.s.o., M.m. |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana · as Jim Wormold |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat · as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth · as Gulley Jimson |
| 1957 | All at Sea · as Captain William Horatio Ambrose |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai · as Col. Nicholson |
| 1956 | The Swan · as Prince Albert |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers · as Professor Marcus |
| 1955 | The Prisoner · as The Cardinal |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love · as Sir Edgar Fraser |
| 1954 | The Detective · as Father Brown |
| 1953 | Malta Story · as Flight Lt. Peter Ross |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise · as Captain Henry St. James |
| 1952 | The Promoter · as Edward Henry 'denry' Machin |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit · as Sidney Stratton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Julius Caesar |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob · as Henry 'dutch' Holland |
| 1950 | The Mudlark · as Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1950 | Last Holiday · as George Bird |
| 1949 | A Run for Your Money · as Whimple |
| 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 |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist · as Fagin |
| 1946 | Great Expectations · as Herbert Pocket |
| 1934 | Evensong · as W.w.i. Soldier In Concert Audience (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · as Self |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self - Segment "star Wars: A New Hope" |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures (2013) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess · as Self - Actor (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Empire of Dreams · as Self |
| 2003 | The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' · as Self |
| 2001 | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome · as Self |
| 2001 | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2001 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2000 | The Making of 'the Bridge on the River Kwai' · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn Remembered · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Honorary Award Recipient |
| 1978 | The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | To See Such Fun · as Self |
| 1977 | The Making of 'Star Wars' · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self - Readings |
| 1975 | Apostrophes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | The Geisha Boy · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Set Of "the Bridge On The River Kwai" |
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |