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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Great Expectations
  • Oliver Twist
  • Scrooge
  • The Man in the White Suit
  • Raise the Titanic
  • The Horse's Mouth
  • A Handful of Dust
  • All at Sea

Known For

  • Star Wars
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Ladykillers
  • Murder by Death
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • The Lavender Hill Mob
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • The Man in the White Suit
  • The Horse's Mouth
  • Tunes of Glory
  • Scrooge
  • Our Man in Havana
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes
  • Oliver Twist
  • A Passage to India
  • Cromwell
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Damn the Defiant!
  • Great Expectations
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • The Scapegoat

Filmography

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
2012
Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive Footage)
2011
2011
2006
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
1987
Little Dorrit · as William Dorrit
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Amos
1985
Monsignor Quixote · as Father Quixote
1984
A Passage to India · as Professor Godbole
1984
Edwin · as Sir Fennimore Truscott
1983
1983
Lovesick · as Sigmund Freud
1982
Smiley's People (TV Series) · as George Smiley
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Earl Of Dorincourt
1980
1980
Raise the Titanic · as John Bigalow
1980
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
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
Scrooge · as Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970
Cromwell · as King Charles I
1970
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
1966
Hotel Paradiso · as Benedict Boniface
1965
Doctor Zhivago · as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965
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
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
1946
Great Expectations · as Herbert Pocket
1934
Evensong · as W.w.i. Soldier In Concert Audience (uncredited)

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