Alec Guinness
April 2, 1914 (110 years old) in Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- 2015 · Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel as Self
- 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Starring Sigmund Freud as (archive footage)
- 2007 · Hitler: The Comedy Years as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006 · Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 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)
- 2003 · The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Eskimo Day as James
- 1995 · Mute Witness as The Reaper
- 1993 · A Foreign Field as Amos
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Tales from Hollywood as Heinrich Mann
- 1991 · Kafka as The Chief Clerk
- 1991 · Performance as Heinrich Mann
- 1989 · Screen One as Amos
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Mr. Todd
- 1987 · Little Dorrit as William Dorrit
- 1987 · Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Monsignor Quixote as Father Quixote
- 1985 · David Lean: A Life in Film as Self
- 1984 · A Passage to India as Professor Godbole
- 1984 · Edwin as Sir Fennimore Truscott
- 1983 · Return of the Jedi as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- 1983 · Lovesick as Sigmund Freud
- 1982 · Smiley's People as George Smiley
- 1980 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as Earl of Dorincourt
- 1980 · SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Obi Wan Kenobi
- 1980 · Raise the Titanic as John Bigalow
- 1980 · The Empire Strikes Back as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 1979 · Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
- 1978 · The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness as
- 1978 · The Star Wars Holiday Special as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978 · The South Bank Show as Self
- 1977 · The Making of Star Wars as Self
- 1977 · Star Wars as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- 1976 · Murder by Death as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- 1976 · Caesar and Cleopatra as Caesar
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1974 · The Gift of Friendship as Jocelyn Broome
- 1973 · Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Adolf Hitler
- 1972 · Brother Sun, Sister Moon as Papst Innozenz III.
- 1971 · Great Performances as Father Quixote
- 1970 · Scrooge as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- 1970 · The Ealing Comedies as Self
- 1970 · Cromwell as King Charles I
- 1970 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 1967 · The Comedians as Major H. O. Jones
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1967 · The Comedians in Africa as Self (uncredited)
- 1966 · The Quiller Memorandum as Pol
- 1966 · Hotel Paradiso as Benedict Boniface
- 1965 · Pasternak as Himself
- 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 · H.M.S. 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.
- 1960 · Our Man in Havana as Jim Wormold
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1959 · The Scapegoat as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- 1958 · The Horse's Mouth as Gulley Jimson
- 1958 · The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self
- 1957 · Barnacle Bill as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
- 1957 · The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Nicholson
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- 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
- 1955 · Rowlandson's England as Narrator
- 1954 · The Stratford Adventure as Self
- 1954 · Father Brown as Father Brown
- 1953 · The Captain's Paradise as Captain Henry St. James
- 1953 · Malta Story as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · The Card as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Julius Caesar
- 1951 · The Man in the White Suit as Sidney Stratton
- 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
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1946 · Great Expectations as Herbert Pocket
- 1934 · Evensong as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)