Alec Guinness
Acting
Born 1914-04-02 · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Died 2000-08-05
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.
Acting
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
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) (uncredited)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
(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
