Alec Guinness
Born April 2, 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Ladykillers
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Scrooge
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Twelfth Night
Mute Witness
The Man in the White Suit
The Lavender Hill Mob
Raise the Titanic
H.M.S. Defiant
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
A Handful of Dust
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Our Man in Havana
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Cromwell
Kafka
The Scapegoat
The Making of Star Wars
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Pasternak
Last Holiday
The Swan
The Card
Edwin
The Horse's Mouth
The Quiller Memorandum
Monsignor Quixote
Lovesick
Barnacle Bill
Tunes of Glory
Little Dorrit
A Majority of One
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
The Captain's Paradise
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
A Run for Your Money
Father Brown
The Story of Star Wars
The Prisoner
Malta Story
To Paris with Love
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Hitler: The Comedy Years
The Comedians in Africa
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Lionpower from MGM
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Hotel Paradiso
A Foreign Field
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
David Lean: A Life in Film
The Mudlark
The Comedians
The Stratford Adventure
Eskimo Day
Tales from Hollywood
The Ealing Comedies
The Gift of Friendship
Evensong
...On Seeing Film
