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Overview
Date of Birth:
2 April
1914
,
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Date of Death:
5 August
2000
, Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
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Mini Biography:
While working in advertising, he studied at the
Fay Compton
Studio...
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Trivia:
Awarded an honorary DLitt by Oxford University in 1977 and an honorary...
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 12 nominations
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59 articles
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SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly
(From
The Guardian - Film News
. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
Draft excluder: Napoleon - the greatest movie never made?
(From
The Guardian - Film News
. 9 December 2009, 9:24 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Alec Guiness | Sir Alec Guinness | Mystery Guest Star
US TV Schedule:
Thur. Dec. 24
9:00 AM
SPIKETV
Star Wars IV: A New Hope
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as:
Actor
,
Soundtrack
,
Writer
,
Thanks
,
Self
,
Archive Footage
Actor:
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
Eskimo Day
(1996) (TV) .... James
... aka Interview Day (USA)
Mute Witness
(1994) (as Mystery Guest Star) .... The Reaper
... aka Stumme Zeugin (Germany)
A Foreign Field
(1993) .... Amos
... aka We Shall Meet Again
Tales from Hollywood
(1992) (TV) ....
Heinrich Mann
Kafka
(1991) .... The Chief Clerk
... aka Kafka (France)
A Handful of Dust
(1988) .... Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
(1988) ....
William Dorrit
... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title)
... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title)
... aka Little Dorrit's Story
... aka Nobody's Fault
"Great Performances"
.... Father Quixote (1 episode, 1987)
-
Monsignor Quixote
(1987)
TV episode
....
Father Quixote
A Passage to India
(1984) .... Godbole
... aka David Lean's Film of a Passage to India (UK: complete title)
Edwin
(1984) (TV) .... Sir Fennimore Truscott
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
(1983) ....
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title)
Lovesick
(1983) ....
Sigmund Freud
Star Wars
(1983) (VG) (voice) ....
Obi-Wan Kenobi
"Smiley's People"
.... George Smiley (6 episodes, 1982)
-
Episode #1.6
(1982)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Episode #1.5
(1982)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Episode #1.4
(1982)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Episode #1.3
(1982)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Episode #1.2
(1982)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
(
1 more
)
"The Morecambe & Wise Show"
.... Himself / ... (1 episode, 1980)
-
1980 Christmas Show
(1980)
TV episode
(as Sir Alec Guinness) .... Psychiatrist / Himself
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1980) ....
Earl of Dorincourt
Raise the Titanic
(1980) .... John Bigalow
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980) ....
Ben 'Obi-wan' Kenobi
... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title)
... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title)
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
.... George Smiley (7 episodes, 1979)
-
Flushing Out the Mole
(1979)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Smiley Sets a Trap
(1979)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Tinker Tailor
(1979)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
How It All Fits Together
(1979)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
-
Smiley Tracks the Mole
(1979)
TV episode
....
George Smiley
(
2 more
)
Star Wars
(1977) ....
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
... aka La guerra de las estrellas (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA: video box title)
... aka Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA: reissue title (new title))
Murder by Death
(1976) ....
Bensonmum
"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
.... Julius Caesar (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
-
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1976)
TV episode
....
Julius Caesar
The Gift of Friendship
(1974) (TV)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973) ....
Adolf Hitler
... aka Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler (Italy)
Fratello sole, sorella luna
(1972) ....
Pope Innocent III
... aka Brother Sun, Sister Moon (UK) (USA)
Scrooge
(1970) ....
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Cromwell
(1970) ....
King Charles I
E.E. Cummings
(1970) (TV)
... aka Solo (UK: alternative title)
"ITV Saturday Night Theatre"
.... Malvolio (1 episode, 1969)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
-
Twelfth Night
(1969)
TV episode
....
Malvolio
The Comedians
(1967) .... Major H. O. Jones
... aka Les comédiens (France)
The Quiller Memorandum
(1966) ....
Pol
Hotel Paradiso
(1966) .... Benedict Boniface
Doctor Zhivago
(1965) ....
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
(1965) ....
Wilhelm Frick
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964) ....
Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) ....
Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962) .... Captain Crawford
... aka Damn the Defiant! (USA)
A Majority of One
(1961) .... Koichi Asano
Tunes of Glory
(1960) .... Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
"Startime"
.... Jebal Deeks (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Ford Startime
... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime
-
The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks
(1959)
TV episode
....
Jebal Deeks
The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks
(1959) (TV) ....
Jebal Deeks
The Scapegoat
(1959) .... John Barratt/Jacques De Gue
Our Man in Havana
(1959) .... Jim Wormold
The Horse's Mouth
(1958) .... Gulley Jimson
Barnacle Bill
(1957) .... Captain William Horatio Ambrose
... aka All at Sea (USA)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957) .... Colonel Nicholson
The Swan
(1956) .... Prince Albert
The Ladykillers
(1955) ....
Professor Marcus
... aka The Lady Killers
Baker's Dozen
(1955) (TV) .... The Major
The Prisoner
(1955) ....
The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
(1955) .... Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
Father Brown
(1954) ....
Father Brown
... aka The Detective (USA)
Malta Story
(1953) .... Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Captain's Paradise
(1953) .... Capt. Henry St. James
... aka Paradise
... aka The Captain's Progress
The Square Mile
(1953) (voice) .... Narrator
The Card
(1952) .... Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
... aka The Promoter (USA)
The Man in the White Suit
(1951) .... Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951) .... Holland
The Mudlark
(1950) ....
Benjamin Disraeli
Last Holiday
(1950) .... George Bird
A Run for Your Money
(1949) .... Whimple
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949) .... The Duke/The Banker/The Parson/The General/The Admiral/Young Ascoyne/Young Henry/Lady Agatha
Oliver Twist
(1948) ....
Fagin
Great Expectations
(1946) ....
Herbert Pocket
Evensong
(1934) (uncredited) .... Extra (W.W.I. soldier in concert audience)
Soundtrack:
1970s
1950s
Scrooge
(1970) (performer: "See the Phantoms")
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957) ("Colonel Bogey March" (1914) (uncredited))
Writer:
The Horse's Mouth
(1958) (writer)
Thanks:
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1991) (V) (thanks)
... aka Grace Kelly: The American Princess - An Intimate Portrait (Australia)
Self:
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
"Q.E.D."
.... Himself - Narrator (1 episode, 1994)
-
Plastic Fantastic
(1994)
TV episode
.... Himself - Narrator
"Late Night with David Letterman"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
-
Episode dated 26 September 1986
(1986)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Apostrophes"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
-
Episode dated 10 January 1986
(1986)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The South Bank Show"
.... Himself (2 episodes, 1985)
-
Sir Alec Guinness
(1985)
TV episode
.... Himself
-
David Lean: A Life in Film
(1985)
TV episode
.... Himself
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards
(1980) (TV) .... Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
"Parkinson"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
-
Episode #7.16
(1977)
TV episode
.... Himself
The Making of 'Star Wars'
(1977) (TV) .... Himself
"Thirty-Minute Theatre"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
-
Conversation at Night
(1969)
TV episode
.... Himself
The Comedians in Africa
(1967) (uncredited) .... Himself
Pasternak
(1965) .... Himself
"Toast of the Town"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
-
Episode #17.35
(1964)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Steve Allen Show"
.... Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
-
Episode #3.7
(1957)
TV episode
.... Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Rowlandson's England
(1955) .... Narrator
The Stratford Adventure
(1954) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
Casting a Classic
(2008) (V) .... Godbole
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
(2007) (VG) (uncredited) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
"British Film Forever"
-
Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy
(2007)
TV episode
.... Himself
"On the Lot"
-
Auditions #1
(2007)
TV episode
Hitler: The Comedy Years
(2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Adolf Hitler
"20 to 1"
-
Magnificent Movies
(2006)
TV episode
.... Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
(2006) (VG) (voice) (uncredited) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
(2006) (uncredited) .... Col. Nicholson
"Science of Star Wars"
(2005)
The Characters of 'Star Wars'
(2004) (V) .... Himself
Star Wars: Battlefront
(2004) (VG) .... Ben Obi-Wan
When Star Wars Ruled the World
(2004) (TV) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy
(2004) (TV) .... Himself
"Arena"
-
Alec Guinness: A Secret Man
(2003)
TV episode
.... Himself/Various Roles
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
(2003) (V) .... Himself
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
(2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
"Legends"
-
Alec Guinness
(2001)
TV episode
.... Himself
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
(2001) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
(2000) (V) .... Himself
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1991) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself (tells the tomahawk story)
The 61st Annual Academy Awards
(1989) (TV) .... William Dorrit
The Golden Gong
(1985) (TV)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
(1978) (TV) (uncredited) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
To See Such Fun
(1977) .... Himself
Lionpower from MGM
(1967) (uncredited) .... Major H. O. Jones
The Geisha Boy
(1958) (uncredited) .... Himself (as Col. Nicholson)
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1953) Stage: Appeared (as "Richard III") in Stratford Festival's tent theatre during its inaugural season
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Publicity Listings:
13 Print Biographies | 13 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 9 Magazine Cover Photos
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Genres:
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Bridge over River Kwai Photos?
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Gay???
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What a jerk this guy was
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Did He really not like Star Wars???
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Shame he lived to see Episode I released
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