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Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness’s screen credits include Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Empire Strikes Back, Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi in Star Wars, and Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi in Return of the Jedi.
Born April 2, 1914† August 5, 2000 Marylebone, London, England, UK3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
- 2021A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)Self (archive footage)
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerObi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensObi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2012Starring Sigmund Freud(archive footage)
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a PrincessSelf - Actor (archive footage)
- 2004When Star Wars Ruled the WorldObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2004The Story of Star WarsObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'Self (archive footage)
- 1996Eskimo DayJames
- 1995Mute WitnessThe Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
- 1993A Foreign FieldAmos
- 1993Audrey Hepburn: RememberedSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Tales from HollywoodHeinrich Mann
- 1991KafkaThe Chief Clerk
- 1988A Handful of DustMr. Todd
- 1987Little DorritWilliam Dorrit
- 1987Grace Kelly: The American PrincessSelf (archive footage)
- 1985David Lean: A Life in FilmSelf
- 1985Monsignor QuixoteFather Quixote
- 1984A Passage to IndiaProfessor Godbole
- 1984EdwinSir Fennimore Truscott
- 1983LovesickSigmund Freud
- 1980Little Lord FauntleroyEarl of Dorincourt
- 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackObi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 1980Raise the TitanicJohn Bigalow
- 1978The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec GuinnessActor
- 1978The Star Wars Holiday SpecialBen (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977The Making of Star WarsSelf
- 1976Murder by DeathButler Jamesir Bensonmum
- 1976Caesar and CleopatraCaesar
- 1974The Gift of FriendshipJocelyn Broome
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysAdolf Hitler
- 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonPapst Innozenz III.
- 1970ScroogeJacob Marley's Ghost
- 1970The Ealing ComediesSelf
- 1970CromwellKing Charles I
- 1970Twelfth NightMalvolio
- 1967The ComediansMajor H. O. Jones
- 1967The Comedians in AfricaSelf (uncredited)
- 1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966The Quiller MemorandumPol
- 1966Hotel ParadisoBenedict Boniface
- 1965PasternakSelf (archive footage)
- 1965Doctor ZhivagoGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- 1965Situation Hopeless... But Not SeriousWilhelm Frick
- 1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireMarcus Aurelius
- 1962Lawrence of ArabiaPrince Feisal
- 1962H.M.S. DefiantCaptain Crawford
- 1961A Majority of OneKoichi Asano
- 1960Tunes of GloryMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- 1960Our Man in HavanaJim Wormold
- 1959The ScapegoatJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- 1958The Horse's MouthWriter · Gulley Jimson
- 1958...On Seeing FilmSelf
- 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle GiantSelf
- 1957Barnacle BillCaptain William Horatio Ambrose
- 1957The Bridge on the River KwaiCol. Nicholson
- 1956The SwanPrince Albert
- 1955The LadykillersProfessor Marcus
- 1955The PrisonerThe Cardinal
- 1955Rowlandson's EnglandNarrator
- 1955To Paris with LoveSir Edgar Fraser
- 1954The Stratford AdventureSelf
- 1954Father BrownFather Brown
- 1953The Captain's ParadiseCaptain Henry St. James
- 1953Malta StoryFlight Lt. Peter Ross
- 1952The CardEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- 1951The Man in the White SuitSidney Stratton
- 1951The Lavender Hill MobHenry 'Dutch' Holland
- 1950The MudlarkBenjamin Disraeli
- 1950Last HolidayGeorge Bird
- 1949A Run for Your MoneyWhimple
- 1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- 1948Oliver TwistFagin
- 1946Great ExpectationsHerbert Pocket
- 1934EvensongW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
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