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Alec Guinness

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1914 - 2000

Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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.

Birthday: 1914-04-02

Born At: St. Marylebone, London, England, UK

Casted In:

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Doctor Zhivago

Lawrence of Arabia

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Kafka

Fratello sole, sorella luna

The Ladykillers

Murder by Death

Oliver Twist

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Great Expectations

A Passage to India

Last Holiday

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Raise the Titanic

Cromwell

The Man in the White Suit

The Lavender Hill Mob

Little Lord Fauntleroy

H.M.S. Defiant

Tunes of Glory

The Card

A Handful of Dust

The Quiller Memorandum

Little Dorrit

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Mute Witness

The Prisoner

To Paris with Love

The Swan

A Run for Your Money

Malta Story

Lovesick

The Making of Star Wars

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Comedians

Father Brown

Hotel Paradiso

The Mudlark

The Scapegoat

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Stratford Adventure

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

A Majority of One

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Monsignor Quixote

Tales from Hollywood

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope Revisited

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Special Edition

Twelfth Night

Star Wars:Episode IV - A New Hope Despecialized Edition

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Wars: Episodes I-VI at the Same Time

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Special Edition

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Special Edition

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition

Star Wars - Despecialized Edition

Crewed In:

The Horse's Mouth