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Alec Guinness
AKA: Alec Guinness de Cuffe · Sir Alec Guinness
Acting
Born: 1914
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Biography
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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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Talking Pictures | 2013 | Self (archive footage) |
| Performance | 1991 | Heinrich Mann |
| Screen One | 1989 | Amos |
| The South Bank Show | 1978 | Self |
| Apostrophes | 1975 | Self |
| Film '72 | 1971 | Self |
| Omnibus | 1967 | Self |
| ITV Playhouse | 1967 | Jocelyn Broome |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1965 | The Executioner |
| The Steve Allen Show | 1956 | Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| MGM Parade | 1955 | self |
| The Oscars | 1953 | Self |