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Alec Guinness‌

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Birthday

calendar1914-04-02

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Alec Guinness

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Alec Guinness

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-04-02

Popularity

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Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.

Movie Credits

Star Wars

Star Wars‌
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calendar 1977

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago‌
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calendar 1965

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia‌
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calendar 1962

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai‌
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calendar 1957

Kafka

Kafka‌
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calendar 1991

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi‌
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calendar 1983

Pasternak

Pasternak‌
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calendar 1965

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back‌
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calendar 1980

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon‌
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calendar 1972

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist‌
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calendar 1948

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers‌
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calendar 1955

Murder by Death

Murder by Death‌
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calendar 1976

Cromwell

Cromwell‌
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calendar 1970

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets‌
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calendar 1949

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic‌
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calendar 1980

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana‌
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calendar 1960

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit‌
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calendar 1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob‌
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calendar 1951

Scrooge

Scrooge‌
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calendar 1970

Great Expectations

Great Expectations‌
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calendar 1946

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant‌
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calendar 1962

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory‌
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calendar 1960

The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise‌
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calendar 1953

The Card

The Card‌
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calendar 1952

The Swan

The Swan‌
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calendar 1956

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth‌
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calendar 1958

A Passage to India

A Passage to India‌
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calendar 1984

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill‌
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calendar 1957

A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money‌
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calendar 1949

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy‌
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calendar 1980

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust‌
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calendar 1988

The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum‌
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calendar 1966

Last Holiday

Last Holiday‌
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calendar 1950

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit‌
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calendar 1987

Malta Story

Malta Story‌
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calendar 1953

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days‌
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calendar 1973

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire‌
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calendar 1964

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Hitler: The Comedy Years‌
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calendar 2007

Mute Witness

Mute Witness‌
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calendar 1995

Lovesick

Lovesick‌
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calendar 1983

The Ealing Comedies

The Ealing Comedies‌
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calendar 1970

The Prisoner

The Prisoner‌
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calendar 1955

The Comedians

The Comedians‌
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calendar 1967

To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love‌
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calendar 1955

Father Brown

Father Brown‌
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calendar 1954

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'‌
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calendar 2000

The Mudlark

The Mudlark‌
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calendar 1950

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat‌
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calendar 1959

Hotel Paradiso

Hotel Paradiso‌
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calendar 1966

Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious

Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious‌
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calendar 1965

A Majority of One

A Majority of One‌
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calendar 1961

Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote‌
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calendar 1985

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'‌
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calendar 2003

The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness‌
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calendar 1978

Eskimo Day

Eskimo Day‌
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calendar 1996

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant‌
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calendar 1958

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night‌
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calendar 1970

Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood‌
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calendar 1992

The Gift of Friendship

The Gift of Friendship‌
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calendar 1974

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra‌
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calendar 1976

Evensong

Evensong‌
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calendar 1934

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return‌
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calendar 2022

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered‌
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calendar 1993

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Grace Kelly: The American Princess‌
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calendar 1987

When Star Wars Ruled the World

When Star Wars Ruled the World‌
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calendar 2004

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special‌
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calendar 1978

Rowlandson's England

Rowlandson's England‌
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calendar 1955

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens‌
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calendar 2015

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel‌
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calendar 2015

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back‌
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calendar 1980

The Stratford Adventure

The Stratford Adventure‌
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calendar 1954

Starring Sigmund Freud

Starring Sigmund Freud‌
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calendar 2012

The Story of Star Wars

The Story of Star Wars‌
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calendar 2004

A Foreign Field

A Foreign Field‌
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calendar 1993

The Comedians in Africa

The Comedians in Africa‌
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calendar 1967

David Lean: A Life in Film

David Lean: A Life in Film‌
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calendar 1985

Edwin

Edwin‌
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calendar 1984

The Making of Star Wars

The Making of Star Wars‌
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calendar 1977

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‌
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calendar 2019

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess‌
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calendar 2006

Tv Credits

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show‌
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calendar 1978

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
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calendar 1951

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
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calendar 1956

Smiley's People

Smiley's People‌
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calendar 1982

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
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calendar 1953

Startime

Startime‌
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calendar 1959

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‌
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calendar 1979

Performance

Performance‌
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calendar 1991

Screen One

Screen One‌
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calendar 1989

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures‌
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calendar 2013

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
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calendar 1948

Omnibus

Omnibus‌
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calendar 1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre‌
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calendar 1965

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
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calendar 1975

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
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calendar 1971