Alec Guinness
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.
Known For
93 titles
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Screen One
Oliver Twist
Murder by Death
Great Expectations
The Ladykillers
Raise the Titanic
Kafka
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A Handful of Dust
Scrooge
H.M.S. Defiant
A Passage to India
The Man in the White Suit
Cromwell
The Quiller Memorandum
Lovesick
The Swan
Barnacle Bill
Tunes of Glory
The Lavender Hill Mob
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