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
Pasternak
Twelfth Night
The Mudlark
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
To Paris with Love
Malta Story
When Star Wars Ruled the World
The Comedians in Africa
Evensong
Monsignor Quixote
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
A Run for Your Money
A Majority of One
Tales from Hollywood
David Lean: A Life in Film
The Stratford Adventure
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
The Gift of Friendship
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Ealing Comedies
Edwin
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