Where to watch Alec Guinness in the UK
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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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- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- American Playhouse (1982) as Heinrich Mann
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Executioner
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- Scrooge (1970) as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Earl of Dorincourt
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) as Papst Innozenz III.
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper
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Most-watched Alec Guinness films currently: Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Great Performances (1971), Apostrophes (1975), The South Bank Show (1978), Omnibus (1967), American Playhouse (1982).
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