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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- American Playhouse (1982) as Heinrich Mann
- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Executioner
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- Raise the Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- Twelfth Night (1970) as Malvolio
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- 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
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Earl of Dorincourt
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Most-watched Alec Guinness films currently: Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: American Playhouse (1982), Great Performances (1971), Apostrophes (1975), Film '72 (1971), Omnibus (1967).
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