Where to watch Alec Guinness in the UK
Find every Alec Guinness film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 19 June 2026.
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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- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- The South Bank Show (1978) 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)
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- 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
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) as Sidney Stratton
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Scrooge (1970) as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- Raise the Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Self
- Tunes of Glory (1960) as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- A Handful of Dust (1988) as Mr. Todd
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What are Alec Guinness's most popular films?
Most-watched Alec Guinness films currently: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Great Performances (1971), Apostrophes (1975), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), Omnibus (1967), The Oscars (1953).
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