Alec Guinness
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 2, 1914
Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known For
Apostrophes
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
When Star Wars Ruled the World
A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Monsignor Quixote
Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their remote village to Madrid and back exploring their friendship, the demands of belief and constancy of faith. This lavish production filmed entirely on location captures the wit, warmth, and vitality that make the original novel by Graham Greene a unique work of literature.
The Empire Strikes Back
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Star Wars
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Edwin
Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's fidelity and the true paternity of their son.
Return of the Jedi
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.
Filmography
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as James
as The Reaper
as Amos
as Self (archive footage)
as Heinrich Mann
as The Chief Clerk
as Heinrich Mann
as Amos
as Mr. Todd
as William Dorrit
as Self (archive footage)
as Father Quixote
as Self
as Professor Godbole
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
as Sigmund Freud
as George Smiley
as Earl of Dorincourt
as Obi Wan Kenobi
as John Bigalow
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
as George Smiley
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
as Caesar
as Self
as Jocelyn Broome
as Adolf Hitler
as Papst Innozenz III.
as Father Quixote
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
as Self
as King Charles I
as Malvolio
as Major H. O. Jones
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Pol
as Benedict Boniface
as Self (archive footage)
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
as Wilhelm Frick
as Marcus Aurelius
as Prince Feisal
as Captain Crawford
as Koichi Asano
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
as Jim Wormold
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
as Gulley Jimson
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
as Col. Nicholson
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
as Prince Albert
as Professor Marcus
as self
as The Cardinal
as Sir Edgar Fraser
as Self
as Father Brown
as Captain Henry St. James
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
as Self
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
as Julius Caesar
as Sidney Stratton
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
as Benjamin Disraeli
as George Bird
as Whimple
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
as Fagin
as Self
as Herbert Pocket
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)