Alec Guinness (1914–2000)

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Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Suuret toiveet (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in Kwai-joen silta (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Arabian Lawrence (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Tohtori Zivago (1965), ... See full bio »

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Tähtien sota
Tähtien sota Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
(1977)
Kwai-joen silta
Kwai-joen silta Colonel Nicholson
(1957)
Kruunupäitä ja hyviä sydämiä
Kruunupäitä ja hyviä sydämiä The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
(1949)
Päin seiniä
Päin seiniä Gulley Jimson
(1958)
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Filmography

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 2011 Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope - Deleted Scenes (Video short)
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
 2011 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes (Video short)
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
 1996 Eskimo Day (TV Movie)
James
 1995 Mykkä todistaja
The Reaper (as Mystery Guest Star)
 1993 Screen One (TV Series)
Amos
- A Foreign Field (1993) ... Amos
 1992 Performance (TV Series)
Heinrich Mann
- Tarinoita Hollywoodista (1992) ... Heinrich Mann
 1991 Kafka
The Chief Clerk
 1988 Kourallinen tomua
Mr. Todd
 1987 Pikku Dorrit
William Dorrit
 1987 Great Performances (TV Series)
Father Quixote
- Monsignor Quixote (1987) ... Father Quixote
 1984 Edwin (TV Movie)
Sir Fennimore Truscott
 1984 Matka Intiaan
Professor Godbole
 1983 Jedin paluu
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
 1983 Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
 1982 Smiley's People (TV Mini Series)
George Smiley
- Smiley's Lighter (1982) ... George Smiley
- Alexandra Tatjana (1982) ... George Smiley
- The Rogue Elephant (1982) ... George Smiley
- Gathering Friends (1982) ... George Smiley
- The General's Big Fish (1982) ... George Smiley
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 1980 Pikku lordi (TV Movie)
Earl of Dorincourt
 1980 Nostakaa Titanic!
John Bigalow
 1980 Imperiumin vastaisku
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
 1979 Pappi, Lukkari, Talonpoika, Vakooja (TV Mini Series)
George Smiley
- Flushing Out the Mole (1979) ... George Smiley
- Smiley Sets a Trap (1979) ... George Smiley
- Tinker Tailor (1979) ... George Smiley
- How It All Fits Together (1979) ... George Smiley
- Smiley Tracks the Mole (1979) ... George Smiley
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 1977 Tähtien sota
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
 1976 Caesar and Cleopatra (TV Movie)
Julius Caesar
 1974 ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
Jocelyn Broome
- The Gift of Friendship (1974) ... Jocelyn Broome
 1972 Veli Aurinko, sisar Kuu
Pope Innocent III
 1970 Saiturin joulu
Jacob Marley's Ghost
 1970 Cromwell
King Charles 'Stuart' I
 1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series)
Malvolio
- Twelfth Night (1970) ... Malvolio
 1969 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series)
The Executioner
- Conversation at Night (1969) ... The Executioner
 1967 Näyttelijät
Major H. O. Jones
 1966 Hotelli Paratiisi
Benedict Boniface
 1965 Tohtori Zivago
Yevgraf
 1965 Tilanne toivoton mutta ei vakava
Wilhelm Frick
 1964 Rooman valtakunnan tuho
Marcus Aurelius
 1962 Arabian Lawrence
Prince Faisal
 1962 Kapinalliset merellä
Captain Crawford
 1961 Teetä Tokiossa
Koichi Asano
 1960 Sankarin kunnia
Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
 1959 Miehemme Havannassa
Jim Wormold
 1959 Startime (TV Series)
Jebal Deeks
- The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) ... Jebal Deeks
 1959 Kaksoisolento
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
 1958 Päin seiniä
Gulley Jimson
 1957 Kaikkien aikojen kapteeni
Capt. William Horatio Ambrose
 1957 Kwai-joen silta
Colonel Nicholson
 1956 The Swan
Prince Albert
 1955 Naisentappajat
Professor Marcus
 1955 Baker's Dozen (TV Movie)
The Major
 1955 Vanki
The Cardinal
 1955 Rakkautta Pariisissa
Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
 1954 Isä Brownin salaisuus
Father Brown
 1953 Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
 1953 Kapteenin paratiisi
Captain Henry St. James
 1952 Sepä vasta mies!
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
 1951 Mies valkoisessa puvussa
Sidney Stratton
 1951 Varastin miljoonan
Holland
 1950 Kadun kasvatti
Benjamin Disraeli
 1950 Viimeinen loma
George Bird
 1949 Matka pääkaupunkiin
Whimple
 1949 Kruunupäitä ja hyviä sydämiä
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / ...
 1948 Oliver Twist
Fagin
 1946 Suuret toiveet
Herbert Pocket
 1934 Evensong
Soldier in Concert Audience (Extra) (uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

He acted in Terence Rattigan's play, "Ross," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Harry Andrews and Mark Dignam in the cast. Glen Byam Shaw was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

13 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 18 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 17 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Alec Guiness | Mr. Alec Guinness | Sir Alec Guinness | Mystery Guest Star

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)

Spouse:

Merula Salaman  (his death)  (1 child)

Children:

Matthew Guinness

Parents:

Andrew Geddes | Agnes Cuff

Relatives:

Sally Guinness (grandchild) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

Actually, my boarding school days were very happy. When I was 5, my mother married . . . someone, and they wanted to go off, so I was sort of pushed off to boarding school, but it became the most solid part of my life. There were the same boys, term in and term out, and in fact it was the holidays that were never stable. I never knew in what hotel, in what town, I would find my mother. See more »

Trivia:

Recorded three volumes of readings from his different sets of memoirs. See more »

Trademark:

Often worked with David Lean and Ronald Neame See more »

Star Sign:

Aries
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