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Overview
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(29 articles)
Scenes We Love: Murder By Death (From Cinematical. 22 June 2009, 4:45 PM, PDT)
Anthony Head and Colin Morgan Get Medieval with Merlin
(From MovieWeb. 4 June 2009, 12:43 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Alec Guiness | Sir Alec Guinness | Mystery Guest StarUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 3 | 3:00 PM | SPIKETV | Star Wars IV: A New Hope | more |
Filmography
Actor:
- Eskimo Day (1996) (TV) .... James
... aka Interview Day (USA) - Mute Witness (1994) (as Mystery Guest Star) .... The Reaper
... aka Stumme Zeugin (Germany) - A Foreign Field (1993) .... Amos
... aka We Shall Meet Again - Tales from Hollywood (1992) (TV) .... Heinrich Mann
- Kafka (1991) .... The Chief Clerk
... aka Kafka (France) - A Handful of Dust (1988) .... Mr. Todd
- Little Dorrit (1988) .... William Dorrit
... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title)
... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title)
... aka Little Dorrit's Story
... aka Nobody's Fault - "Great Performances" .... Father Quixote (1 episode, 1987)
- Monsignor Quixote (1987) TV episode .... Father Quixote - A Passage to India (1984) .... Professor Godbole
- Edwin (1984) (TV) .... Sir Fennimore Truscott
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title) - Lovesick (1983) .... Sigmund Freud
- Star Wars (1983) (VG) (voice) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
- "Smiley's People" .... George Smiley (6 episodes, 1982)
- Episode #1.6 (1982) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Episode #1.5 (1982) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... George Smiley
(1 more) - "The Morecambe & Wise Show" .... Himself / ... (1 episode, 1980)
- 1980 Christmas Show (1980) TV episode (as Sir Alec Guinness) .... Psychiatrist / Himself - Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) .... Earl of Dorincourt
- Raise the Titanic (1980) .... John Bigalow
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) .... Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title)
... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title) - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" .... George Smiley (7 episodes, 1979)
- Flushing Out the Mole (1979) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Smiley Sets a Trap (1979) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Tinker Tailor (1979) TV episode .... George Smiley
- How It All Fits Together (1979) TV episode .... George Smiley
- Smiley Tracks the Mole (1979) TV episode .... George Smiley
(2 more) - Star Wars (1977) .... Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
... aka La guerra de las estrellas (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA: video box title)
... aka Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA: reissue title (new title)) - Murder by Death (1976) .... Bensonmum
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Julius Caesar (1 episode, 1976)
... aka "Hallmark Television Playhouse"
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1976) TV episode .... Julius Caesar - The Gift of Friendship (1974) (TV)
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) .... Adolf Hitler
... aka Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler (Italy) - Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972) .... Pope Innocent III
... aka Brother Sun, Sister Moon (UK) (USA) - Scrooge (1970) .... Jacob Marley's Ghost
- Cromwell (1970) .... King Charles I
- E.E. Cummings (1970) (TV)
... aka Solo (UK) - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... Malvolio (1 episode, 1969)
... aka "ITV Sunday Night Theatre" (UK: new title)
- Twelfth Night (1969) TV episode .... Malvolio - The Comedians (1967) .... Major H. O. Jones
... aka Les comédiens (France) - The Quiller Memorandum (1966) .... Pol
- Hotel Paradiso (1966) .... Benedict Boniface
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) .... Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) .... Wilhelm Frick
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) .... Marcus Aurelius
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) .... Prince Feisal
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) .... Captain Crawford
... aka Damn the Defiant! (USA) - A Majority of One (1961) .... Koichi Asano
- Tunes of Glory (1960) .... Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) (TV) .... Jebal Deeks
- "Startime" .... Jebal Deeks (1 episode, 1959)
... aka "Ford Startime"
... aka "Lincoln-Mercury Startime"
- The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) TV episode .... Jebal Deeks - The Scapegoat (1959) .... John Barratt/Jacques De Gue
- Our Man in Havana (1959) .... Jim Wormold
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) .... Gulley Jimson
- Barnacle Bill (1957) .... Captain William Horatio Ambrose
... aka All at Sea (USA) - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) .... Colonel Nicholson
- The Swan (1956) .... Prince Albert
- The Ladykillers (1955) .... Professor Marcus
... aka The Lady Killers - Baker's Dozen (1955) (TV) .... The Major
- The Prisoner (1955) .... The Cardinal
- To Paris with Love (1955) .... Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
- Father Brown (1954) .... Father Brown
... aka The Detective (USA) - Malta Story (1953) .... Flight Lt. Peter Ross
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) .... Capt. Henry St. James
... aka Paradise
... aka The Captain's Progress - The Square Mile (1953) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Card (1952) .... Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
... aka The Promoter (USA) - The Man in the White Suit (1951) .... Sidney Stratton
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) .... Henry Holland
- The Mudlark (1950) .... Benjamin Disraeli
- Last Holiday (1950) .... George Bird
- A Run for Your Money (1949) .... Whimple
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) .... The Duke/The Banker/The Parson/The General/The Admiral/Young Ascoyne/Young Henry/Lady Agatha
- Oliver Twist (1948) .... Fagin
- Great Expectations (1946) .... Herbert Pocket
- Evensong (1934) (uncredited) .... Extra (W.W.I. soldier in concert audience)
Soundtrack:
- Scrooge (1970) (performer: "See the Phantoms")
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) ("Colonel Bogey March" (1914) (uncredited))
Writer:
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) (writer)
Thanks:
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1991) (V) (thanks)
... aka Grace Kelly: The American Princess - An Intimate Portrait (Australia)
Self:
- "Late Night with David Letterman" .... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
- Episode dated 26 September 1986 (1986) TV episode .... Himself - "Apostrophes" .... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
- Episode dated 10 January 1986 (1986) TV episode .... Himself - "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1985)
- Sir Alec Guinness (1985) TV episode .... Himself
- David Lean: A Life in Film (1985) TV episode .... Himself - The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980) (TV) .... Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
- "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode #7.16 (1977) TV episode .... Himself - The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977) (TV) .... Himself
- "Thirty-Minute Theatre" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Conversation at Night (1969) TV episode .... Himself - The Comedians in Africa (1967) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Pasternak (1965) .... Himself
- "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #17.35 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #3.7 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" - Rowlandson's England (1955) .... Narrator
- The Stratford Adventure (1954) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Casting a Classic (2008) (V) .... Godbole
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) (VG) (uncredited) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
-
"British Film Forever"
- Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) TV episode .... Himself -
"On the Lot"
- Auditions #1 (2007) TV episode - Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Adolf Hitler
-
"20 to 1"
- Magnificent Movies (2006) TV episode .... Obi-Wan Kenobi - Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006) (VG) (voice) (uncredited) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006) (uncredited) .... Col. Nicholson
- "Science of Star Wars" (2005)
- The Characters of 'Star Wars' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) (VG) .... Ben Obi-Wan
- When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) (TV) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV) .... Himself
-
"Arena"
- Alec Guinness: A Secret Man (2003) TV episode .... Himself/Various Roles - The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' (2003) (V) .... Himself
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
-
"Legends"
- Alec Guinness (2001) TV episode .... Himself - The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
- The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000) (V) .... Himself
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1991) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself (tells the tomahawk story)
- The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989) (TV) .... William Dorrit
- The Golden Gong (1985) (TV)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV) (uncredited) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
- To See Such Fun (1977) .... Himself
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) (uncredited) .... Major H. O. Jones
- The Geisha Boy (1958) (uncredited) .... Himself (as Col. Nicholson)
Additional Details
Other Works:
Stage: Appeared (as "Richard III") in Stratford Festival's tent theatre during its inaugural season, 1953. morePublicity Listings:
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