Alec Guinness
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.
Known for
- Great Performances (1971)
- The South Bank Show (1978)
- American Playhouse (1982)
- Apostrophes (1975)
- Omnibus (1967)
- ITV Playhouse (1967)
- The Steve Allen Show (1956)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
- The Oscars (1953)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Performance (1991)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Startime (1959)
- Screen One (1989)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- MGM Parade (1955)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)