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Alec Guinness
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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 Hear…
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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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2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie Self - (archive footage)
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2021
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
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2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
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2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Movie Self
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2013
Talking Pictures
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
Movie (archive footage)
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2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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2004
The Story of Star Wars
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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2000
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Eskimo Day
Movie James
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1995
Mute Witness
Movie The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
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1993
A Foreign Field
Movie Amos
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1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1992
Tales from Hollywood
Movie Heinrich Mann
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1991
Kafka
Movie The Chief Clerk
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1991
Performance
TV show Heinrich Mann
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1989
Screen One
TV show Amos
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1988
A Handful of Dust
Movie Mr. Todd
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1987
Little Dorrit
Movie William Dorrit
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1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1985
Monsignor Quixote
Movie Father Quixote
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1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Movie Self
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1984
A Passage to India
Movie Professor Godbole
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1984
Edwin
Movie Sir Fennimore Truscott
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
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1983
Lovesick
Movie Sigmund Freud
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1982
Smiley's People
TV show George Smiley
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Heinrich Mann
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1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie Earl of Dorincourt
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1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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1980
Raise the Titanic
Movie John Bigalow
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1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi
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1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV show George Smiley
- 1978
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1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1978
The South Bank Show
TV show Self
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1977
The Making of Star Wars
Movie Self
