Acting
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.
Acting
- 2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)1 ep.
- 1991PerformanceHeinrich Mann1 ep.
- 1989Screen OneAmos1 ep.
- 1982Smiley's PeopleGeorge Smiley6 ep.
- 1979Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge Smiley7 ep.
- 1978The South Bank ShowSelf2 ep.
- 1971Film '72Self2 ep.
- 1967OmnibusSelf1 ep.
- 1959StartimeJebal Deeks1 ep.
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2024The Late Show with Stephen ColbertObi-Wan Kenobi1 ep.
- 2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)1 ep.
- 1993Screen OneAmos1 ep.
- 1992PerformanceHeinrich Mann1 ep.
- 1992American PlayhouseHeinrich Mann1 ep.
- 1980The OscarsSelf2 ep.
- 1980Film '72Self2 ep.
- 1987Great PerformancesFather Quixote1 ep.
- 1986ApostrophesSelf1 ep.
- 1985The South Bank ShowSelf2 ep.
- 1983OmnibusSelf1 ep.
- 1976Hallmark Hall of FameJulius Caesar1 ep.
- 1975ITV PlayhouseJocelyn Broome1 ep.
- 1969Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Executioner1 ep.
- 1964The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf1 ep.
- 1959StartimeJebal Deeks1 ep.
- 1957The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"1 ep.
- 1956MGM Paradeself1 ep.
Also known as: Alec Guinness de Cuffe · Sir Alec Guinness