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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Acting · 1914–2000 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

IMDb

25 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 73. The 1950s rate best: median 82 across 4 titles. Alec Guinness appears most often alongside David Lean (5 titles), Joan Greenwood (3), Ronald Neame (3).

Biography

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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