As Actor
Cromwell
1970
6.6
Alec Guinness
Acting
Born
April 2, 1914
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Deceased
August 5, 2000
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.
The Filmography
As Actor
The Comedians
1967
6.2
As Actor
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
5.8
As Actor
Hotel Paradiso
1966
5.5
As Actor
Doctor Zhivago
1965
7.5
As Actor
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
7.0
As Actor
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
6.5
As Actor
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
8.0
As Actor
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
6.5
As Actor
A Majority of One
1961
5.7
As Actor
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
7.8
As Actor
The Swan
1956
6.8
As Actor
The Ladykillers
1955
7.3
As Actor
The Prisoner
1955
7.2
As Actor
To Paris with Love
1955
5.2
As Actor
Father Brown
1954
6.4
As Actor
The Captain's Paradise
1953
5.5
As Actor
The Card
1952
6.9
As Actor
The Man in the White Suit
1951
6.9
As Actor
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
7.2