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Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.
IMDb profile of Alec Guinness, the English actor who won an Oscar for The Bridge on the River Kwai and played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. Learn about his life, career, collaborations, trivia and more.
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May 9, 2024 · Alec Guinness, British actor famous for the variety and excellence of his stage and screen characterizations. Among his notable films are Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Horse’s Mouth, and Star Wars.
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Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean : Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946) , Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948) , Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) , for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) , General Yevgraf Zhivago ...
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- August 5, 2000
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (1914–2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played nine different characters.
YearProductionRoleTheatre (london, Unless Otherwise Noted)1934Junior Counsel1934Chinese coolie, French Pirate and English ...1934Osric and Third Player1935WolfNew TheatreAug 7, 2000 · Sir Alec Guinness, elegant and versatile British actor known to older audiences for films like The Bridge on the River Kwai and to new generation for role in Star Wars series, dies at age 86...
Mar 17, 2003 · But Sir Alec Guinness, who died earlier this month at the age of 86, was also a legendary stage actor who played a key role in Canadian theatre when Tyrone (Tony) Guthrie hired him to headline Ontario's very first Stratford Festival in 1953.
