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  1. Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.

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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 in ...

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    • Marylebone, London, England, UK
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    • Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
  3. 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.

    Year
    Production
    Role
    Theatre (london, Unless Otherwise Noted)
    1934
    Junior Counsel
    1934
    Chinese coolie, French Pirate and English ...
    1934
    Osric and Third Player
    1935
    Wolf
    New Theatre
  4. Mar 15, 2024 · Alec Guinness, despite his great accomplishments as an actor, became forever tied to his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, which he took partly for the money.

    • George Lucas
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    • Mark Hamill
  5. Jun 20, 2024 · Alec Guinness (born April 2, 1914, London, England—died August 5, 2000, Midhurst, West Sussex) was a British actor famous for the variety and excellence of his stage and screen characterizations. Tall and unremarkable in appearance, he played a great range of characters throughout his long career.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. 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 in ...

  7. May 27, 2022 · By the time Alec Guinness was offered $150,000 in January 1976 ($762,000 today) to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars — a character revived by Ewan McGregor in subsequent films and now in the...