Alec Guinness
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.
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take...
Movie page
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from...
Movie page
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe...
Movie page
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire,...
Movie page
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the...
Movie page
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt...
Movie page
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's GhostA musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
Movie page
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of DorincourtYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the...
Movie page
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of...
Movie page
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf ZhivagoThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a...
Movie page
Oliver Twist
as FaginWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second...
Movie page
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled...
Movie page
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus AureliusIn the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the...
Movie page
Great Expectations
as Herbert PocketIn this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...
Movie page
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir BensonmumLionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are...
Movie page
Cromwell
as King Charles IDisgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the...
Movie page
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney StrattonThe unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be...
Movie page
Raise the Titanic
as John BigalowTo obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known...
Movie page
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' HollandA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to...
Movie page
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well...
Movie page
Mute Witness
as The ReaperBilly is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia,...
Movie page
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady AgathaWhen his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her...
Movie page
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the...
Movie page
Kafka
as The Chief ClerkKafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered....
Movie page
A Passage to India
as Professor GodboleSet during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British...
Movie page
The Ladykillers
as Professor MarcusFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian...
Movie page
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Adolf HitlerHitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his...
Movie page
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain CrawfordDefiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the...
Movie page
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio AmbroseA seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S....
Movie page
The Quiller Memorandum
as PolAfter two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic...
Movie page
Our Man in Havana
as Jim WormoldJim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage...
Movie page
Last Holiday
as George BirdGeorge Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....
Movie page
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' MachinA charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in...
Movie page
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer...
Movie page
The Comedians
as Major H. O. JonesAmerican and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Movie page
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke...
Movie page
Little Dorrit
as William DorritA drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...
Movie page
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley JimsonGulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of...
Movie page
The Prisoner
as The CardinalA cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for...
Movie page
A Run for Your Money
as WhimpleTwo Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed...
Movie page
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. ToddEnglish aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit...
Movie page
The Mudlark
as Benjamin DisraeliIt's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Movie page
Lovesick
as Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
Movie page
A Foreign Field
as AmosNostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to...
Movie page
Father Brown
as Father BrownWorks of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...
Movie page
The Making of Star Wars
as SelfLearn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to...
Movie page
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her...
Movie page
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as SelfThough lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film,...
Movie page
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. JamesMediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very...
Movie page
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the...
Movie page
The Swan
as Prince AlbertPrincess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter,...
Movie page
Malta Story
as Flight Lt. Peter RossMalta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island,...
Movie page
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant...
Movie page
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De GueAn Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated...
Movie page
A Majority of One
as Koichi AsanoA gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a...
Movie page
The Stratford Adventure
as SelfThis short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river...
Movie page
The Ealing Comedies
as SelfThe story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and...
Movie page
David Lean: A Life in Film
as SelfA documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and...
Movie page
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi Wan KenobiHosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the...
Movie page
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.
Movie page
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Movie page
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
as Wilhelm FrickA lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement...
Movie page
Hotel Paradiso
as Benedict BonifaceMonsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to...
Movie page
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
Movie page
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich MannA slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave...
Movie page
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film...
Movie page
To Paris with Love
as Sir Edgar FraserA father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.
Movie page
Twelfth Night
as MalvolioSir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of...
Movie page
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
as JamesComedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise...
Movie page
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai...
Movie page
Monsignor Quixote
as Father QuixoteSir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest...
Movie page
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore TruscottTouching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who...
Movie page
Caesar and Cleopatra
as CaesarAdaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.
Movie page
The Gift of Friendship
as Jocelyn BroomeElderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.
Movie page
Pasternak
as HimselfUsing still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian...
Movie page
Great Performances
as Father QuixoteThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
TV Show page
Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
TV Show page
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The South Bank Show
as SelfThe South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and...
TV Show page
The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
TV Show page
The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
TV Show page
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George SmileyGeorge Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is...
TV Show page
Performance
as Heinrich MannAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
TV Show page
Omnibus
as SelfOmnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the...
TV Show page
Startime
as uncreditedStartime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American...
TV Show page
Smiley's People
as George SmileyCalled out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization,...
TV Show page
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to...
TV Show page
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Julius CaesarHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
TV Show page