Perhaps best known as the Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars (1977), Guinness enjoyed a distinguished movie career that dated back to the early 1930s. He won a Best Actor Oscar in 1957 for his memorable portrayal of an obsessed British commander in director David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Guinness' other classic portrayals include roles in two more Lean classics, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1959.
The LadykillersProfessor Marcus (Alec Guinness) is the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. His confederates, blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker), suave Louis (Herbert Lom), chubby Harry (Peter Sellers) and muscleman One-Round (Danny Green), dodge their landlady's constant interruptions. The hoods hit upon... Read More
Our Man in HavanaInspired by Cold War paranoia, author Graham Greene penned this cynical comedy directed by Carol Reed about vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness), whose territory happens to be pre-revolutionary Cuba. Approached by an undercover intelligence agent (Noel Coward), Jim unwittingly agrees... Read More
A Foreign FieldReturning to the deserted beaches of Normandy 50 years after they fought there as soldiers, British World War II veterans Amos (Alec Guinness) and Cyril (Leo McKern) meet up with Waldo (John Randolph), a vacationing American vet. But their new friendship turns sour when a pretty face (Jeanne Moreau)... Read More
Oliver TwistWhen wide-eyed orphan Oliver has the colossal nerve to ask for more gruel at his workhouse, his cheekiness gets him shipped off to an apprenticeship with a mortician. Soon Oliver bolts for London, where he falls in with a den of conniving thieves. Read More
Malta StoryWhen he must detour while en route to Egypt, Royal Air Force pilot and reconnaissance photographer Peter Ross (Alec Guinness) finds himself at the center of the Axis' infamous Siege of Malta in the Mediterranean theater of World War II. Aided by the beautiful Maltese volunteer Maria (Muriel Pavlow),... Read More
Mute Witness (1994) | R | |
NR | ||
A Handful of Dust (1988) | PG | |
Little Dorrit (1988) | G | |
A Passage to India (1984) | PG | |
Edwin (1984) | NR | |
PG | ||
Lovesick (1983) | PG | |
Smiley's People (1982) | NR | |
PG | ||
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980) | NR | |
PG | ||
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) | PG | |
Murder by Death (1976) | PG | |
PG | ||
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) | PG | |
PG | ||
Cromwell (1970) | G | |
Scrooge (1970) | G | |
Twelfth Night (1969) | NR | |
The Comedians (1967) | NR | |
The Quiller Memorandum (1966) | NR | |
Doctor Zhivago (1965) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | PG | |
NR | ||
A Majority of One (1961) | NR | |
Tunes of Glory (1960) | NR | |
Our Man in Havana (1959) | NR | |
The Horse's Mouth (1958) | NR | |
PG | ||
To Paris with Love (1955) | NR | |
The Ladykillers (1955) | NR | |
The Prisoner (1955) | NR | |
Malta Story (1953) | NR | |
The Captain's Paradise (1953) | NR | |
NR | ||
The Man in the White Suit (1951) | NR | |
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) | NR | |
Last Holiday (1950) | NR | |
A Run for Your Money (1950) | NR | |
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | NR | |
Oliver Twist (1948) | NR | |
Great Expectations (1946) | NR | |
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