Alec Guinness
Actor, Film actor
1914 – 2000
Who was Alec Guinness?
Sir Alec Guinness, CH CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations, Fagin in Oliver Twist, Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia, Yevgraf in Doctor Zhivago, and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India. He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Guinness was one of three major British actors, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who, immediately after the Second World War, successfully transitioned from Shakespearean theatre in their home country to Hollywood blockbusters. As well as an Academy Award, he has also won a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and a Tony Award. In 1959, he was knighted by Elizabeth II for services to the arts.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1914
Maida Vale - Also known as
- Alec Guinness de Cuffe
- Mystery Guest Star
- Sir Alec Guinness
- Alec Guiness
- Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Merula Salaman
(1938/06/20 - 2000/08/05)
- Merula Salaman
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Employment
- Royal Navy
- Lived in
- Paddington
- Died
- Aug 5, 2000
Midhurst - Resting place
- Petersfield Cemetery, Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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