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Alec Guinness
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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.
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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.
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Tony Awards
Performance
The Steve Allen Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Omnibus
The Oscars
Startime
Screen One
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Return of the Jedi
The Empire Strikes Back
The Story of Star Wars
Eskimo Day
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
The Making of Star Wars
A Passage to India
Doctor Zhivago
Star Wars
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Ealing Comedies
Lawrence of Arabia
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Tales from Hollywood
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Cromwell
A Foreign Field
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
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