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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 ...
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Rate. A Cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a Prince of his church, he's a popular hero of this people for his resistance against the Nazis during the war, and his resistance after his country again fell to another totalitarian conqueror.
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Guinness appeared in five Lean films that were ranked in the British Film Institute 's 50 greatest British films of the 20th century: 3rd ( Lawrence of Arabia ), 5th ( Great Expectations ), 11th ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ), 27th ( Doctor Zhivago) and 46th ( Oliver Twist ).
- The Bridge on the River Kwai. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. 84 votes. Set against the backdrop of World War II, The Bridge on the River Kwai is an epic war film.
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. 81 votes. In Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, a young farm boy, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), finds himself thrust into the heart of an intergalactic conflict.
- Lawrence of Arabia. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn. 72 votes. Lawrence of Arabia, a sweeping epic drama, chronicles the remarkable life and adventures of T.E.
- The Ladykillers. Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker. 68 votes. Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) likes to report suspicious behavior to the police. Unaware of her reputation, the dapper thief Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) rents rooms in the elderly widow's home for himself and his band of cohorts.
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. Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an English actor.
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.
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