Lawrence of Arabia
1962
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For his performance as Colonel Nicholson, the unyielding British POW commanding officer, Guinness won both the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Guinness (foreground, third from right) with Peter O'Toole (left) and Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia.
Alec Guinness was an English actor of stage and screen, his career spanning over sixty years. His best known screen works are his starring roles in several of the Ealing comedies between 1949 and 1957 (most notably as eight members of the same family in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), his Oscar-nominated turn as bank clerk turned bullion robber...
Alec Guinness was an English actor of stage and screen, his career spanning over sixty years. His best known screen works are his starring roles in several of the Ealing comedies between 1949 and 1957 (most notably as eight members of the same family in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), his Oscar-nominated turn as bank clerk turned bullion robber...
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.
Sep 12, 2024 · Alec Guinness (born April 2, 1914, London, England—died August 5, 2000, Midhurst, West Sussex) was a British actor famous for the variety and excellence of his stage and screen characterizations. Tall and unremarkable in appearance, he played a great range of characters throughout his long career.
Apr 10, 2021 · One of Sir Alec Guinness' most memorable roles was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars franchise. Here's how he really felt about his work on these movies.
Aug 7, 2000 · Sir Alec Guinness, the elegant and versatile British actor known to older audiences for films like ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' and to a whole new generation for his role as Obi-Wan...
