Acting
Alec Guinness
- Titles
- 81movies19TV shows
- Career
Active from 1948 to 2012, with a break from 1997 to 2011, busiest in 1955 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 43top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.1average 2.6
- Politics5.1average 2.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Satire & Parody3.5average 2.3
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Political Intrigue 7
- Character Study 6
- Class Conflict 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Melancholy 4
- Nostalgic 4
- Classic Cinema 3
- Satirical 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
David LeanDirectorLawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver Twist, A Passage to India
Anne V. CoatesEditorLawrence of Arabia, The Horse's Mouth, Hotel Paradiso, Tunes of Glory, To Paris with Love
Douglas SlocombeCinematographerKind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit, Barnacle Bill, A Run for Your Money
Jack HawkinsActorLawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Malta Story, The Prisoner
Kay WalshActorOliver Twist, The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, Last Holiday
Joan GreenwoodActorKind Hearts and Coronets, The Man in the White Suit, Little Dorrit, Father Brown
Robert HamerWriterKind Hearts and Coronets, The Scapegoat, To Paris with Love, Father Brown
Ronald NeameDirectorScrooge, The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, The Card
Nigel StockActorCromwell, H.M.S. Defiant, Malta Story
Michael GoughActorThe Man in the White Suit, The Horse's Mouth, The Gift of Friendship
Anthony QuayleActorLawrence of Arabia, H.M.S. Defiant, The Fall of the Roman Empire
Ralph RichardsonActorDoctor Zhivago, Our Man in Havana, Twelfth Night
Movies and TV shows
762010s
3 titles · average score 68
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
1990s
6 titles · average score 70
as James
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
as Amos
as Heinrich Mann
as The Chief Clerk
TV show · as Heinrich Mann
1980s
15 titles · average score 71
as Mr. Todd
as William Dorrit
as Father Quixote
as Professor Godbole
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
TV show · as George Smiley
TV show · as Heinrich Mann
as Earl of Dorincourt
as John Bigalow
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
1970s
12 titles · average score 63
TV show · as George Smiley
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
as Caesar
as Jocelyn Broome
as Adolf Hitler
as Papst Innozenz III.
TV show · as Father Quixote
as King Charles I
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
as Malvolio
1960s
13 titles · average score 69
as Major H. O. Jones
TV show · as Jocelyn Broome
as Benedict Boniface
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
as Wilhelm Frick
as Marcus Aurelius
as Prince Feisal
as Captain Crawford
as Koichi Asano
as Jim Wormold
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1950s
19 titles · average score 72
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
as Gulley Jimson
as Col. Nicholson
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
as Prince Albert
as Professor Marcus
as Captain Henry St. James
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
as Sidney Stratton
as George Bird
as Benjamin Disraeli
1940s
4 titles · average score 82
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
as Whimple
as Fagin
as Herbert Pocket
1930s
1 title
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)