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[[File:Sir Alec Guinness Allan Warren (2).jpg|thumb|Guinness in 1973, by [[Allan Warren]]]]
'''Sir Alec Guinness''', (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. He is known for his six collaborations with [[David Lean]]: [[Herbert Pocket]] in ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946), [[Fagin]] in ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1948), Col. Nicholson in ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957, for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]), [[Faisal I of Iraq|Prince Faisal]] in ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1965), and Professor Godbole in ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]'' (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in [[George Lucas]]' original [[Star Wars Trilogy|''Star Wars'' trilogy]]; for [[Star Wars (film)|the original film]], he was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[50th Academy Awards]].
==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ Stage credits of Guinness
|-
! Year
! Production
! Role
! Theatre<br />(London, unless otherwise noted)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Libel!]]''
| Junior Counsel
| [[Playhouse Theatre]]
| Non-Speaking Role
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Queer Cargo]]''
| Chinese coolie, French Pirate and English Sailor
| [[Piccadilly Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| Osric and Third Player
| [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[André Obey|Noé/Noah]]''
| Wolf
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
| Sampson and Apothecary
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Seagull]]''
| Workman then Yakov
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
| Boyet
| [[The Old Vic]]
| Start of a season with the Old Vic Company; September 1936-April 1937.
|-
| 1936
| ''[[As You Like It]]''
| Le Beau and William
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Witch of Edmonton]]''
| Old Thorney
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''Hamlet''
| Osric and Reynaldo
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''
| Exeter
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''Hamlet''
| Osric, Player Queen and Reynaldo
| [[Kronborg Castle|Elsinore Castle]], [[Helsingør]], [[Denmark]]
| Put on by the Old Vic Company at Elsinore Castle
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''
| Aumerle and The Groom
| [[Queen's Theatre]]
| Start of a Season with John Gielgud's Company at the Queen's Theatre, September 1937-May 1938.
|-
| 1937
| ''[[The School for Scandal]]''
| Snake
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|The Three Sisters]]''
| Fedotik
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
| Lorenzo
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma (play)|The Doctor's Dilemma]]''
| Louis Dubedat
| [[Richmond Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Trelawny of the Wells]]''
| Arthur Gower
| The Old Vic
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company. September to December 1938.
|-
| 1938
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Rivals]]''
| Bob Acres
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1939
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| The Old Vic
| Start of Tour of Europe and Egypt with the Old Vic Company. January to April 1939.
|-
| 1939
| ''Henry V''
| Chorus
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''The Rivals''
| Bob Acres
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''Libel!''
| Emile Flordan
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| Macbeth
| [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre|Sheffield Playhouse]], [[Sheffield]]
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[The Ascent of F6]]''
| Michael Ransom
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
| Romeo
| [[Perth Theatre]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Scotland]]
| Part of the first Perth Scottish Theatre Festival
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Great Expectations]]''
| Herbert Pocket
| [[Rudolph Steiner Theatre|Rudolf Steiner Hall]]
| Version adapted by Guinness from [[Charles Dickens]] novel; Performed by The Actor's Company, a group Guinness had formed with [[George Devine]] and [[Marius Goring]].
|-
| 1940
| ''Cousin Muriel''
| Richard Meilhac
| [[Gielgud Theatre|Globe Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]''
| The Dauphin
| [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[The Tempest]]''
| Ferdinand
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Thunder Rock (play)|Thunder Rock]]''
| Charleston
| Tour of England
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Flare Path]]''
| Fl. Lt. Graham
| [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]], [[New York City]], [[United States]]
| Was temporarily released from his war service to perform in this production.
|-
| 1946
| ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
| Mitya
| [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]]
| Adapted by Guinness from [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]].
|-
| 1946
| ''[[No Exit#Theatre|The Vicious Circle]]''<ref></ref>
| Garcin
| [[Arts Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[King Lear]]''
| The Fool
| New Theatre
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1946 – May 1947.
|-
| 1946
| ''[[An Inspector Calls]]''
| Eric Birling
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]''
| De Guiche
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]''
| Abel Drugger
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''
| [[Richard II]]
| New Theatre
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1947-May 1948.
|-
| 1947
| ''Saint Joan''
| The Dauphin
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[The Government Inspector]]''
| Khlestakov
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Coriolanus]]''
| Menenius Agrippa
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| -
| New Theatre
| Director only for the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1948.
|-
| 1949
| ''The Human Touch''
| Dr. James Simpson
| [[Savoy Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[The Cocktail Party]]''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The Cocktail Party]]''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, USA
|
|-
| 1951
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| New Theatre
| This production was also directed by Guinness.
|-
| 1952
| ''Under the Sycamore Tree''
| The Ant Scientist
| [[Aldwych Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''
| [[Richard III]]
| [[Stratford Festival]], [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| Start of a Season at the Stratford Festival. July to September 1953.
|-
| 1953
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
| King of France
| Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
|
|-
| 1954
| ''The Prisoner''
| The Cardinal
| Globe Theatre
|
|-
| 1954
| ''Hotel Paradiso''
| Boniface
| [[Gillian Lynne Theatre|Winter Garden Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Ross (Play)|Ross]]''
| Aircraftman Ross / [[T.E. Lawrence]]
| [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
| [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]] – Best Actor
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Exit the King]]''
| Berenger the First
| Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and [[Royal Court Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Dylan (play)|Dylan]]''
| [[Dylan Thomas]]
| [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], New York City, USA
| [[Drama League Awards]]-Distinguished Performance Award; [[Tony Awards]]- Best Actor
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Incident at Vichy]]''
| Von Berg
| [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1966
| ''Macbeth''
| Macbeth
| Royal Court Theatre
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Wise Child]]''
| Jock Masters/Mrs. Artminster
| [[Wyndham's Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''The Cocktail Party''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], [[Chichester]], [[Sussex]], Wyndham's Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket
| Production was also directed by Guinness.
|-
| 1970
| ''Time out of Mind''
| John
| [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]], [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]].
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]''
| Father
| Theatre Royal Haymarket
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Habeas Corpus (play)|Habeas Corpus]]''
| Dr. Wickstead
| Lyric Theatre
|
|-
| 1975
| ''A Family and a Fortune''
| Dudley
| [[Apollo Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1976
| ''Yahoo''
| [[Jonathan Swift|Dean Swift]]
| Queen's Theatre
| Adapted by Guinness from the works of Jonathan Swift.
|-
| 1977
| ''The Old Country''
| Hilary
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Merchant of Venice]]''
| [[Shylock]]
| Chichester Festival Theatre
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[A Walk in the Woods (play)|A Walk in the Woods]]''
| Andrey Botvinnik
| [[Harold Pinter Theatre|Comedy Theatre]]
|
|-
|}
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Evensong (film)|Evensong]]''
|
| Uncredited extra
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]''
| [[Great Expectations#Miss Havisham and her family|Herbert Pocket]] as an adult
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]''
| [[Fagin]]
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''
| , The Banker, The Parson, The General, The Admiral, Young D'Ascoyne, Young Henry, Lady Agatha}}
|
|-
| 1949
| ''''
| Whimple
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]''
| George Bird
|
|-
| 1950
| ''''
| [[Benjamin Disraeli]]
|
|-
| 1951
| ''''
| Henry Holland
|
|-
| 1951
| ''''
| Sidney Stratton
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[The Card (1952 film)|The Card]]''
| Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
|
|-
| 1953
| ''''
| Narrator
| Short subject
|-
| 1953
| ''''
| Capt. Henry St. James
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Malta Story]]''
| Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross RAF
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Father Brown (film)|Father Brown]]''
| [[Father Brown]]
|
|-
| 1954
| ''''
| Himself
| Short subject
|-
| 1955
| ''Rowlandson's England''
| Narrator
| Short subject
|-
| 1955
| ''[[To Paris with Love]]''
| Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
|
|-
| 1955
| ''''
|
|
|-
| 1955
| ''Baker's Dozen''
| The Major
| Television film
|-
| 1955
| ''''
| Professor Marcus
|
|-
| 1956
| ''''
| Prince Albert
|
|-
| 1957
| ''''
| Col. Nicholson
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]''
| Captain William Horatio Ambrose
|
|-
| 1958
| ''''
| Gulley Jimson
|
|-
| 1959
| ''''
| John Barratt/Jacques De Gue
|
|-
| 1959
| ''The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks''
| Jebal Deeks
| Television film
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]''
| Jim Wormold
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Tunes of Glory]]''
| Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
| Nominated—[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|-
| 1961
| ''[[A Majority of One (film)|A Majority of One]]''
| Koichi Asano
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[H.M.S. Defiant]]''
| Captain Crawford
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
| [[Faisal I of Iraq|Prince Faisal]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''''
| [[Marcus Aurelius]]
|
|-
| 1965
| ''Pasternak''
| Himself
| Short subject
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious]]''
| Wilhelm Frick
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
| Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Hotel Paradiso (film)|Hotel Paradiso]]''
| Benedict Boniface
|
|-
| 1966
| ''''
| Pol
|
|-
| 1967
| ''''
| Himself
| Short subject<br />Uncredited
|-
| 1967
| ''''
| Major H.O. Jones
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
|-
| 1969
| ''Conversation at Night''
| The Executioner
| Television film
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Twelfth Night (1970 film)|Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Malvolio]]
| Television film
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''
| [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]]
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]''
| [[Jacob Marley]]'s ghost
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Brother Sun, Sister Moon]]''
| Pope Innocent III
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Hitler: The Last Ten Days]]''
| [[Adolf Hitler]]
|
|-
| 1974
| ''The Gift of Friendship''
| Jocelyn Broome
| Television film
|-
| 1976
| ''Caesar and Cleopatra''
| [[Julius Caesar]]
| Television film
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Murder by Death]]''
| Jamesir Bensonmum
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''
| [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| [[George Smiley]]
| 7 episodes<br/>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''
| Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]''
| John Bigalow
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]''
| Earl of Dorincourt
| Television film
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Smiley's People (miniseries)|Smiley's People]]''
| George Smiley
| 6 episodes<br/>
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Lovesick (1983 film)|Lovesick]]''
| [[Sigmund Freud]]
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''
| Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
|-
| 1984
| ''''
| Professor Godbole
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Edwin''
| Sir Fennimore Truscott
| Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''Monsignor Quixote''
| Monsignor Quixote
| Television film<br/>Nominated—[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]''
| William Dorrit
|
|-
| 1988
| ''''
| Mr. Todd
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]''
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Tales from Hollywood''
| Heinrich Mann
| Television film
|-
| 1993
| ''''
| Amos
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mute Witness]]''
|
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Eskimo Day]]''
| James
| Television film
|}
==Notes and references==
===Sources===
* O'Connor, Garry. ''Alec Guinness: The Unknown'' London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2002. .
* Taylor, John Russell. ''Alec Guinness: A Celebration.'' London: Pavilion, 2000. .
== External links ==
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[[Category:Actor filmographies|Guinness, Alec]]
'''Sir Alec Guinness''', (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. He is known for his six collaborations with [[David Lean]]: [[Herbert Pocket]] in ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946), [[Fagin]] in ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1948), Col. Nicholson in ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957, for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]), [[Faisal I of Iraq|Prince Faisal]] in ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1965), and Professor Godbole in ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]'' (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in [[George Lucas]]' original [[Star Wars Trilogy|''Star Wars'' trilogy]]; for [[Star Wars (film)|the original film]], he was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[50th Academy Awards]].
==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ Stage credits of Guinness
|-
! Year
! Production
! Role
! Theatre<br />(London, unless otherwise noted)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Libel!]]''
| Junior Counsel
| [[Playhouse Theatre]]
| Non-Speaking Role
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Queer Cargo]]''
| Chinese coolie, French Pirate and English Sailor
| [[Piccadilly Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| Osric and Third Player
| [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[André Obey|Noé/Noah]]''
| Wolf
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
| Sampson and Apothecary
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Seagull]]''
| Workman then Yakov
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
| Boyet
| [[The Old Vic]]
| Start of a season with the Old Vic Company; September 1936-April 1937.
|-
| 1936
| ''[[As You Like It]]''
| Le Beau and William
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Witch of Edmonton]]''
| Old Thorney
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''Hamlet''
| Osric and Reynaldo
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''
| Exeter
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1937
| ''Hamlet''
| Osric, Player Queen and Reynaldo
| [[Kronborg Castle|Elsinore Castle]], [[Helsingør]], [[Denmark]]
| Put on by the Old Vic Company at Elsinore Castle
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''
| Aumerle and The Groom
| [[Queen's Theatre]]
| Start of a Season with John Gielgud's Company at the Queen's Theatre, September 1937-May 1938.
|-
| 1937
| ''[[The School for Scandal]]''
| Snake
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|The Three Sisters]]''
| Fedotik
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
| Lorenzo
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Doctor's Dilemma (play)|The Doctor's Dilemma]]''
| Louis Dubedat
| [[Richmond Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Trelawny of the Wells]]''
| Arthur Gower
| The Old Vic
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company. September to December 1938.
|-
| 1938
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Rivals]]''
| Bob Acres
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1939
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| The Old Vic
| Start of Tour of Europe and Egypt with the Old Vic Company. January to April 1939.
|-
| 1939
| ''Henry V''
| Chorus
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''The Rivals''
| Bob Acres
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''Libel!''
| Emile Flordan
| The Old Vic
| Tour
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| Macbeth
| [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre|Sheffield Playhouse]], [[Sheffield]]
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[The Ascent of F6]]''
| Michael Ransom
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
| Romeo
| [[Perth Theatre]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Scotland]]
| Part of the first Perth Scottish Theatre Festival
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Great Expectations]]''
| Herbert Pocket
| [[Rudolph Steiner Theatre|Rudolf Steiner Hall]]
| Version adapted by Guinness from [[Charles Dickens]] novel; Performed by The Actor's Company, a group Guinness had formed with [[George Devine]] and [[Marius Goring]].
|-
| 1940
| ''Cousin Muriel''
| Richard Meilhac
| [[Gielgud Theatre|Globe Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]''
| The Dauphin
| [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[The Tempest]]''
| Ferdinand
| The Old Vic
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Thunder Rock (play)|Thunder Rock]]''
| Charleston
| Tour of England
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Flare Path]]''
| Fl. Lt. Graham
| [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]], [[New York City]], [[United States]]
| Was temporarily released from his war service to perform in this production.
|-
| 1946
| ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
| Mitya
| [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]]
| Adapted by Guinness from [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]].
|-
| 1946
| ''[[No Exit#Theatre|The Vicious Circle]]''<ref></ref>
| Garcin
| [[Arts Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[King Lear]]''
| The Fool
| New Theatre
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1946 – May 1947.
|-
| 1946
| ''[[An Inspector Calls]]''
| Eric Birling
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]''
| De Guiche
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]''
| Abel Drugger
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''
| [[Richard II]]
| New Theatre
| Start of a Season with the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1947-May 1948.
|-
| 1947
| ''Saint Joan''
| The Dauphin
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[The Government Inspector]]''
| Khlestakov
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Coriolanus]]''
| Menenius Agrippa
| New Theatre
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| -
| New Theatre
| Director only for the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1948.
|-
| 1949
| ''The Human Touch''
| Dr. James Simpson
| [[Savoy Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[The Cocktail Party]]''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The Cocktail Party]]''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, USA
|
|-
| 1951
| ''Hamlet''
| Hamlet
| New Theatre
| This production was also directed by Guinness.
|-
| 1952
| ''Under the Sycamore Tree''
| The Ant Scientist
| [[Aldwych Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''
| [[Richard III]]
| [[Stratford Festival]], [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| Start of a Season at the Stratford Festival. July to September 1953.
|-
| 1953
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
| King of France
| Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
|
|-
| 1954
| ''The Prisoner''
| The Cardinal
| Globe Theatre
|
|-
| 1954
| ''Hotel Paradiso''
| Boniface
| [[Gillian Lynne Theatre|Winter Garden Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Ross (Play)|Ross]]''
| Aircraftman Ross / [[T.E. Lawrence]]
| [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
| [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]] – Best Actor
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Exit the King]]''
| Berenger the First
| Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and [[Royal Court Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Dylan (play)|Dylan]]''
| [[Dylan Thomas]]
| [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], New York City, USA
| [[Drama League Awards]]-Distinguished Performance Award; [[Tony Awards]]- Best Actor
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Incident at Vichy]]''
| Von Berg
| [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1966
| ''Macbeth''
| Macbeth
| Royal Court Theatre
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Wise Child]]''
| Jock Masters/Mrs. Artminster
| [[Wyndham's Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''The Cocktail Party''
| Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
| [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], [[Chichester]], [[Sussex]], Wyndham's Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket
| Production was also directed by Guinness.
|-
| 1970
| ''Time out of Mind''
| John
| [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]], [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]].
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]''
| Father
| Theatre Royal Haymarket
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Habeas Corpus (play)|Habeas Corpus]]''
| Dr. Wickstead
| Lyric Theatre
|
|-
| 1975
| ''A Family and a Fortune''
| Dudley
| [[Apollo Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1976
| ''Yahoo''
| [[Jonathan Swift|Dean Swift]]
| Queen's Theatre
| Adapted by Guinness from the works of Jonathan Swift.
|-
| 1977
| ''The Old Country''
| Hilary
| Queen's Theatre
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Merchant of Venice]]''
| [[Shylock]]
| Chichester Festival Theatre
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[A Walk in the Woods (play)|A Walk in the Woods]]''
| Andrey Botvinnik
| [[Harold Pinter Theatre|Comedy Theatre]]
|
|-
|}
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Evensong (film)|Evensong]]''
|
| Uncredited extra
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]''
| [[Great Expectations#Miss Havisham and her family|Herbert Pocket]] as an adult
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]''
| [[Fagin]]
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''
| , The Banker, The Parson, The General, The Admiral, Young D'Ascoyne, Young Henry, Lady Agatha}}
|
|-
| 1949
| ''''
| Whimple
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]''
| George Bird
|
|-
| 1950
| ''''
| [[Benjamin Disraeli]]
|
|-
| 1951
| ''''
| Henry Holland
|
|-
| 1951
| ''''
| Sidney Stratton
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[The Card (1952 film)|The Card]]''
| Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
|
|-
| 1953
| ''''
| Narrator
| Short subject
|-
| 1953
| ''''
| Capt. Henry St. James
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Malta Story]]''
| Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross RAF
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Father Brown (film)|Father Brown]]''
| [[Father Brown]]
|
|-
| 1954
| ''''
| Himself
| Short subject
|-
| 1955
| ''Rowlandson's England''
| Narrator
| Short subject
|-
| 1955
| ''[[To Paris with Love]]''
| Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
|
|-
| 1955
| ''''
|
|
|-
| 1955
| ''Baker's Dozen''
| The Major
| Television film
|-
| 1955
| ''''
| Professor Marcus
|
|-
| 1956
| ''''
| Prince Albert
|
|-
| 1957
| ''''
| Col. Nicholson
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]''
| Captain William Horatio Ambrose
|
|-
| 1958
| ''''
| Gulley Jimson
|
|-
| 1959
| ''''
| John Barratt/Jacques De Gue
|
|-
| 1959
| ''The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks''
| Jebal Deeks
| Television film
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]''
| Jim Wormold
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Tunes of Glory]]''
| Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
| Nominated—[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|-
| 1961
| ''[[A Majority of One (film)|A Majority of One]]''
| Koichi Asano
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[H.M.S. Defiant]]''
| Captain Crawford
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
| [[Faisal I of Iraq|Prince Faisal]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''''
| [[Marcus Aurelius]]
|
|-
| 1965
| ''Pasternak''
| Himself
| Short subject
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious]]''
| Wilhelm Frick
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
| Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Hotel Paradiso (film)|Hotel Paradiso]]''
| Benedict Boniface
|
|-
| 1966
| ''''
| Pol
|
|-
| 1967
| ''''
| Himself
| Short subject<br />Uncredited
|-
| 1967
| ''''
| Major H.O. Jones
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
|-
| 1969
| ''Conversation at Night''
| The Executioner
| Television film
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Twelfth Night (1970 film)|Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Malvolio]]
| Television film
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''
| [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]]
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]''
| [[Jacob Marley]]'s ghost
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Brother Sun, Sister Moon]]''
| Pope Innocent III
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Hitler: The Last Ten Days]]''
| [[Adolf Hitler]]
|
|-
| 1974
| ''The Gift of Friendship''
| Jocelyn Broome
| Television film
|-
| 1976
| ''Caesar and Cleopatra''
| [[Julius Caesar]]
| Television film
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Murder by Death]]''
| Jamesir Bensonmum
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''
| [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| [[George Smiley]]
| 7 episodes<br/>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''
| Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]''
| John Bigalow
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]''
| Earl of Dorincourt
| Television film
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Smiley's People (miniseries)|Smiley's People]]''
| George Smiley
| 6 episodes<br/>
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Lovesick (1983 film)|Lovesick]]''
| [[Sigmund Freud]]
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''
| Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
|-
| 1984
| ''''
| Professor Godbole
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Edwin''
| Sir Fennimore Truscott
| Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''Monsignor Quixote''
| Monsignor Quixote
| Television film<br/>Nominated—[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]''
| William Dorrit
|
|-
| 1988
| ''''
| Mr. Todd
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]''
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Tales from Hollywood''
| Heinrich Mann
| Television film
|-
| 1993
| ''''
| Amos
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mute Witness]]''
|
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Eskimo Day]]''
| James
| Television film
|}
==Notes and references==
===Sources===
* O'Connor, Garry. ''Alec Guinness: The Unknown'' London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2002. .
* Taylor, John Russell. ''Alec Guinness: A Celebration.'' London: Pavilion, 2000. .
== External links ==
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