Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness
Guinness in 1973 by Allan Warren
Born	Alec Guinness de Cuffe (1914-04-02)2 April 1914 Maida Vale, London, England
Died	5 August 2000(2000-08-05) (aged 86) King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, West Sussex, England
Burial place	Petersfield Cemetery, Hampshire
Occupation	Actor
Works	On stage and screen
Spouse(s)	Merula Salaman ​ ​ (m. 1938)​
Children	Matthew Guinness
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1941–1943
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Husky

Sir Alec Guinness (2 April 1914 - 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award winning English actor. He was born in London. He is well known for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a "Jedi master", in the Star Wars movie series (Episodes IV, V, and VI), a role that he was embarrassed with. He won an Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role". He got this award for acting in the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). Guinness also received a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for that movie. He has also received a Tony Award. In 1989 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. Guinness died from liver cancer in Midhurst, West Sussex, in 2000.

Alec Guinness Media

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  155 Lauderdale Mansions South in Maida Vale, west London where Guinness was born

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  Guinness at the Old Vic theatre, London in 1938. Joining the company in 1936, early roles include Boyet in Love's Labour's Lost, Le Beau in As You Like It, and Osric in Hamlet.

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  Drawing by Nicholas Volpe after Guinness won an Oscar in 1957 for his role in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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  Guinness (foreground, third from right) with Peter O'Toole (left) and Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia

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  The graves of Alec and Merula in Petersfield, Hampshire

Other websites

Media related to Alec Guinness at Wikimedia Commons

• Alec Guinness at the Internet Broadway Database
• Alec Guinness on IMDb
• Alec Guinness at Find a Grave