Alec Guinness

E141572
film actor human stage actor television actor voice actor

Alec Guinness was an acclaimed English actor renowned for his versatile performances in classic films such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Kind Hearts and Coronets," and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Alec Guinness canonical 18
Alec Guinness de Cuffe 1
Sir Alec Guinness 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

BAFTA awards ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award

BAFTA Fellowship ⓘ
Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Tony Award ⓘ
birthName Alec Guinness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alec Guinness de Cuffe
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
child Matthew Guinness ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-08-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Fettes College ⓘ
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
familyName Guinness ⓘ
fullName Alec Guinness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Alec Guinness
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName Alec ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
marriageEnd 2000 ⓘ
marriageStart 1938 ⓘ
memberOf Old Vic Company ⓘ
Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
notableFor versatile character acting ⓘ
notableWork A Passage to India ⓘ
Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
Great Expectations ⓘ
Kind Hearts and Coronets ⓘ
Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ
Little Dorrit ⓘ
Oliver Twist ⓘ
Our Man in Havana ⓘ
Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Smiley's People

Star Wars ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⓘ
The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ
surface form: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ
novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ
surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Horse’s Mouth ⓘ
surface form: The Horse's Mouth

The Ladykillers ⓘ
The Lavender Hill Mob ⓘ
The Man in the White Suit ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tunes of Glory ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Maida Vale, London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Midhurst, West Sussex, England ⓘ
portrayed Colonel Nicholson ⓘ
Jonathan Wild ⓘ
surface form: Fagin

George Smiley ⓘ
Obi-Wan Kenobi ⓘ
Prince Faisal ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Merula Salaman ⓘ
title Knight Bachelor ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawrence of Arabia → starring → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Doctor Zhivago → starring → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → stars → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Smiley’s People (novel) → adaptationCastMember → Alec Guinness ⓘ
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
A Passage to India → starring → Alec Guinness ⓘ
The Horse’s Mouth → screenwriter → Alec Guinness ⓘ
The Horse’s Mouth → starring → Alec Guinness ⓘ
The Horse’s Mouth → leadActor → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Alec Guinness → fullName → Alec Guinness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness → birthName → Alec Guinness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alec Guinness de Cuffe
Peter Cushing → coStarredWith → Alec Guinness ⓘ
A Majority of One → stars → Alec Guinness ⓘ
subject surface form: A Majority of One (1961 film)
Obi-Wan Kenobi → portrayedBy → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Honorary Golden Bear → hasRecipient → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) → starred → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) → castMember → Alec Guinness ⓘ
BBC television serial → starring → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Prince Faisal → portrayedBy → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Ealing comedies → typicalCastMember → Alec Guinness ⓘ
Charles Crichton → collaboratedWith → Alec Guinness ⓘ