Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played eight different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers (1955). He collaborated six times with director David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original 1977 film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.
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| Full name at birth | Alec Guinness de Cuffe
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| Claim to fame | Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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| Date of birth | 2 April 1914
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| Place of birth | Paddington, London, England, UK
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| Date of death | 5 August 2000
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| Age | 86 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
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| Cause of death | Liver Cancer
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Net worth | $100,000,000 USD
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| University | Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art
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- He is buried in Petersfield Cemetery, Hampshire.
- Starred as Eric Birling alongside Sir Ralph Richardson in the first-ever showing of "An Inspector Calls" at the 'New Theatre', London, 1 October 1946.
- He was one of the last surviving members of a great generation of UK actors, which included Sir Laurence Olivier , Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson .
- One of his last jobs was providing the voice (his first and only voice-over) for a cartoon character on a UK TV ad campaign by the Inland Revenue advising the public about the new tax return forms which were to be introduced. He said in his diary of the recording (made on 30th March 1995) "I did it feebly."
- In his last book of memoirs, "A Positively Final Appearance", he expressed a devotion to the TV show "The Simpsons" (1989).
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