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 both 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). In 1970, he played Jacob Marley's ghost in Ronald Neame's Scrooge. 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. More about Alec Guinness
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Guinness began his stage career in 1934. Two years later, at the age of 22, he played the role of Osric in Hamlet in the West End and joined the Old Vic. He continued to play Shakespearean roles throughout his career. He was one of the greatest British actors who, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, made the transition from theatre to films after the Second World War. Guinness served in the Royal Naval Reserve during the war and commanded a landing craft during the invasion of Sicily and Elba. During the war he was granted leave to appear in the stage play Flare Path about RAF Bomber Command.In total, we tracked 735 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Alec Guinness (STAR WARS 5X7 ALEC GUINNESS AS OBE WAN KENOBI HAND SIGNED PHOTO) was sold in July 2020 for £1151.00 while the cheapest item (ALEC GUINNESS Signed Autograph 5 x 3 Inches Photo Pre Print Movies Actor) found a new owner for £0.01 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (15) was August 2018 with an average selling price of £57.37 for an autographed item of Alec Guinness. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2023 with £384.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Alec Guinness is worth £62.00.
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Celebrating Sir Alec Guinness (10/19/14): The centenary of the birth of Sir Alec Guinness was celebrated on Friday, 16 October with a special Mass at Corpus Christi Church in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, followed by 'Two Halves of Guinness' a one-man show performed by Trevor Littledale telling the life story of the great actor. For many year
Celebrations to mark centenary of birth of Sir Alec Guinness (10/09/14): The centenary of the birth of Sir Alec Guinness takes place on 16 October. To celebrate the occasion, a special Mass followed by a theatre performance will take place in Covent Garden, organised by the Catholic Association of Performing Arts. Fr Alan Robinson, National Chaplain to CAPA will celebrat
The Concealed Genius of Alec Guinness (06/12/14): Best-known by modern audiences for playing Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness’ film career featured an astonishing variety of roles—as a new film season celebrates.
TV & radio reviews: Radio reviews: Dark Horse – An Alec Guinness Archive; Mercha (04/16/14): In May 2012, Alistair McGowan bravely followed in the footsteps of Alec Guinness by portraying several members of the same family in the BBC Radio 4 drama Like Father, Like Daughter – a sequel to…
Alec Guinness' Star Wars Letter Published On 100th Birthday (04/03/14): A letter written by late acting legend Sir Alec Guinness dismissing his role in Star Wars as "rubbish" has been published to celebrate what would...
What's Alec Guinness doing in my mum's dressing gown? (08/2013): Unlike everyone else on Earth, Tim Jonze has never seen Star Wars. So what does he think the movie is about? We put him to the test ... According to a recent survey, 100% of British men who have never seen Star Wars live in Holloway, support Liverpool and look like Rodney from Only Fools and Horses.