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Birthdate: April 2, 1914

Death date: August 5, 2000

Alec Guinness

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,423

182
All-time Actor

of 38,412

109
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 5,357
  
  198
- 1950s
  
  of 7,577
  
  51
- 1960s
  
  of 10,860
  
  50
- 1970s
  
  of 21,065
  
  590
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  731
- 1990s
  
  of 71,584
  
  25,902
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,607
  
  143
- Adventure
  
  of 25,528
  
  1
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  5,338
- Christmas
  
  of 1,656
  
  194
- Comedy
  
  of 84,814
  
  312
- Crime
  
  of 34,304
  
  66
- Drama
  
  of 107,138
  
  390
- Family
  
  of 15,339
  
  1,684
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,834
  
  485
- History
  
  of 5,928
  
  889
- Musical
  
  of 10,828
  
  2,739
- Mystery
  
  of 16,953
  
  6,834
- Romance
  
  of 37,234
  
  5,947
- Scifi
  
  of 24,983
  
  6
- Thriller
  
  of 49,528
  
  1,352
- War
  
  of 9,723
  
  125

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1940s

2.6277

1950s

2.8453

1960s

2.7474

1970s

2.2678

1980s

2.2048

1990s

1.2249

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Alec Guinness is ranked overall as 2.9341 of of 4 stars

2.9341

Alec Guinness Movie Rankings

Star Wars (1977)

3.9039

Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, as he discovers he is the last of a dying breed of Jedi and has to save Princess Leia from the Empire. ...more about Star Wars

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role

DVD from $8.26

(21 sellers)

Alec Guinness starring in Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

3.8557

Based on the true story of British Army lieutenant T.E. Lawrence. During WWI Lawrence manages to unite the various Arab tribes of the Middle East to help the Allies defeat the Turks. ...more about Lawrence of Arabia

DVD from $3.95

(16 sellers)

Alec Guinness starring in Bridge on the River Kwai

Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

3.8309

In a WWII Japanese POW camp Col. Nicholson and his men are given the task to repair the bridge over the Kwai river to aid the Japanese war effort. Nicholson doesn't know an escaped prisoner has lead the allied forces back to the bridge to blow it up. ...more about Bridge on the River Kwai

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)

DVD from $13.34

(15 sellers)

Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

3.7670

As Luke goes into seclusion, to master his Jedi skills, Hans and Leia have joined the Rebel Army to fight against the Empire. Luke joins the Rebels and eventually goes hand to hand against his arch nemesis and the truth about his past is reveled. ...more about Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

DVD from $8.26

(22 sellers)

Great Expectations (1946)

3.1734

Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. ...more about Great Expectations

DVD from $25.57

(14 sellers)

Oliver Twist (1948)

3.1186

Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. ...more about Oliver Twist

DVD from $25.57

(12 sellers)

Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

3.0983

As the Empire builds a new Death Star, Luke must save his friends from Jabba the Hut, but when Luke is captured by the Emperor he must resist the power of the Dark Side and face his greatest battle yet, his father. ...more about Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

DVD from $8.26

(22 sellers)

Ladykillers, The (1955)

3.0854

A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into one problem after another, and they get what they deserve. ...more about Ladykillers

DVD from $9.10

(9 sellers)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

3.0837

Louis Mazzini's mother's frequent tales of how her titled D'Ascoyn family shunned her after she eloped with an Italian commoner causes a simmering resentment in him. ...more about Kind Hearts and Coronets

Actor Awards

National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor

DVD from $12.79

(10 sellers)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

3.0815

Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. ...more about Doctor Zhivago

DVD from $10.99

(13 sellers)

Man in the White Suit, The (1951)

2.9316

Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way; they try to suppress it. ...more about Man in the White Suit

DVD from $8.11

(9 sellers)

Murder by Death (1976)

2.9246

Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death

DVD from $15.69

(12 sellers)

Horse's Mouth, The (1958)

2.7772

Gulley Jimson is broke, difficult, conniving, uncouth, and a welcher - but an artist. The visions in his head may not really satisfy him when realized, but the quest continues, for the perfect wall. ...more about Horse's Mouth

Actor Awards

Venice Film Festival - Best Actor

DVD from $19.17

(8 sellers)

Captain's Paradise, The (1953)

2.7561

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organised - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. ...more about Captain's Paradise

DVD from $39.84

(6 sellers)

Our Man in Havana (1959)

2.6451

Jim Wormold sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His daughter Milly, 17, spends a lot of money, so he accepts to work for the Intelligence Service. As he has nothing to report, he invents facts, pretends to recruit agents and to discover secret constructions. ...more about Our Man in Havana

Not Available on DVD

Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972)

2.5598

This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. ...more about Fratello sole

DVD from $7.18

(12 sellers)

Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)

2.4615

Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury, a maker of souvenirs. ...more about Lavender Hill Mob

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists - Best Actor - Foreign Film (Migliore Attore Straniero)

DVD from $12.14

(9 sellers)

Scrooge (1970)

2.4411

This is a delightful musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Cold-souled Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after spirit visitations on Christmas Eve. ...more about Scrooge

DVD from $6.86

(12 sellers)

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)

2.4384

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. ...more about H.M.S. Defiant

DVD from $13.34

(11 sellers)

Prisoner, The (1955)

2.4245

Actor Awards

BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor

DVD from $2.12

(13 sellers)

Kafka (1991)

2.3374

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. ...more about Kafka

Not Available on DVD

Quiller Memorandum, The (1966)

2.3094

Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. ...more about Quiller Memorandum

DVD from $11.23

(10 sellers)

Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964)

2.2645

The Roman general Livius follows the precepts of Marcus Aurelius, in hopes of creating an empire at peace within and without its borders. The accession of the unstable Commodus puts this goal in jeopardy. ...more about Fall of the Roman Empire

Not Available on DVD

Little Dorrit (1988)

2.2586

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor

Not Available on DVD

Card, The (1952)

2.1994

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing- some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman... ...more about Card

Not Available on DVD

Tunes of Glory (1960)

2.1640

Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. ...more about Tunes of Glory

Actor Awards

BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor

DVD from $19.17

(9 sellers)

Last Holiday (1950)

2.0898

Alec Guinness plays a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. ...more about Last Holiday

Not Available on DVD

To Paris with Love (1955)

2.0351

Not Available on DVD

Mudlark, The (1950)

1.9985

In 1875 London, young Wheeler, who lives by scavenging, finds a cameo of Queen Victoria which he thinks so beautiful he risks his life to save it. ...more about Mudlark

Not Available on DVD

Father Brown (1954)

1.9894

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. ...more about Father Brown

Not Available on DVD

Cromwell (1970)

1.8801

Disgusted with the religious policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. ...more about Cromwell

DVD from $12.33

(12 sellers)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

1.8628

Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt's only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. The Earl, getting old, asks them to come to England. Ceddie, now Lord Fauntleroy, is an adorable little fellow. ...more about Little Lord Fauntleroy

Not Available on DVD

Foreign Field, A (1993)

1.8447

Amos and Cyril are a pair of British veterans from WWII, going back to Normandy 50 years after D-Day to visit an old buddy's grave. There, they run into Waldo, an American WWII vet. ...more about Foreign Field

DVD from $15.99

(6 sellers)

Handful of Dust, A (1988)

1.6948

DVD from $12.79

(9 sellers)

Barnacle Bill (1957)

1.6880

Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors...but is all too susceptible to seasickness. ...more about Barnacle Bill

Not Available on DVD

Swan, The (1956)

1.6606

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. ...more about Swan

Not Available on DVD

Comedians, The (1967)

1.5834

Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, The Comedians tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism. ...more about Comedians

Actor Awards

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor

DVD from $31.95

(8 sellers)

Scapegoat, The (1959)

1.4963

Not Available on DVD

Lovesick (1983)

0.8020

DVD from $2.09

(10 sellers)

Hotel Paradiso (1966)

No Reviews Available

Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. ...more about Hotel Paradiso

Not Available on DVD

Majority of One, A (1961)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Malta Story (1953)

No Reviews Available

In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. The Axis also wanted it for their own supply lines. ...more about Malta Story

Not Available on DVD

Raise the Titanic (1980)

No Reviews Available

A group of Americans are interested in raising the ill-fated Ocean liner Titanic. One of the team members finds out the Russians also have plans to raise the ship from its watery grave. ...more about Raise the Titanic

DVD from $9.59

(8 sellers)

Rowlandson's England (1955)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Run for Your Money, A (1949)

No Reviews Available

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter, played by Alec Guiness, who will be their escort. ...more about Run for Your Money

DVD from $44.79

(6 sellers)

Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)

No Reviews Available

During World War II, two Americans are forced to bail out and parachute into a small German town. Herr Frick, being equal parts patriotic and lonely, keeps them as prisoners of war in his bomb shelter. ...more about Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious

Not Available on DVD

Stratford Adventure, The (1954)

No Reviews Available

The story of the founding, by Stratford-born journalist Tom Patterson, of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, which opened in July of 1953 with a performance of "Richard III" starring Alec Guinness. ...more about Stratford Adventure

Not Available on DVD

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

Alec Guinness scores a combined zero out of 4 stars for Hitler: The Last Ten Days

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Not Available on DVD

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