Alec Guinness: movies and TV shows
Alec Guinness has 103 credits in the archive: 84 films and 19 TV series, from 1934 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1934 – 2022 · busiest year: 1955 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 108 |
| 2021 | A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 107 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | Film | 6.3 | 105 |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 101 |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self | Film | 6.3 | 101 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 99 |
| 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud | (archive footage) | Film | — | 98 |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 93 |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 92 |
| 2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 90 |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | Film | 8.8 | 90 |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 86 |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | James | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 1995 | Mute Witness | The Reaper | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field | Amos | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 79 |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann | Film | 3.0 | 78 |
| 1991 | Performance | Heinrich Mann | TV | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1991 | Kafka | The Chief Clerk | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Amos | TV | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Film | 7.0 | 73 | |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote | Film | 8.8 | 71 |
| 1985 | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1984 | Edwin | Sir Fennimore Truscott | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Professor Godbole | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | Film | 7.9 | 69 |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Sigmund Freud | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Heinrich Mann | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | George Smiley | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film | 8.4 | 66 |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow | Film | 5.4 | 66 |
| 1980 | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 66 |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 3.4 | 64 |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | Film | 8.2 | 63 |
| 1977 | The Making of Star Wars | Self | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1976 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 61 |
| 1974 | The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Papst Innozenz III. | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Father Quixote | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 57 |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | King Charles I | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | The Ealing Comedies | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Jocelyn Broome | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Pol | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Executioner | TV | 4.2 | 51 |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago | Film | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1965 | Pasternak | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1962 | H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Koichi Asano | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1960 | Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1959 | Startime | Jebal Deeks | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1958 | ...On Seeing Film | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Film | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" | TV | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1956 | The Swan | Prince Albert | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | self | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1955 | Rowlandson's England | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Prisoner | The Cardinal | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1954 | Father Brown | Father Brown | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure | Self | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1952 | The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Julius Caesar | TV | 8.8 | 37 |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1950 | The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1950 | Last Holiday | George Bird | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1949 | A Run for Your Money | Whimple | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | Film | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1934 | Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 20 |