Alec Guinness CH CBE, 86, (1914-2000) Actor

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Sir Alec Guinness, CH CBE, 86, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe, 2nd April 1914 - 5th August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with 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), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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@photographingtoronto2350 3 года назад

It is a pleasure just to listen to the English language spoken so well! As it often the case, British actors are such interesting personalities when the appear on interview shows they are really worth watching.

@aussiedownunder4186 2 года назад

There will never be another Alec Guinness. God Bless this Great Thespian of the 20th Century we miss him.

@scruttles 4 года назад

A great, truly great and consummate actor and a wonderful humane, humble human being. God Bless..

@chrisevans5259 6 лет назад

A GIANT of an actor, my particular favorites of his are ; The Lady killers, Bridge on the River Kwai , The Lavender hill mob, and Tinker Taylor soldier spy. Just a wonderful character actor, and a great presence on the screen

@mckavitt 5 лет назад

Chris Evans The Man in the White Flannel Suit!

@kcl6099 5 лет назад

Don't forget : The Man in the White Suit ! Kind Hearts & Coronets ; even Little Dorrit ! (which is otherwise boring) but fascinating to watch because of Sir Alec Guinness.

@chasleask8533 5 лет назад

Star Wars brings me to tears

@JHS447 Год назад

I really liked him as Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations, his first film role. But truly, I like him in everything. One of the great actors of all time. A minimalist, who played most every role (Fagin excepted) with subtlety and understatement. And I LOVE his stories about observing and mimicking animals!

@emscott2705 4 года назад

What a great actor, truly amongst the best. I found him immensely humorous in these interviews and great at telling stories. I'm going to search out more of his output.

@ingra888 3 года назад

A utterly brilliant actor, very astute in my eye. Loved him in the Lady Killers… when Mrs Wilberforce opens her front door and the camera opens up to his face!.

@kamuelalee 5 лет назад

Sir Alec -- a first class gentleman who will be greatly missed. RIP

@robertbates6249 5 лет назад

I can'r think of an actor (modern) of his caliber

@jeccawillow3635 4 года назад

This amazingly talented actor had so earned the right to be a Sir. Just his name Alec Guinness leaves me in awe. The first film of his I ever saw was "Kind hearts and Coronets", a masterpiece in itself. So many great films from a great actor. Thank you for sharing.

@soulfella1 4 года назад

Jessica Johns/ just posted a critics estimation of Kind Hearts,in complete agreement with yourself,and Me both!

@genevievel5309 6 лет назад

Fascinating program about this superb actor. Thank you so much for posting it here.

@HaydnGuite 7 дней назад

One of the greatest actors of his generation. He starred in more classics than you can shake a lightsaber at God bless you Sir Alec

@Sameoldfitup 3 года назад

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams................

@terrycreagh5003 5 лет назад

A man of spiritual and poetic depth.

@anitarichmond8930 6 лет назад

Delightful, sir. Alec Guinness A true thespian an Actor's actor Never gave a bad performance🎭

@tonybrennan590 3 года назад

To think somebody is going to come along and discover his body of work and say!!!!, they cannot because he cannot be defined. His acting speaks for itself.

@mckavitt 5 лет назад

He was also, all told (or untold), extremely good looking. True class.

@Sunshine-zm1fx 6 лет назад

This is most enlightening! Thank you so much for sharing this!

@jackcummings4121 4 года назад

When he mentioned James Dean, and his premonition..the voice. This has happened to me..in a different way...while walking in a local street, I suddenly heard a voice in my head 'You are more and meant for more. Looking back at me life I have realised that I in my humble way, have tried to help others..this includes animals. Even when I felt reluctant to, it was as if I just had to. It was a feeling, not a thought. My two marriages, the first dying of cancer, has always been about them..not me. Sorry if I have gone of script...Just had to tell it.

@frankiehunter. 5 лет назад

There is something interesting about his face. It says so much about his modesty, symphatetic character and the nice person he was. Some of his movies in the fifties and early sixties were first-class like "Bridge Over River Quai".

@macroman4887 4 года назад

It's spelt kwai

@azinegg 5 лет назад

Fantastic actor” he was never out of character...fascinating person...note how he skipped to age 14.... no mention of a mother or any close family.

@azinegg 3 года назад

@Michael Stephen thanks, just watched it ... if it’s so, he was so good an actor, because he had people watched from an early age .... likely for the purpose of survival.

@granskare 5 лет назад

I always liked Alec Guinness - all of his films are great !!!!

@MOOSEDOWNUNDER 5 лет назад

My favourite Smiley of all time.

@ernesthendrickson7379 5 лет назад

A consummate actor. Very intelligent very talented. A great great gentleman!!

@rubenherrera3852 5 лет назад

"Smiley's People" was the best in television! TYVM!

@richardscanlan3419 6 лет назад

I first saw Alec Guiness as an 11 yo when he appeared in Star Wars.That was when I began watching his films.And have managed to accumalate quite a collection. To me,the most underrated of actors.An all-time great with so many great performances.The standouts? Two come to mind,his role as Professor Marcus in 'The Ladykillers" and his portrayal of Charles the First in 'Cromwell.' And there are plenty more.An absolute colossus of the silver screen.

@OdinX316 6 лет назад

Cromwell in my opinion was very under appreciated! Guinness was excellent as King Charles!!

@Whippy99 4 года назад

I agree wholeheartedly. An incredibly underestimated actor. The Ladykillers is one of my all time favourite films. The cast was sublime.

@sauldominguez6263 5 лет назад

Great British Actor!!!!.

@ruislipman1 4 года назад

Legend, thank you for so many wonderful memories - way too many pictures/movies to mention that moved me, made me laugh, cry, angry, such a talented Gentleman. R.I.P. Sir Alex.

@diannegazzola1957 4 года назад

I loved him in a Majority of One his character was wonderfully portrayed and it shows how bigotry existed and he and Rosalind Russell overcame their differences and a beautiful friendship in the end , priceless!

@bikerbisht110 5 лет назад

Thank you for posting this Mr Pollen

@petitelapin60 5 лет назад

Love him!!! Seems like a great guy as well as a great actor!!!

@princebonnie1357 Год назад

They don't make them like this anymore. Alec Guiness - the epitome of Class.

@billygillan821 5 лет назад

Cleaver and one of the greatest actor's in the 20 the century, and one of those actor's that made you believe he was who he was playing,and as a kid from the 70s will always be the first and best Jedi master.

@soulfella1 4 года назад

So easy to believe in His work,Fagin [Oliver Twist]the first film I actually viewed,My Mother had to hold down the seat,as I was really a Child [about 6 years old] and unable to hold the seat down,and get on it, in a Britain very grey,before television.etc,impressed and totally quiet,so could not have spoilt the film for anyone,He,like the rest of the cast,was superb,later the Ladykillers [American later effort, useless in comparison]and He never disappointed in any film!

@kevinhealey6540 5 лет назад

Alec Guinness operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.

@TheBossssssssssss 4 года назад

Kevin Healey Thanks for that I never knew that at all.

@hendo337 3 года назад

He would have been 44yrs old, that's far too old to be in the military then.

@ringpop6177 5 лет назад

Love this actor!!

@sodoffbaldrick3038 4 года назад

The Captain's Paradise was a great film, and nobody ever mentions it as a favorite.

@IndianaDel1 3 года назад

He was my step Father's first Cousin. I remember him well from meeting him repeatedly in the 1970's

@terryhalco1021 3 года назад

Lucky you! He seems like he was a thoughtful. intelligent, and kindly man.

@alanwood4717 5 лет назад

I love The Card. I've watched it endlessly! What a dreamboat.

@Samalabear 5 лет назад

I had never seen it and then discovered it here on YT. Wonderful, truly wonderful discovering these gems.

@apollonia6656 19 дней назад

I watch every single film SAG ever made and all the TV movies,plays,series etc. Personallt, I think his best film was Tuned of Glory.

@jackcummings4121 4 года назад

What gets me about modern day actors is when the you on a chat show, and go into a self analysis of the character they are playing..Like, I see my charterer as a person who has had a troubled background..etc. I can understand an actor digging into his/her past to some event or person that can help them get the feel of the character they are playing.or an emotion. In the past, they just acted.

@johncharnock6872 5 лет назад

The greatest British actor ever!!!

@christopherfisher7805 Месяц назад

A gentle man from a more gentle age.

@Sunshine-zm1fx 5 лет назад

It always bothered me that Alec Guinness did not like playing Obi Wan Kenobi. He thought science fiction was beneath him, but what really happened was science fiction was being raised up by his amazing acting. Science fiction came into it's own when technology caught up with the creativity.

@footsoldier857 4 года назад

Excellent post.

@alanwitton5039 6 лет назад

A great actor

@Samalabear 5 лет назад

Would be fascinating a bio on Martita Hunt. What a character. "Great Expectations" so perfect. very funny in "Anastasia" and brilliant in "Becket."

@sertagia 4 года назад

He certainly was David Lean's favorite actor. My favorite is The Scapegoat.

@kenwoodsmusic 5 лет назад

WOW. Just WOW.

@4shys2 5 лет назад

I and my Mother, loved him in "A Majority of One" ,and Obi Wan in Star Wars !

@thegreyman7449 4 года назад

They don't make them like this talented gentlemen anymore!

@pmajudge 2 года назад

R.I.P. TO SIR ALEC GUNIESS- SUPER GREAT ACTOR LOVED ALL HIS MOVIES !!! " THE LADY KILLERS " COME TO MIND ! GREATLY MISSED ! FROM U.K. 2022).

@markh9749 Год назад

One of Sir Alec Guinness' most celebrated roles was as the criminal mastermind, Professor Marcus, who is thwarted by "Mrs Lop-Sided", in the last and best of the Ealing Comedies, "The Ladykillers",(1955). He took on the role after Alastair Sim turned it down. Once you know this it becomes clear where Guinness found his inspiration for the character. It was based on Sim himself.

@josephcusumano2885 4 года назад

Brilliant actor. One of my most favorite and beloved.

@beboploo 4 года назад

first class actor

@Jeffybonbon 5 лет назад

Now he was an actor

@barrydelisle8655 6 лет назад

Marvellous memories

@momcatwoo 3 года назад

Love him dearly.

@user-oq6nd2gy2o 2 года назад

Замечательный актёр и очень добрый и милый человек. Светлая ему память.

@markunwin2109 3 года назад

Number 1 British actor for me...humble actor...

@joeyxc4 9 месяцев назад

King of the movies and the stage

@green75ish 5 лет назад

Tunes of gloery. A classic.

@sailordoc2007 5 лет назад

Bailiff basher Enjoyed watching that one

@soulfella1 4 года назад

A less mentioned Film from Sir Alec,"Kind Hearts and CORONETS" [1949] this is a critics review of it" The gentle English act of Murder in Ealing's blackest comedy,with PRICE in perfect form as the ignoble Louis,killing off a complete Family tree [played by Guinness throughout]in order to take the cherished D'Ascoyne family title.Disarmingly cool and callous in it's literary sophistication, admirably low key in it's discreet caricatures of the haute bourgeoisie,impeccable in it's period detail [Edwardian] it's a brilliantly cynical film without a hint of middle Class guilt or bitterness.My view? Price,who narrates,[ it's His story,is superb],how,why,these two were not teamed together in other films,escapes Me,the dialogue,and interplay between characters is also impressive,Sibella is well worth a mention, the entire cast are also flawless!

@iwaisman Год назад

Thanks

@harnekkallah2656 Год назад

What a voice, what an actor

@jeffsmith2022 6 лет назад

Marvelous actor , was he...

@IsaacWale2004 5 лет назад

RIP

@natgarrison2300 4 месяца назад

I love this man xxxxxxxxx

@craig1538 5 лет назад

Sir Alex put in a fine performance as Yoda in Star Trek. It's such a pity he hated the role.

@georgepollen7927 5 лет назад

He did not mind the salary, though.

@kevinscott3182 2 года назад

Greatest actor ever

@dizzydino1 3 года назад

Amazing stories on how He watched animals in the Zoo to get Inspiration 💙💙

@azinegg 5 лет назад

Bravo’

@hendo337 3 года назад

That James Dean story...wtf!?!

@Pluggit1953 5 лет назад

It’s Bridge ON the River Kwai.

@harrymills2770 4 года назад

I've done two things in theatre: trumpet in the pit orchestra for Gypsy, and I played the little boy, Danny, in Rally Round the Flag, Boys. I felt that pit orchestra was much more challenging and the actors got all the attention for doing something much easier. And the time we wasted - HOURS - always wasting the most time on the dumbest people in the room. Glad I had the experience. Would never do it again for less than a boatload of money.

@th8257 2 года назад

Alec Guiness was famously mistrustful of Olivier, saying in his diary: "I greatly admired his extraordinary courage … as a comedian he was superb … technically brilliant … he was a great actor." "Like so many people whose ambition drive them to great eminence, he had a cruel and destructive streak. Side by side with his generosity, he could be unpleasant, possibly even vindictive. Consciously or not, he made attempts to destroy John G [Gielgud], [Michael] Redgrave, [Paul] Scofield and if he had been given the chance, me."

@SRSM198 3 года назад

Alec Guinness belongs to a lost breed of actors that are long gone and very missed in films today, the style of films have changed and so has the acting. This is my opinion others may differ.

@jeevesandwooster6281 5 лет назад

That Star Wars clip shows that Vader couldn't have been Luke's father. OB1 had known and instructed him BEFORE he became Vader.

@HannibalFan52 5 лет назад

It's true that George Lucas probably didn't consider that aspect when he was writing the original SW script. However, we often soften information like that for young people who might not understand all the complexities of a situation. And, in a way, when Vader turned to the Dark Side, he did, in effect, 'kill' the young innocent Anakin we met in 'Phantom Menace'.

@josephcusumano2885 4 года назад

Obi wan!

@ElSmusso 3 года назад

language matters

@topgun57572000 5 лет назад

RIP Ben kenobi

@suzitagroom2869 6 лет назад

Sargent Major Bray is NOT EMMA FATHER. HE IS MY DAD. AND Emma is my daughter and so is Sarah

@BuckyBrown-lt4ry 4 года назад

Stole the show from Larry O doing Shakespeare in the l940s. Larry never forgot that.

@jmp01a24 Год назад

As English as they come. But a world wide gentleman and humanitarian. Too bad if he will be only remembered for Star Wars, which is pulp fiction puffed up with a massive budget.