Sir Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original trilogy, hated Star Wars — didn't he? Well, I've always thought he did, and the movie legend was famously horrified when a ...

With the late Sir Alec Guinness, who died earlier this month, that was the ultimate compliment. Unlike many actors, he did not play a version of himself from role to role. Rather, he sought to ...

When Alec Guinness died the weekend before last, obituaries focused, with good cause, on his infinite variety. From the moment he magnificently bumbled onto the screen as Herbert Pocket in David ...

ALEC Guinness is regarded one of Britain's greatest actors of all time. The Oscar-winning performer starred in dozens of movies before his death in 2000 at age 86. Guinness was in 1994 ...

Sir Alec Guinness was born on April 2, 1914, and was one of the most talented and diverse actors of his era. In the original Star Wars trilogy, Guinness played Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master ...

If the measure of a movie actor is in how many roles he can make himself invisible, only Claude Rains ever gave Alec Guinness a run at the crown. Oh, it was Sir Alec Guinness every time — there ...

The English film star was first diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer in February 2000, yet Sir Alec Guinness was given a good prognosis. Undergoing hormone treatment, the London-born star's ...

How many Broadway shows has Alec Guinness been in? Alec Guinness has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows. How many West End shows has Alec Guinness been in? Alec Guinness has not appeared in the West ...

The name on the birth certificate was Alec Guinness de Cuffe; his mother was entered as Miss Agnes Cuffe; his father remained a blank. "My father generated me in his 64th year," Guinness explained ...