What happens when someone asks me, "What films has Alec Guinness been in?"

The answer goes something like this:

• Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', The (2000) (V) (archive footage) .... Himself
• Eskimo Day (1996) (TV) .... James
  ... aka Interview Day (1996) (TV) (USA)
• Mute Witness (1994) (as Mystery Guest Star) .... The Reaper
  ... aka Stumme Zeugin (1995) (Germany)
• Foreign Field, A (1993) .... Amos
  ... aka We Shall Meet Again (1993)
• Tales from Hollywood (1992) (TV) .... Heinrich Mann
• Kafka (1991) .... The Chief Clerk
  ... aka Kafka (1991) (France)
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1991) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited)
  .... Himself (tells the tomahawk story)
• Handful of Dust, A (1988) .... Mr. Todd
• Little Dorrit (1988) .... William Dorrit
  ... aka Little Dorrit's Story (1988)
  ... aka Nobody's Fault (1988)
• Monsignor Quixote (1985) (TV) .... Father Quixote
• Edwin (1984) (TV) .... Sir Fennimore Truscott
• Passage to India, A (1984) .... Professor Godbole
• Star Wars (1983) (VG) (voice) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Lovesick (1983) .... Sigmund Freud
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
  ... aka Return of the Jedi (1983) (USA: short title)
• "Smiley's People" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... George Smiley
• "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... George Smiley
• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) (TV) .... Earl of Dorincourt
• Raise the Titanic (1980) .... John Bigalow
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
  ... aka Empire Strikes Back, The (1980) (USA: short title)
  ... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1997) (USA: video box title)
• Making of 'Star Wars', The (1977) (V) .... Himself
• To See Such Fun (1977) .... Himself
• Star Wars (1977) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
  ... aka Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) (USA: new title)
• Murder by Death (1976) .... Jamesir Bensonmum
• Caesar and Cleopatra (1976) (TV) .... Julius Caesar
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973) .... Pope Innocent III
  ... aka Fratello sole, sorella luna (1973) (Italy)
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) .... Adolf Hitler
  ... aka Ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler, Gli (1973) (Italy)
• E.E. Cummings (1970) (TV)
• Scrooge (1970) .... Jacob Marley's Ghost
• Cromwell (1970) .... King Charles I
• Conversation at Night (1969) (TV) .... Himself
  ... aka Thirty-Minute Theatre: Conversation at Night (1969) (TV) (UK: series title)
• Twelfth Night (1969) (TV) .... Malvolio
• Comedians in Africa, The (1967) (uncredited) .... Himself
• Comedians, The (1967) .... Major Jones
  ... aka Com�diens, Les (1967) (France)
• Quiller Memorandum, The (1966) .... Pol
• Hotel Paradiso (1966) .... Benedict Boniface
• Pasternak (1965) (uncredited) .... Himself
• Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) .... Wilhelm Frick
• Doctor Zhivago (1965) .... Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
• Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964) .... Marcus Aurelius
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) .... Prince Feisal
• H.M.S. Defiant (1962) .... Captain Crawford
  ... aka Damn the Defiant! (1962) (USA)
• Majority of One, A (1961) .... Koichi Asano
• Tunes of Glory (1960) .... Major Jock Sinclair
• Our Man in Havana (1960) .... Jim Wormold
• Scapegoat, The (1959) .... John Barratt/Jacques De Gue
• Horse's Mouth, The (1958) .... Gulley Jimson
• Barnacle Bill (1957) .... William Horatio Ambrose/six ancestors
  ... aka All at Sea (1957) (USA)
• Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) .... Colonel Nicholson
• Swan, The (1956) .... Prince Albert
• Ladykillers, The (1955) .... Professor Marcus
  ... aka Lady Killers, The (1955)
• Prisoner, The (1955) .... The Cardinal
• Rowlandson's England (1955) .... Narrator
• To Paris with Love (1955) .... Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
• Stratford Adventure, The (1954) .... Himself
• Father Brown (1954) .... Father Brown
  ... aka Detective, The (1954) (USA)
• Malta Story, The (1953) .... Flight Lieut. Peter Ross
• Square Mile, The (1953) (voice) .... Narrator
• Captain's Paradise, The (1953) .... Captain Henry St. James
  ... aka Captain's Progress, The (1953)
  ... aka Paradise (1953)
• Card, The (1952) .... Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
  ... aka Promoter, The (1952) (USA)
• Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) .... Henry Holland
• Man in the White Suit, The (1951) .... Sidney Stratton
• Mudlark, The (1950) .... Benjamin Disraeli
• Last Holiday (1950) .... George Bird
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) .... The Duke/The Banker/The Parson/The General/The Admiral/Young Ascoyne D'Ascoyne/Young HenryLady Agatha D'Ascoyne
• Run for Your Money, A (1949) .... Whimple
• Oliver Twist (1948) .... Fagin
• Great Expectations (1946) .... Herbert Pocket
• Evensong (1934) (uncredited) .... Extra (W.W.I. soldier in concert audience)

• "Great Performances" (1972) playing "Smiley" in episode: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" 1979
• "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) playing "Julius Caesar" in episode: "Caesar and Cleopatra" 2/1/1976
• "Parkinson" (1971) playing "Himself"
• "Startime" (1959) in episode: "Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks, The" 11/10/1959

Okay, so it's not complete by any means, but where else you gonna find this kind'a stuff?

If I've missed something, email me at webmanabc@hotmail.com and I'll update it.

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