| Star Wars Actor Alec Guinness Filmography |  | This is the Star Wars actor Alec Guinness filmography page, with pictures, video clips and dvd covers of movies TV shows and cameo appearances that he has acted in.
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Hotel Paradiso (1966) - As Benedict Boniface
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- Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautiful but ignored wife Marcelle. Henri traces architectural anomalies (most ghost sounds are drains), and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso; but this hotel is the assignation spot of Marcelle and Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel, and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season. |
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966) - As Pol
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- Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game where each side tries to find out the enemy's headquarters at any price. |
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The Comedians (1967) - As Major H. O. Jones
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- 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. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer. |
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Cromwell (1970) - As King Charles I Plot Summary
- Disgusted with the religious policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris) plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the British Civil War.
- King Charles I is the monarch who believes his crown gives him a direct pipeline to the wisdom of God. He eventually stands trial and is executed. | |
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Scrooge (1970) - As Jacob Marley's Ghost Plot Summary
- Albert Finney shines as the title character in this musical version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach him lessons of love and giving.
-Jacob Marley's Ghost is Scrooge's dead business partner and has been condemned to an eternity of wandering the Earth in shackles. The chain he wears is made of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel. Jacob Marley's Ghost also informs Scrooge that he's to meet the trio of spirits. | |
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) - As Playing Pope Innocent III Plot Summary
- This is a dramatization of events in the beginning of the 13th century about the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. | |
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) - As Adolf Hitler
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- Beginning with a celebration of the Fuhrer's last birthday, the atmosphere grows gradually more and more depressing, while Hitler from time to time peppers his entourage with his disoriented visions of an actual victory to come; this is foiled with very brief "real" vignettes of historical truth--what is actually happening as Hitler speaks.. |
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The Gift of Friendship (1974) (TV) - As
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- A distinguished writer issues an unexpected dinner invitation to a critic. |
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1976) - As Julius Caesar
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- Probably the longest-running anthology series on television, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" has been presenting television dramatizations of famous plays and books, as well as original programs especially written for the series, since 1951.
- In "Caesar and Cleopatra" |
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Murder by Death (1976) - As Jamesir Bensonmum Plot Summary
- Several detectives are invited to the mansion of Lionel Twain (Truman Capote). While fighting for their lives, the detectives try to out-do each another. Starring such characters as Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) as the Charlie Chan clone: Milo Perrier (James Coco), a Poirot takeoff, and Sam Diamond (Peter Falk) in the Sam Spade role, just to mention a few.
- Jamesir Bensonmum is the blind butler that works for Lionel Twain. He is revealed to be the real bad guy at the end. One of the funniest scenes in the movie is when Bensonmum is trying to communicate with Yetta, the deaf-mute maid. | |
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (TV) - As George Smiley in 7 episodes Plot Summary
- George Smiley finds out that one of the men in the senior ranks of his old agency circus, (British Intelligence) is a Russian spy. Smiley is asked to find him, without official access to any of the files in the Circus or letting on that anyone is under suspicion. With only a few old friends, his own powers of deduction, and secrecy as weapons, Smiley must unearth the spy who turned him out of the Circus. | |
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Raise the Titanic (1980) - As John Bigalow Plot Summary
- A group of Americans are interested in raising the ill-fated Ocean liner Titanic because a rare mineral on board called byzanium, a radioactive, energy-producing mineral that could be used to power a laser protection screen. The Russians also have plans to raise the ship for thew rare mineral.
-John Bigalow was once a junior officer on the Titanic and now the owner of a country pub. | |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) - As Earl of Dorincourt
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- 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. The Earl, who at first was rather distant, becomes more en more fond of him. Then Minna shows up. She claims she has been married with the Earl's eldest son and that Ben, being their child, is the Earls heir.. |
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Smiley's People (1982) (TV) - As George Smiley in 6 episodes Plot Summary
- Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for. Smiley continues to put together the pieces a step ahead or a step behind the Russian killers. | |
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Lovesick (1983) - As Sigmund Freud
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- A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.. |
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Edwin (1984) (TV) - As Sir Fennimore Truscott
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- Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's fidelity and the true paternity of their son. |
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A Passage to India (1984) - As Professor Godbole Plot Summary
- The film is set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, 1924. Adela is a sheltered, well-educated British woman who hopes to experience "the real India". She meets Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee), who invites her on a visit to the Marabar caves. Adela accuses Aziz of raping her and the British ruling class practically convicts Aziz before the trial even begins. He is acquitted but both their lives are thrown into turmoil.
- Professor Godbole is a Brahman Hindu who teaches at Fielding’s college. Godbole is very spiritual and reluctant to become involved in human affairs. | |
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Great Performances (1987) - As Father Quixote
Plot Summary
- Great Performances is the longest running performing arts anthology on television. It is part of of the PBS tradition of bringing the arts to viewers free of charge.
- In "Monsignor Quixote", Quixote is an old spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the village's mayor and his car called Rosinante. On their way he has to master the same adventures as his ancestor. |
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Little Dorrit (1988) - As William Dorrit
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- Arthur Clennam returns to London after working in India for twenty years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy Dorrit and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison. Pursuing their cause Arthur comes across a successful business opportunity and also gains a number of new acquaintances, while his and Amy's paths continue to cross. A reversal of fortune lays him low, but to fully understand how, this story must now be seen through Little Dorrit's eyes. |
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A Handful of Dust (1988) - As Mr. Todd
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- We see the detritus of an abandoned camp in South America and a main character's hallucination. Then, the story beings. Tony and Brenda Last, lord and lady, live on his enormous estate with their young son. Tony's not much for parties, and Brenda joins London society, on the arm of a penniless man, John Beaver, a hanger-on at Tony's club. John is encouraged by his entrepreneurial mother, who sees a quid in Tony and Brenda. Brenda and John become lovers, Brenda spends more and more time in London, and Tony's without a clue. Then, bringing things to a head are tragedy, law suits, greed, and what should be a few-months' expedition to Brazil. We are each of us merely a handful of dust. |
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| Kafka (1991) - As The Chief Clerk Plot Summary
- Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) is in Prague, 1919. By day, Kafka works for a massive, impersonal insurance company. At night, he writes stories about men who turn into giant cockroaches. He's quiet and solitary and is a suspect in a murder investigation when a friend of his is killed. Kafka investigates his friend's murder and meets his dead friend's girlfriend, Gabriela (Theresa Russell). Kafka follows clues to a Castle that houses files on everything. There he meets the evil Dr. Murnau, who might hold the solution to the murder.
- The Chief Clerk is partitioned off, but commands a full view of everyone through glass windows. He is a stern-looking fellow who thinks Kafka keeps too much to himself. | |
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Tales from Hollywood (1992) (TV) - As Heinrich Mann
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- A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht. |
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| A Foreign Field (1993) - As Amos Plot Summary
- Two British World War II veterans go to Normandy to revisit the site of their wartime experiences, to look up the gravesite of a fallen comrade, and to look up the prostitute who put joy back into their lives. At their hotel, they meet Waldo, an American veteran, who is on a similar mission. He is saddled with the company of his disagreeable daughter and her stuffy husband who think they are doing him a favor by going.
- Amos is one of the two war veterans that travels to Normandy. He is apparently brain damaged and child-like. He also plays a Harmonica and carries a regularly polished jam jar for no clear reason. | |
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Mute Witness (1994) - As Mystery Guest Star, The Reaper
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- Billy Hughes, a mute makeup artist working on a slasher film being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there she witnesses a brutal murder, and must first escape capture at that time, then keep from being killed before convincing authorities of what she's seen. Plot twists galore follow as Billy tries to stay alive. |
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Eskimo Day (1996) (TV) aka Interview Day - As James
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- Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University. |
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