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1914 – 2000Alec Guinness (1914-2000)English actor who moved from the Ealing comedies to The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.
1914 – 2000Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000)Died 5 August 2000, aged 86Alec Guinness was among Britain's foremost actors, ranging from Ealing comedies to David Lean epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he won an Oscar. To later audiences he was Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, a role he regarded with some disdain despite the fortune it brought him. He was also a celebrated stage performer.
2000Alec Guinness dies in MidhurstAlec Guinness dies aged 86.