Where to watch Alec Guinness in the UK
Find every Alec Guinness film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
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- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- Scrooge (1970) as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Tunes of Glory (1960) as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper
- Cromwell (1970) as King Charles I
- The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Self
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Earl of Dorincourt
- Raise the Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow
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Where can I watch Alec Guinness films in the UK?
Alec Guinness's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Alec Guinness's most popular films?
Most-watched Alec Guinness films currently: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Great Performances (1971), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), Omnibus (1967), Apostrophes (1975), The Steve Allen Show (1956).
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