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 3 May 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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- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Card (1952) as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- 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
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Earl of Dorincourt
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- A Handful of Dust (1988) as Mr. Todd
- Raise the Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow
- Kafka (1991) as The Chief Clerk
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Quiller Memorandum (1966) as Pol
- Lovesick (1983) as Sigmund Freud
- Cromwell (1970) as King Charles I
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) as Captain Crawford
- Scrooge (1970) as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) as Sidney Stratton
- The Swan (1956) as Prince Albert
- The Comedians (1967) as Major H. O. Jones
- Tunes of Glory (1960) as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- A Foreign Field (1993) as Amos
- Our Man in Havana (1960) as Jim Wormold
- Father Brown (1954) as Father Brown
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) as Papst Innozenz III.
- The Scapegoat (1959) as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- Barnacle Bill (1957) as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
- The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) as Gulley Jimson
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Adolf Hitler
- Hotel Paradiso (1966) as Benedict Boniface
- Last Holiday (1950) as George Bird
- Malta Story (1953) as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
- To Paris with Love (1955) as Sir Edgar Fraser
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) as Captain Henry St. James
- Little Dorrit (1987) as William Dorrit
- The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Self
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015) as Self
- The Mudlark (1950) as Benjamin Disraeli
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- Eskimo Day (1996) as James
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Prisoner (1955) as The Cardinal
- Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious (1965) as Wilhelm Frick
- When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness (1978) Cast
- A Majority of One (1961) as Koichi Asano
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Monsignor Quixote (1985) as Father Quixote
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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), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015), Great Performances (1971), ITV Playhouse (1967), Apostrophes (1975), The Steve Allen Show (1956).
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