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Alec Guinness
1914-2000 GB, Paddington
Spoken Word
A.k.a. Alec Guinness de Cuffe
Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award fo
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I Sing of a Maiden on The 100 Greatest Poems of All Time by Various Artists Journey of the Magi on Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness by Alec Guinness Revelations of Divine Love on Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness by Alec Guinness Is this a dagger that I see before me (from Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1) on Great Shakespeare Speeches - Olivier, Burton, Welles by Various Artists If it were done when 'tis done (from Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7) on Great Shakespeare Speeches - Olivier, Burton, Welles by Various Artists The Cocktail Party, Act One, Scene 1: The Chamberlayne's Flat in London. Early Evening. on T S Eliot: The Cocktail Party by Alec Guinness & Cathleen Nesbitt A Voyage to Lilliput - First Excerpt on Alec Guinness Reads Passages from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" by Alec Guinness How Many Heavens on Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness by Alec Guinness e.e.cummings: Sweet Spring on The Gift of Poetry by Various Artists The Night on Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness by Alec GuinnessTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Poets Of Our Time - The Waste Land / Four Quartets / The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock / Journey Of The Magi | T. S. Eliot - Alec Guinness | 1975 | Album |
| Cromwell | Frank Cordell With Richard Harris And Alec Guinness | 1970 | Album |
| A Personal Choice | Alec Guinness | 1965 | Album |
| Reads Spiritual And Religious Poetry And Prose | Alec Guinness | 1961 | Album |
| An Anthology Of Christian Poetry And Prose | Alec Guinness | 1960 | Album |
| A Leaden Treasury Of Poesie | Alec Guinness | 1960 | Single |
| Reads Jonathan Swift Including Selections From Gulliver's Travels | Alec Guinness | Album |
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