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| Film credits |
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| GREAT EXPECTATIONS | 1946 | Herbert Pocket |
| OLIVER TWIST | 1948 | Fagin |
| KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS / NOBLESSE OBLIGE | 1949 | Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne; Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne; young Ascoyne D'Ascoyne; Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne; General Rufus D'Ascoyne; young Henry D'Ascoyne; Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne; Ethelred D'Ascoyne, Duke of Chalfont |
| A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY | 1949 | Whimple |
| THE MUDLARK / QUEEN VICTORIA AND DISRAELI | 1950 | Disraeli |
| LAST HOLIDAY | 1950 | George Bird |
| THE LAVENDER HILL MOB | 1951 | Henry Holland |
| THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT | 1951 | Sidney Stratton |
| THE CARD / THE PROMOTER | 1952 | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin |
| THE SQUARE MILE | 1953 | narrator |
| THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE / PARADISE | 1953 | Captain Henry St. James |
| MALTA STORY | 1953 | Fleet Lieutenant Peter Ross |
| THE STRATFORD ADVENTURE / L'AN UN D'UN FESTIVAL | Canada, 1954 | on-screen participant |
| FATHER BROWN / THE DETECTIVE | 1954 | Father Brown |
| ROWLANDSON'S ENGLAND | 1955 | narrator |
| TO PARIS WITH LOVE | 1955 | Colonel Sir Edgar Fraser |
| THE PRISONER | 1955 | the cardinal |
| THE LADYKILLERS | 1955 | Professor Marcus |
| THE SWAN | US, 1956 | Prince Albert |
| THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | UK/US, 1957 | Colonel Nicholson |
| BARNACLE BILL / ALL AT SEA | UK/US, 1957 | Captain Ambrose; Ambrose's six ancestors |
| THE HORSE'S MOUTH | 1958 | Gulley Jimson / screenplay |
| THE SCAPEGOAT | 1958 | John Barratt; Jacques de Gue |
| OUR MAN IN HAVANA | UK/US, 1959 | Jim Wormold |
| TUNES OF GLORY | 1960 | Lieutenant Colonel Jock Sinclair |
| A MAJORITY OF ONE | US, 1961 | Koichi Asano |
| H.M.S. DEFIANT / DAMN THE DEFIANT! | 1962 | Captain Crawford |
| LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | 1962 | Prince Feisal |
| ROMANCE OF ARABIA | 1962 | on-screen participant |
| THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE | US, 1964 | Marcus Aurelius |
| DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | US/Italy, 1965 | Yevgraf Zhivago |
| SITUATION HOPELESS - BUT NOT SERIOUS / THE HIDING PLACE | US/W. Germany, 1965 | Herr Wilhelm Frick |
| THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM | 1966 | Pol |
| HOTEL PARADISO | UK/France, 1966 | Benedict Boniface |
| THE COMEDIANS | US/Bermuda, 1967 | Major Jones |
| THE ACTOR | US, 1968 | narrator |
| SCROOGE | 1970 | Marley's Ghost |
| CROMWELL | 1970 | King Charles I |
| THE MAKING OF CROMWELL | 1970 | on-screen participant |
| KEN HUGHES: THE DIRECTOR IS GENERAL | 1970 | on-screen participant |
| FRATELLO SOLE, SORELLA LUNA / BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON | Italy/UK, 1972 | Pope Innocent III |
| HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS | Italy/UK, 1973 | Adolf Hitler |
| MURDER BY DEATH | US, 1976 | Bensonmum |
| STAR WARS / STAR WARS EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE | US, 1977 | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi |
| TO SEE SUCH FUN | 1977 | Cast Member |
| THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK / STAR WARS EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK | US, 1980 | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi |
| RAISE THE TITANIC | US, 1980 | John Bigalow |
| THE ART OF FILM: Performances in Depth: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | US, 1980 | subject of film |
| LOVESICK | US, 1983 | Sigmund Freud |
| RETURN OF THE JEDI / STAR WARS EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI | US, 1983 | Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| A PASSAGE TO INDIA | UK/US, 1984 | Professor Godbole |
| EDWIN | Channel 4 tx 3/5/1984 | Sir Fennimore Truscott |
| A HANDFUL OF DUST | 1987 | Mr. Todd (South America) |
| LITTLE DORRIT 1. NOBODY'S FAULT | 1987 | William Dorrit |
| KAFKA | France/US, 1991 | the chief clerk |
| MUTE WITNESS | UK/Germany, 1995 | the reaper |
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| Television credits |
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| BAKER'S DOZEN | ITV tx 22/9/1955 | cast member |
| CLOSE-UP ON: Alec Guinness | ITV tx 4/2/1959 | interviewee |
| STARTIME: The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks | NBC (US) tx 10/11/1959 | Deeks |
| THIRTY MINUTE THEATRE: Conversation at Night | BBC2 tx 8/5/1969 | cast member |
| SOLO: Alec Guinness A Selection from e.e. cummings | BBC2 tx 21/1/1970 | reader |
| THE SCIENTISTS | ITV tx 6/2/1970 | on-screen participant |
| SOLO: Alec Guinness Reading 'Little Gidding' by T.S. Eliot | BBC2 tx 18/2/1970 | reader |
| WEEKEND PLAY: Twelfth Night | ITV tx 12/7/1970 | Malvolio |
| CINEMA | ITV tx 13/8/1970 | interviewee |
| TUESDAY'S DOCUMENTARY: The Ealing Comedies | BBC2 tx 8/9/1970 | on-screen participant |
| THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP | ITV tx 24/9/1974 | Jocelyn Broome |
| ARENA: THEATRE: A Dream Come True | BBC2 tx 15/9/1976 | on-screen participant |
| HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: Caesar and Cleopatra | NBC (US) tx 1/2/1977 | Caesar |
| PARKINSON | BBC1 tx 17/12/1977 | guest |
| ARENA: CINEMA: The Force Is With Us?: Howard Hawks | BBC2 tx 25/1/1978 | on-screen participant |
| TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY | BBC1 tx 10/9-22/10/1979 (7 pts) | George Smiley |
| LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY | (US) tx 25/11/1980 | Earl of Dorincourt |
| FILM 80 | BBC1 tx 8/12/1980 | on-screen participant |
| THE MORECAMBE AND WISE CHRISTMAS SHOW | BBC1 tx 25/12/1980 | guest |
| SMILEY'S PEOPLE | BBC2 tx 20/9-25/10/1982 (6 pts) | George Smiley |
| MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE | ITV tx 16/12/1985 | Father Quixote |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Alec Guinness | ITV tx 6/10/1985 | on-screen participant |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: David Lean: A Life in Film | ITV tx 17/12/1985 | on-screen participant |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC2 tx 15/5/1987 | interviewee |
| GRACE KELLY: THE AMERICAN PRINCESS | (US) 8/6/1987; Channel 4 tx 24/7/1987 | on-screen participant |
| FILM 87 | BBC1 tx 30/11/1987 | interviewee |
| MAVIS ON FOUR: Sir Alec Guinness | Channel 4 tx 9/12/1987 | interviewee |
| LAURENCE OLIVIER - A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY | BBC1 tx 20/10/1989 | address |
| CORAL BROWNE CAVIAR TO THE GENERAL | Channel 4 tx 23/12/1991 | interviewee |
| PERFORMANCE: Tales from Hollywood | BBC2 tx 14/11/1992 | Heinrich Mann |
| ARENA: The Graham Greene Trilogy | BBC2 tx 8-10/1/1993 (3 pts) | on-screen participant |
| SCREEN ONE: A Foreign Field | BBC1 tx 12/9/1993 | Amos |
| OMNIBUS: Gielgud Scenes from Nine Decades | BBC1 tx 12/4/1994 | interviewee |
| Q.E.D. Plastic Fantastic | BBC1 tx 27/4/1994 | narrator |
| ARENA: The Peter Sellers Story:Southsea to Shepperton | BBC2 tx 11/2/1995 | on-screen participant |
| SCREEN ONE: Eskimo Day | BBC1 tx 5/4/1996 | James |
| PARKINSON: THE INTERVIEWS: Alec Guinness | BBC1 tx 10/10/1997 | interviewee |
| LEGENDS: Alec Guinness | ITV tx 14/8/2001 | subject of programme |
| ARENA: Alec Guinness, A Secret Man | BBC2 tx 29/12/2003 | subject of programme |
