Download or read book Alec Guinness written by Garry O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alec Guinness appeared in seventy-seven films and fifty-five plays in an outstanding career that spanned the century. He won acclaim for stage, film and television performances, and yet he was a complex man who was careful throughout his life to show only a little of his real self. He died with a large part of the truth still hidden. Garry O'Connor here reveals the full story. The result is a multi-layered portrait of a man shaped by his illegitimacy and his strained relationship with his mother, seeking for certainties in his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, this riveting biography will add a new depth to our understanding not just of Guinness's life but of his remarkable acting ability.

Download or read book Alec Guinness the Unknown written by Garry O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive, highly revealing biography of a great actor whose career spanned the twentieth century. Alec Guinness appeared in 77 films and 55 plays, winning acclaim for commanding roles such as Professor Marcus in The Lady Killers, Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars and George Smiley in Smiley`s People. He was an astonishingly gifted actor who became a British institution, a familiar figure to many. And yet Alec Guinness was a many-layered, complex man who was careful throughout his life to show only a little of his real self, never too much. He died with a large part of the truth still hidden. Now, for the first time, Garry O`Connor is able to reveal the full story, including startling new information on Guinness`s childhood, his secret relationships and the fears that haunted him. Backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself as well as those close to him, this riveting biography will at last fill in the gaps, adding a new depth to our understanding not just of Guinness`s life but of his remarkable acting ability. Garry O`Connor has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, been a critic for The Times and written authoritative biographies of Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson and Sean O`Casey.

Download or read book Alec Guinness written by Piers Paul Read and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-21 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait based on access to the late actor's personal writings offers insight into his experiences as a soldier in World War II, his stage and film achievements, and his fiercely private personal life.

Download or read book Alec Guinness written by Kenneth Tynan and published by London : Rockliff. This book was released on 1953 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Alec Guinness written by Harry Lime and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE, born Alec Guinness de Cuffe, on 2nd April 1914, at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK was an actor. After an early career on the stage, Alec appeared in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets, in which he played 9 different characters. Guinness collaborated 6 times 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).

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Download or read book Alec Guinness written by John Russell Taylor and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial celebration of the actor known as "the man with a thousand masks."

Download or read book My Name Escapes Me written by Alec Guinness and published by Penguin Mass Market. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marvelously entertaining diary from one of the most distinguished--and beloved--actors of stage and screen. Revealing the octogenarian spryness of a civilized mind and a beguiling mixture of the meditative and the hedonistic, My Name Escapes Me offers a glimpse of the private side of Guinness's often very public life.

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Download or read book The Alec Guinness Handbook Everything You Need to Know about Alec Guinness written by Emily Smith and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. However, he was probably best 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), Yevgraf in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). In later years, he achieved fame with younger audiences for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy. This book is your ultimate resource for Alec Guinness. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Alec Guinness's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Alec Guinness, A Foreign Field, A Handful of Dust, A Majority of One, A Passage to India (film), A Run for Your Money, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Academy Honorary Award, An Inspector Calls, Andrew Aguecheek, Anthony Quayle, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Cromwell (film), David Lean, Dylan Thomas, Ealing Comedies, Evening Standard Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards, Fagin, Faisal I of Iraq, Father Brown, Flare Path, George Smiley, Grace Kelly, Great Expectations, Great Expectations (1946 film), Guinness family, H.M.S. Defiant, Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Hotel Paradiso (film), Jacob Marley...and more pages Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.