[2] See "Sir Alec Guinness was bisexual", BBC News, 16 April 2001, citing three separate biographies coming to that conclusion, including his authorized biography. Also see John Ezard, The Guardian, 16 April 2001, "Sir Alec Guinness had a homosexual side which remained publicly unknown in his lifetime because of the flair for evasion and secrecy which was also his trademark as an actor." Both stories cite a 1946 arrest and conviction for committing a homosexual act in a public restroom.
Wife: Merula Salaman (m. 20-Jun-1938, until his death, d. 17-Oct-2000)
Son: Matthew Guinness (b. 6-Jun-1940)
Garrick Club
Oscar for Best Actor 1958 for The Bridge on the River Kwai
Oscar (honorary) 1980
Golden Globe 1958 for The Bridge on the River Kwai
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 1989 Special Award (West End Theatre)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1551 Vine St.
Commander of the British Empire 1955
Knight of the British Empire 1959
Converted to Catholicism
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Mute Witness (21-Oct-1994)
A Foreign Field (10-Sep-1993)
Kafka (15-Nov-1991)
Little Dorrit (11-Sep-1988)
A Handful of Dust (24-Jun-1988)
A Passage to India (14-Dec-1984)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (25-May-1983)
Lovesick (18-Feb-1983)
Smiley's People (20-Sep-1982)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (25-Nov-1980)
Raise the Titanic (1-Aug-1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (21-May-1980)
Star Wars (25-May-1977)
Murder by Death (23-Jun-1976)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (20-Apr-1973)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (3-Mar-1972)
Scrooge (5-Nov-1970)
Cromwell (16-Jul-1970)
The Comedians (31-Oct-1967)
The Quiller Memorandum (15-Dec-1966)
Hotel Paradiso (14-Oct-1966)
Doctor Zhivago (22-Dec-1965)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (26-Mar-1964)
Lawrence of Arabia (10-Dec-1962)
HMS Defiant (6-Aug-1962)
A Majority of One (11-Jan-1962)
Tunes of Glory (20-Dec-1960)
Our Man in Havana (27-Jan-1960)
The Scapegoat (6-Aug-1959)
The Horse's Mouth (11-Nov-1958)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (18-Dec-1957)
Barnacle Bill (17-Dec-1957)
The Swan (26-Apr-1956)
The Ladykillers (Dec-1955)
The Prisoner (19-Apr-1955)
Father Brown (8-Jun-1954)
The Malta Story (23-Jun-1953)
The Captain's Paradise (9-Jun-1953)
The Card (14-Aug-1952)
The Man in the White Suit (28-Jan-1952)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Jun-1951)
The Mudlark (28-Nov-1950)
Last Holiday (13-Nov-1950)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (20-Jan-1949)
Oliver Twist (28-Jun-1948)
Great Expectations (26-Dec-1946)
Author of books:
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor (1996, memoir)
AKA Alec Guinness de Cuffe