Still of Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
 
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
						Born: April 2, 1914
						Star sign: Aries
						Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
						Known for: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
						Source: IMDB
						Alec Guinness de Cuffe was born on April 2, 1914 in Marylebone, London, England, and was raised by his mother, Agnes Cuffe. While working in advertising, he studied at the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art, debuting on stage in 1934 and played classic theater with the Old Vic from 1936. In 1941, he entered the Royal Navy as a seaman and was ...