The Grave of Sir Alec Guinness - Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Bridge on the River Kwai. Petersfield
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- The Grave of Alec Guinness, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Bridge on the River Kwai. Petersfield Hampshire.
Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 - 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played nine different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers (1955).
He collaborated six times with director 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 both the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA 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). In 1970 he played Jacob Marley's ghost in Ronald Neame's Scrooge.
He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original 1977 film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.
Guinness died on the night of 5 August 2000 at King Edward VII's Hospital in Midhurst, West Sussex.
He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in February 2000, and with liver cancer two days before he died; his wife, who died on 18 October 2000, also had liver cancer.
He was interred at Petersfield Cemetery, Hampshire.
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Thanks again, Rufus! He was indeed a great actor.
A great actor. I found it interesting how such a Global movie star has such a simple / humble resting place tucked away in a quiet corner.
A fantastic review thankyou
Really enjoyable, Hampshire has so many notable people to offer - keep going 💙.
Thank you! Will do! 🙏🏻😊
Another great story behind your visit,. Thank you Rufus and please keep this up, your channel is one of the best by far.
Thank you 🙏🏻😊♥️
Thank you Rufus
Wow! That was a very informative video. I loved the video. Thank You So Much.
Your welcome 😊
Thank you rufus you're such a kind person & knowing more about sir Alex Guinness must admit I haven't seen any of star wars so I'll be soon..you're lucky you had sunshine none at all here few miles down...My dad pasted away at king Edward hospital too with same cancer. Take care rufus.
So sorry to hear about your father 😞 I was very lucky with the weather even tho it was bitterly cold 🥶 Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻
@@rufusgazelle Thanks rufus was back in 1998 missed him alot.
I find your vlogs fascinating and have planned a few visits to the locations you have covered.
Thank you
Thank you that means a lot. Reading comments like this keeps me moving forward with my channel. 😊🙏🏻
Your Bloggs are brilliant it’s always about people we know I throughly enjoy them RIP both ❤️❤️ till the next one 😊
@@junelaw4162 thank you June 😊🙏🏻
Once again a brilliant video, many thanks.
Why don't his family get a new headstone for him and his wife as the present one's appear to be well worn ?
Yes I have to agree, but we have to take into consideration the distance & location to where they call home. All it needs is the lettering touching up.
You know that the film Jaws used a boat called the Orca. There were two made. One was the sunken one which was left on an estuary beach for years until someone revealed its location and then it slowly started to vanish splinter by splinter and plank by plank. Hopefully this doesn't happen to Obi-Wan Kenobi's grave. Interesting video.
Sir Alec lived about 100 metres from the Harrow Inn a faboulous 16th century run by the same family since 1932. They would deliver Sir Alec his lunch when he was home but sometimes Lady Merula would collect it.
Thanks for sharing- love hearing about things like this 👍🏼
I know that pub! Do you know if the Guiness house is still there? I think it was on Kettlebrook Meadows but there's nothing visible from the road other than an old stone that has "Kettlebrook Meadow" written on it.
Yes it is. you walk about 150 yards down Harrow Lane past the pub, the road is a dead end.@@alexgifford45
How would people feel if someone left a lightsaber toy at the grave I wonder?
I don’t Alec Guinness would be overly impressed…
Rufus thank you have you visited the grave of Leon Cortez Vaudaville and Shakespehere Actor
Rufus Sir Alec Guinness was a great actor 1 off the films BW Rommel Turburk
I think you made an error on the date he was knighted...
What date did I say?
Just rewatched, no mistake made. I said 1959 which is the correct year.