11. The protagonist of the film, Sidney Stratton, was played by which major figure of post-war British cinema?
From Quiz The Ealing Comedies - 'The Man in the White Suit'
Answer:
Alec Guinness
Knighted by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1959, Sir Alec Guinness was to appear regularly in the films produced by Ealing Studios. His debut for Ealing was playing the role of eight members of the D'Ascoyne family in the 1949 production of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets', although this was actually the fifth of the films generally considered comprising this series of comedies. His final film for the Ealing studio was 'Barnacle Bill' which was released in 1957 and in which he, again, played multiple roles. It was during 1957 that Guinness also received an Academy Award for his role in the film 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'. Guinness went on to appear in many more films and in a number of television series, most notably playing the role of George Smiley in two adaptations of works by John Le Carré, 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Smiley's People'. Perhaps his most famous character role was that of Obi-Wan-Kenobi in the 1977 film 'Star Wars' which although highly successful, was a franchise that he later came to detest. Sir Alec Guinness passed away after suffering from liver cancer on the 5th of August 2000 at the age of 86.