Vibram says on 9/Apr/08
He probably did wear lifts in Star Wars , his robe hides it. Being a Master, it's just capitalism that he'd be deemed wiser if taller.

hb45 says on 12/Jan/07
In Star wars, Alec Guiness seemed to be 1m75, compared to Mark Hamill (1m72) and Harrison Ford (1m85). Did he wear lifts to reach that height? That's the question! But it's possible he did since he wore boots in Star Wars, very convenient for lifts!!! One thing is for sure, the Force was with him and it could help too...

Anonymous says on 1/Sep/06
Whatever height the late Mr. Guinness stood, there is a scene in "Lawrence of Arabia" in which he and tallish Peter O'Toole are about eye to eye.

Glenn says on 30/Apr/06
Sorry Frank.I was wrong about you.

Frank2 says on 30/Apr/06
Thanks Glenn. And believe me, no way am I singling you out to dispute what you're saying. I'm arguing with everybody with the same vigor.

Glenn says on 30/Apr/06
I agree on this one Frank.never met him.but its easy to tell in films he is no bigger than 5-8.

Frank2 says on 28/Apr/06
Whatever height he might have looked to you, Alec was no more than 5'7". It's easy to fake people's sizes on film. It's done all the time.

Claiming he was 5'10" was just another showbiz myth.

Picture says on 28/Apr/06
I don't know much about his later work (in fact I have never seen star wars!)
In his older movie's he could look from 5 ft 9 to 5 ft 11. Maybe he did waer lifts, but I think that 5 ft 7 goes to far.

Picture says on 27/Apr/06
Never looked that short in his movie's, not even at his end (on the 5 ft 7)

[Editor Rob: look at the pic of him in 1980 though...shorter than Morecambe and not much taller than ernie wise...Morecambe was 5ft 8 range]

Editor Rob says on 22/Apr/06
Copied from O'Toole page

Frank2 said:

Guinness with 5'10" Omar Shariff: Click Here

Shariff with 5'11" Viggo Mortensen: Click Here

Maybe David Lean used tall Japanese actors in The Bridge on the River Kwai: Click Here

5'8" Stanley Holloway with 5'7" Alec Guinness: Click Here

Holloway next to 6' Rex Harrison: Click Here
And Rex was 6'. He was shorter than 6'1" Martin Landau in Cleopatra and wore huge lifts in The Agony and the Ecstacy so he wouldn't look so short next to 6'3" Charlton Heston.

Guinness with 5'6" John Mills: Click Here
The photo is tilted to make Guinness appear taller. And in the film, Guinness wore huge lifts so that in some scenes he towers over Mills.

Mills with 6' British stuntman Patrick "Paddy" Boyd: Click Here

Mills with 5'9.5" Kenneth Branagh: Click Here

Mills with 6'2" Prince Phillip: Click Here

In the British version of The Big Sleep starring Bob Mitchum, Mills came up to Mitchum's nose! I suppose Mitchum wore lifts!

What I do know is that Guinness was only 5'7" and wore lifts in almost every film he appeared in. Even with his lifts he was still hardly any taller than Grace Kelly in The Swan.