Matthew Guinness (born 6 June 1940) is an English actor. He portrayed the part of the Farmer in the 1976 film ''
Nuts in May
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'', appears in
Ridley Scott
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's ''
The Duellists
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'' (1977) and had a small role in 1986's ''
Lady Jane''. He has also worked extensively in theatre.
Life
Guinness was born on 6 June 1940 at Denmark Hill Hospital
in
London
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, the only child of
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness (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'' (194 ...
(1914–2000) and Merula Salaman (1914–2000); his father was appearing on stage in ''The Tempest'' at the
Old Vic
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at the time.
According to his father, Guinness was afflicted with
polio
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early in his life, although he later made a full recovery.
Corin Redgrave
Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor and left-wing socialist activist.
Early life
Redgrave was born on 16 July 1939 in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kem ...
, who knew Guinness from childhood, claimed that he was very strictly brought up.
As a child, he appeared uncredited with his father in ''
The Card
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Like much of Bennett's best work, it is ...
''.
Guinness has been married three times. His first marriage was to Andrée Lefevre, from 1967 to 1985, with whom he has a son, and a daughter Sally who appeared in ''
Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015) as an Imperial Officer. His second marriage was to Helen Lynch, from 1989 to 1993. He has been married to Joanne Bristow since 1996, and they have one daughter.
Guinness's grandson,
Nesta Guinness-Walker, is a professional footballer.
References
External links
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1940 births
Living people
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
English male film actors
English male television actors
Male actors from London
People from Denmark Hill
Matthew
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* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
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