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Jack Hawkins

Acting · 1910–1973 · Wood Green, London, England, UK

Biography

John Edward Hawkins, CBE was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was best known for his portrayal of military men in films like Angels One Five (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Ben Hur (1959) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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Filmography

1990Dors: The Other Diana
1974QB VIIJustice Gilroy
1973Tales That Witness MadnessDr. Nicholas
1973Theatre of BloodSolomon Psaltery
1972Escape to the SunBaburin
1972Young WinstonMr. Welldon
1972The Last Lion
1972The Ruling ClassProducer
1971KidnappedCaptain Hoseason
1971Nicholas and AlexandraCount Fredericks
1971When Eight Bells TollSir Anthony Skouras
1971SinFather Nicholas
1970Jane EyreMr. Brocklehurst
1970WaterlooGeneral Sir Thomas Picton
1970The Adventures of GerardMarshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
1970TwinkyJudge Millington-Draper
1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Count Levinovitch
1969The FatherCaptain Bill
1969Oh! What a Lovely WarEmperor Franz Josef
1968Great CatherineThe British Ambassador
1968ShalakoSir Charles Daggett
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968StalkedThe Man
1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerGeneral Bahar
1966The Open DoorColonel Mortimer
1966Mystery and ImaginationColonel Mortimer
1966JudithMajor Lawton
1965The Trial and Torture of Sir John RampayneSir John Rampayne
1965The Party's OverProducer
1965MasqueradeColonel Drexel
1965Lord JimMarlow
1964Guns at BatasiColonel Deal
1964The Wednesday PlaySir John Rampayne
1964The Third SecretSir Frederick Belline
1964ZuluRev. Otto Witt
1963RampageOtto Abbot
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSilcox
1962Lawrence of ArabiaGeneral Allenby
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962Five Finger ExerciseStanley Harrington
1962LafayetteGeneral Cornwallis
1961Dr. KildareJustin Post
1961Two LovesWilliam W.J. Abercrombie
1960The League of GentlemenHyde
1959Ben-HurQuintus Arrius
1959The Four Just MenBen Manfred
1958The Two-Headed SpyGen. Alex Schottland
1958Gideon's DayInsp. George Gideon
1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle GiantSelf
1958...On Seeing FilmSelf
1957The Bridge on the River KwaiMaj. Warden
1957Fortune Is a WomanOliver Branwell
1957The Man in the SkyJohn Mitchell
1956Armchair TheatreLen Driver
1956Hancock's Half Hour
1956The Long ArmSupt Tom Halliday
1955Touch and GoJim Fletcher
1955Land of the PharaohsPharaoh Khufu
1955The PrisonerThe Interrogator
1954The SeekersPhillip Wayne
1954Front Page StoryJohn Grant
1953The IntruderWolf Merton
1953Twice Upon a TimeDr. Mathews
1953Malta StoryAir CO Frank
1953The Cruel SeaEricson
1953This Little ShipSelf - Commentator
1952The Planter's WifeJim Frazer
1952MandyDick Searle
1952Angels One FiveGroup Captain 'Tiger' Small
1952Home at SevenDr. Sparling
1952Pathway Into LightNarrator
1951No Highway in the SkyDennis Scott
1951Fortune in DiamondsPieter Brandt
1950The Elusive PimpernelPrince of Wales
1950State SecretColonel Galcon
1950The Black RoseTristram Griffin
1949The Small Back RoomR.B. Waring
1948Bonnie Prince CharlieLord George Murray
1948The Fallen IdolDetective Ames
1942The Next of KinBrigade Major Harcourt
1940The Flying SquadMark McGill
1939Murder Will OutStamp
1938A Royal DivorceCapitaine Charles
1938Who Goes Next?Beck
1937The FrogCapt. Gordon
1937Beauty and the BargeLt. Seton Boyne
1935Peg of Old DruryMichael O'Taffe
1934Lorna DooneMember of the Court (uncredited)
1934Death at Broadcasting HouseHerbert Evans
1934Autumn CrocusAlaric
1933A Shot in the DarkNorman Paull
1933The JewelPeter Roberts
1933I Lived with YouMort
1933The Lost ChordDr Jim Selby
1933The Good CompanionsAlbert
1932The LodgerJoe Martin
1930Birds of PreyAlfred

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