Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1910-09-14
- Day of Death1973-07-18 (62 years)
- Place of BirthWood Green, London, England, UK
- Also Known AsJohn Edward HawkinsJohn Edward "Jack" Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
Biography
John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) 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).
Acting Career
- 1974
QB VII
As: Justice Gilroy
- 1973
Tales That Witness Madness
As: Dr. Nicholas
- 1973
Theatre of Blood
As: Solomon Psaltery
- 1972
Escape to the Sun
As: Baburin
- 1972
Young Winston
As: Mr. Welldon
- 1971
Kidnapped
As: Captain Hoseason
- 1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
As: Count Fredericks
- 1971
When Eight Bells Toll
As: Sir Anthony Skouras
1971Sin
As: Father Nicholas
1970Jane Eyre
As: Mr. Brocklehurst
1970Waterloo
As: General Sir Thomas Picton
1970The Adventures of Gerard
As: Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
1970Twinky
As: Judge Millington-Draper
1969Monte Carlo or Bust!
As: Count Levinovitch
1969Oh! What a Lovely War
As: Emperor Franz Josef
1968Great Catherine
As: The British Ambassador
1968Shalako
As: Sir Charles Daggett
1968Stalked
As: The Man
1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower
As: General Bahar
1966The Open Door
As: Colonel Mortimer
1966Judith
As: Major Lawton
1965The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
As: Sir John Rampayne
1965Masquerade
As: Colonel Drexel
1965Lord Jim
As: Marlow
1964Guns at Batasi
As: Colonel Deal
1964The Third Secret
As: Sir Frederick Belline
- 1964
Zulu
As: Rev. Otto Witt
1963Rampage
As: Otto Abbot
- 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
As: General Allenby
1962Five Finger Exercise
As: Stanley Harrington
1962Lafayette
As: General Cornwallis
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Justin Post
1961Two Loves
As: William W.J. Abercrombie
1960The League of Gentlemen
As: Hyde
- 1959
Ben-Hur
As: Quintus Arrius
1959The Four Just Men
As: Ben Manfred
- 1959
The Four Just Men
As: Ben Manfred (uncredited)
1958The Two-Headed Spy
As: Gen. Alex Schottland
1958Gideon's Day
As: Insp. George Gideon
- 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
As: Maj. Warden
1957Fortune Is a Woman
As: Oliver Branwell
1957The Man in the Sky
As: John Mitchell
1956The Long Arm
As: Supt Tom Halliday
1955Touch and Go
As: Jim Fletcher
1955Land of the Pharaohs
As: Pharaoh Khufu
1955The Prisoner
As: The Interrogator
1954The Seekers
As: Phillip Wayne
1953The Intruder
As: Wolf Merton
1953Twice Upon a Time
As: Dr. Mathews
1953Malta Story
As: Air CO Frank
1953The Cruel Sea
As: Ericson
1952The Planter's Wife
As: Jim Frazer
1952Mandy
As: Dick Searle
1952Angels One Five
As: Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
1952Home at Seven
As: Dr. Sparling
1951No Highway in the Sky
As: Dennis Scott
1951Fortune in Diamonds
As: Pieter Brandt
1950The Elusive Pimpernel
As: Prince of Wales
1950State Secret
As: Colonel Galcon
1950The Black Rose
As: Tristram Griffin
1949The Small Back Room
As: R.B. Waring
1948Bonnie Prince Charlie
As: Lord George Murray
1948The Fallen Idol
As: Detective Ames
1942The Next of Kin
As: Brigade Major Harcourt
1940The Flying Squad
As: Mark McGill
1938A Royal Divorce
As: Capitaine Charles
1938Who Goes Next?
As: Beck
1937The Frog
As: Capt. Gordon
1937Beauty and the Barge
As: Lt. Seton Boyne
1935Peg of Old Drury
As: Michael O'Taffe
1934Lorna Doone
As: Member of the Court (uncredited)
1934Death at Broadcasting House
As: Herbert Evans
1934Autumn Crocus
As: Alaric
1933A Shot in the Dark
As: Norman Paull
1933I Lived with You
As: Mort
1933The Good Companions
As: Albert
1932The Lodger
As: Joe Martin
1930Birds of Prey
As: Alfred