Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 14, 1910
Place of Birth:
Wood Green, London, England, UK
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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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | Solomon Psaltery |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Dr. Nicholas |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Mr. Welldon |
| 1972 | Escape to the Sun | Baburin |
| 1972 | The Last Lion | |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Captain Hoseason |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Count Fredericks |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Anthony Skouras |
| 1971 | Sin | Father Nicholas |
| 1970 | Waterloo | General Sir Thomas Picton |
| 1970 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Brocklehurst |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard | Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer) |
| 1970 | Twinky | Judge Millington-Draper |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Emperor Franz Josef |
| 1969 | Monte Carlo or Bust! | Count Levinovitch |
| 1969 | The Father | Captain Bill |
| 1968 | Shalako | Sir Charles Daggett |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | The British Ambassador |
| 1968 | Stalked | The Man |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | General Bahar |
| 1966 | Judith | Major Lawton |
| 1966 | The Open Door | Colonel Mortimer |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Colonel Drexel |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Marlow |
| 1965 | The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne | Sir John Rampayne |
| 1964 | Zulu | Rev. Otto Witt |
| 1964 | Guns at Batasi | Colonel Deal |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Sir Frederick Belline |
| 1963 | Rampage | Otto Abbot |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | General Allenby |
| 1962 | Lafayette | General Cornwallis |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Stanley Harrington |
| 1961 | Two Loves | William W.J. Abercrombie |
| 1960 | The League of Gentlemen | Hyde |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arrius |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | Insp. George Gideon |
| 1958 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Alex Schottland |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Maj. Warden |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky | John Mitchell |
| 1957 | Fortune Is a Woman | Oliver Branwell |
| 1956 | The Long Arm | Supt Tom Halliday |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | Pharaoh Khufu |
| 1955 | The Prisoner | The Interrogator |
| 1955 | Touch and Go | Jim Fletcher |
| 1954 | The Seekers | Phillip Wayne |
| 1954 | Front Page Story | John Grant |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Ericson |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Air CO Frank |
| 1953 | Twice Upon a Time | Dr. Mathews |
| 1953 | The Intruder | Wolf Merton |
| 1952 | Angels One Five | Group Captain 'Tiger' Small |
| 1952 | Mandy | Dick Searle |
| 1952 | The Planter's Wife | Jim Frazer |
| 1952 | Home at Seven | Dr. Sparling |
| 1952 | Pathway Into Light | Narrator |
| 1951 | No Highway in the Sky | Dennis Scott |
| 1951 | Fortune in Diamonds | Pieter Brandt |
| 1950 | The Black Rose | Tristram Griffin |
| 1950 | State Secret | Colonel Galcon |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Prince of Wales |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room | R.B. Waring |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol | Detective Ames |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Lord George Murray |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | Brigade Major Harcourt |
| 1940 | The Flying Squad | Mark McGill |
| 1939 | Murder Will Out | Stamp |
| 1938 | Who Goes Next? | Beck |
| 1938 | A Royal Divorce | Capitaine Charles |
| 1937 | The Frog | Capt. Gordon |
| 1937 | Beauty and the Barge | Lt. Seton Boyne |
| 1935 | Peg of Old Drury | Michael O'Taffe |
| 1934 | Death at Broadcasting House | Herbert Evans |
| 1934 | Autumn Crocus | Alaric |
| 1934 | Lorna Doone | Member of the Court (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Lived with You | Mort |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | Albert |
| 1933 | The Lost Chord | Dr Jim Selby |
| 1933 | A Shot in the Dark | Norman Paull |
| 1933 | The Jewel | Peter Roberts |
| 1932 | The Lodger | Joe Martin |
| 1930 | Birds of Prey | Alfred |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | QB VII | Justice Gilroy |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Silcox |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Justin Post |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men | Ben Manfred |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men | Ben Manfred (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour |