Jack Hawkins

Personal Info

Birthday

September 14, 1910

Day of Death

1973-07-18

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Wood Green, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Edward Hawkins

John 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).

Known For

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Dr. Kildare

Lawrence of Arabia

Ben-Hur

The Four Just Men

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Small Back Room

Filmography

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