Jack Hawkins

Acting

Jack Hawkins

Born 14 September 1910 · Wood Green, London, England, UK · Died 18 July 1973 at 62

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).

Known for

Highlights

Lawrence of Arabia1962 · Film · General Edmund Allenby
Ben-Hur1959 · Film · Quintus Arrius
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · Film · Maj. Warden
Zulu1964 · Film · Rev. Otto Witt
Waterloo1970 · Film · General Sir Thomas Picton
The Fallen Idol1948 · Film · Detective Ames

Filmography

Movies

77 films

Dors: The Other Diana1990 · Film
Tales That Witness Madness1973 · Film · Dr. Nicholas
Theatre of Blood1973 · Film · Solomon Psaltery
Escape to the Sun1972 · Film · Baburin
Young Winston1972 · Film · Mr. Welldon
The Last Lion1972 · Film
Kidnapped1971 · Film · Captain Hoseason
Nicholas and Alexandra1971 · Film · Count Fredericks
When Eight Bells Toll1971 · Film · Sir Anthony Skouras
Sin1971 · Film · Father Nicholas
Jane Eyre1970 · Film · Mr. Brocklehurst
Waterloo1970 · Film · General Sir Thomas Picton
The Adventures of Gerard1970 · Film · Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
Twinky1970 · Film · Judge Millington-Draper
Monte Carlo or Bust!1969 · Film · Count Levinovitch
Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · Film · Emperor Franz Josef
Great Catherine1968 · Film · The British Ambassador
Shalako1968 · Film · Sir Charles Daggett
Stalked1968 · Film · The Man
The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966 · Film · General Bahar
The Open Door1966 · Film · Colonel Mortimer
Judith1966 · Film · Major Lawton
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne1965 · Film · Sir John Rampayne
Masquerade1965 · Film · Colonel Drexel
Lord Jim1965 · Film · Marlow
Guns at Batasi1964 · Film · Colonel Deal
The Third Secret1964 · Film · Sir Frederick Belline
Zulu1964 · Film · Rev. Otto Witt
Rampage1963 · Film · Otto Abbot
Lawrence of Arabia1962 · Film · General Edmund Allenby
Five Finger Exercise1962 · Film · Stanley Harrington
Lafayette1962 · Film · General Cornwallis
Two Loves1961 · Film · William W.J. Abercrombie
The League of Gentlemen1960 · Film · Hyde
Ben-Hur1959 · Film · Quintus Arrius
The Two-Headed Spy1958 · Film · Gen. Alex Schottland
Gideon's Day1958 · Film · Insp. George Gideon
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · Film · Maj. Warden
Fortune Is a Woman1957 · Film · Oliver Branwell
The Man in the Sky1957 · Film · John Mitchell
The Long Arm1956 · Film · Supt Tom Halliday
Touch and Go1955 · Film · Jim Fletcher
Land of the Pharaohs1955 · Film · Pharaoh Khufu
The Prisoner1955 · Film · The Interrogator
The Seekers1954 · Film · Phillip Wayne
Front Page Story1954 · Film · John Grant
The Intruder1953 · Film · Wolf Merton
Twice Upon a Time1953 · Film · Dr. Mathews
Malta Story1953 · Film · Air CO Frank
The Cruel Sea1953 · Film · Ericson
The Planter's Wife1952 · Film · Jim Frazer
Mandy1952 · Film · Dick Searle
Angels One Five1952 · Film · Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
Home at Seven1952 · Film · Dr. Sparling
No Highway in the Sky1951 · Film · Dennis Scott
Fortune in Diamonds1951 · Film · Pieter Brandt
The Elusive Pimpernel1950 · Film · Prince of Wales
State Secret1950 · Film · Colonel Galcon
The Black Rose1950 · Film · Tristram Griffin
The Small Back Room1949 · Film · R.B. Waring
Bonnie Prince Charlie1948 · Film · Lord George Murray
The Fallen Idol1948 · Film · Detective Ames
The Next of Kin1942 · Film · Brigade Major Harcourt
The Flying Squad1940 · Film · Mark McGill
A Royal Divorce1938 · Film · Capitaine Charles
Who Goes Next?1938 · Film · Beck
The Frog1937 · Film · Capt. Gordon
Beauty and the Barge1937 · Film · Lt. Seton Boyne
Peg of Old Drury1935 · Film · Michael O'Taffe
Lorna Doone1934 · Film · Member of the Court (uncredited)
Death at Broadcasting House1934 · Film · Herbert Evans
Autumn Crocus1934 · Film · Alaric
I Lived with You1933 · Film · Mort
The Lost Chord1933 · Film · Dr Jim Selby
The Good Companions1933 · Film · Albert
The Lodger1932 · Film · Joe Martin
Birds of Prey1930 · Film · Alfred

Filmography

Series

7 shows

QB VII1974 · Series · Justice Gilroy
Mystery and Imagination1966 · Series · Colonel Mortimer
The Wednesday Play1964 · Series · Sir John Rampayne
Dr. Kildare1961 · Series · Justin Post
The Four Just Men1959 · Series · Ben Manfred
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Len Driver
Hancock's Half Hour1956 · Series