Acting
Jack Hawkins
Born 1910-09-14
Wood Green, London, England, UK
Department: Acting
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).
Known For
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962
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Ben-Hur
1959
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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Zulu
1964
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Dr. Kildare
1961
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The Dick Cavett Show
1968
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Theatre of Blood
1973
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Waterloo
1970
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The Wednesday Play
1964
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (98 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dors: The Other Diana | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | QB VII | Justice Gilroy | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Tales That Witness Madness | Dr. Nicholas | Movie | 1973 |
 | Theatre of Blood | Solomon Psaltery | Movie | 1973 |
 | Escape to the Sun | Baburin | Movie | 1972 |
 | Young Winston | Mr. Welldon | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Last Lion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Ruling Class | Producer | Movie | 1972 |
 | Kidnapped | Captain Hoseason | Movie | 1971 |
 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Count Fredericks | Movie | 1971 |
 | When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Anthony Skouras | Movie | 1971 |
 | Sin | Father Nicholas | Movie | 1971 |
 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Brocklehurst | Movie | 1970 |
 | Waterloo | General Sir Thomas Picton | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Adventures of Gerard | Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer) | Movie | 1970 |
 | Twinky | Judge Millington-Draper | Movie | 1970 |
 | Monte Carlo or Bust! | Count Levinovitch | Movie | 1969 |
| The Father | Captain Bill | Movie | 1969 | |
 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Emperor Franz Josef | Movie | 1969 |
 | Great Catherine | The British Ambassador | Movie | 1968 |
 | Shalako | Sir Charles Daggett | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Stalked | The Man | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | General Bahar | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Open Door | Colonel Mortimer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Mystery and Imagination | Colonel Mortimer | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Judith | Major Lawton | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne | Sir John Rampayne | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Party's Over | Producer | Movie | 1965 |
 | Masquerade | Colonel Drexel | Movie | 1965 |
 | Lord Jim | Marlow | Movie | 1965 |
 | Guns at Batasi | Colonel Deal | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Wednesday Play | Sir John Rampayne | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Third Secret | Sir Frederick Belline | Movie | 1964 |
 | Zulu | Rev. Otto Witt | Movie | 1964 |
 | Rampage | Otto Abbot | Movie | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Silcox | TV Series | 1963 | |
 | Lawrence of Arabia | General Allenby | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Five Finger Exercise | Stanley Harrington | Movie | 1962 |
 | Lafayette | General Cornwallis | Movie | 1962 |
 | Dr. Kildare | Justin Post | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Two Loves | William W.J. Abercrombie | Movie | 1961 |
 | The League of Gentlemen | Hyde | Movie | 1960 |
 | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arrius | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Four Just Men | Ben Manfred | TV Series | 1959 |
| The Four Just Men | Ben Manfred (uncredited) | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Alex Schottland | Movie | 1958 |
 | Gideon's Day | Insp. George Gideon | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self | Movie | 1958 |
 | ...On Seeing Film | Self | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Maj. Warden | Movie | 1957 |
 | Fortune Is a Woman | Oliver Branwell | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Man in the Sky | John Mitchell | Movie | 1957 |
 | Armchair Theatre | Len Driver | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Hancock's Half Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Long Arm | Supt Tom Halliday | Movie | 1956 |
 | Touch and Go | Jim Fletcher | Movie | 1955 |
 | Land of the Pharaohs | Pharaoh Khufu | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Prisoner | The Interrogator | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Seekers | Phillip Wayne | Movie | 1954 |
 | Front Page Story | John Grant | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Intruder | Wolf Merton | Movie | 1953 |
 | Twice Upon a Time | Dr. Mathews | Movie | 1953 |
 | Malta Story | Air CO Frank | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Cruel Sea | Ericson | Movie | 1953 |
| This Little Ship | Self - Commentator | Movie | 1953 | |
 | The Planter's Wife | Jim Frazer | Movie | 1952 |
 | Mandy | Dick Searle | Movie | 1952 |
 | Angels One Five | Group Captain 'Tiger' Small | Movie | 1952 |
 | Home at Seven | Dr. Sparling | Movie | 1952 |
| Pathway Into Light | Narrator | Movie | 1952 | |
 | No Highway in the Sky | Dennis Scott | Movie | 1951 |
 | Fortune in Diamonds | Pieter Brandt | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Prince of Wales | Movie | 1950 |
 | State Secret | Colonel Galcon | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Black Rose | Tristram Griffin | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Small Back Room | R.B. Waring | Movie | 1949 |
 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Lord George Murray | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Fallen Idol | Detective Ames | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Next of Kin | Brigade Major Harcourt | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Flying Squad | Mark McGill | Movie | 1940 |
| Murder Will Out | Stamp | Movie | 1939 | |
 | A Royal Divorce | Capitaine Charles | Movie | 1938 |
 | Who Goes Next? | Beck | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Frog | Capt. Gordon | Movie | 1937 |
 | Beauty and the Barge | Lt. Seton Boyne | Movie | 1937 |
 | Peg of Old Drury | Michael O'Taffe | Movie | 1935 |
 | Lorna Doone | Member of the Court (uncredited) | Movie | 1934 |
 | Death at Broadcasting House | Herbert Evans | Movie | 1934 |
 | Autumn Crocus | Alaric | Movie | 1934 |
| A Shot in the Dark | Norman Paull | Movie | 1933 | |
| The Jewel | Peter Roberts | Movie | 1933 | |
 | I Lived with You | Mort | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Lost Chord | Dr Jim Selby | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Good Companions | Albert | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Lodger | Joe Martin | Movie | 1932 |
 | Birds of Prey | Alfred | Movie | 1930 |