
Jack Hawkins
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1910-09-14
- Died
- 1973-07-18
- Place of birth
- Wood Green, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- John Edward Hawkins · John Edward "Jack" Hawkins
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
TV Shows (10)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Silcox

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir John Rampayne

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Justin Post

Hancock's Half Hour
1956

Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Colonel Mortimer

The Four Just Men
1959
as Ben Manfred / Ben Manfred (uncredited)

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Len Driver

QB VII
1974
as Justice Gilroy
Movies (85)

Ben-Hur
1959
as Quintus Arrius

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as General Allenby

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Maj. Warden

Shalako
1968
as Sir Charles Daggett

Lord Jim
1965
as Marlow

Lafayette
1962
as General Cornwallis

Waterloo
1970
as General Sir Thomas Picton
The Father
1969
as Captain Bill

Theatre of Blood
1973
as Solomon Psaltery

Zulu
1964
as Rev. Otto Witt

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Count Fredericks

Young Winston
1972
as Mr. Welldon

The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Hyde

The Fallen Idol
1948
as Detective Ames

The Cruel Sea
1953
as Ericson

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as General Bahar

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Emperor Franz Josef

No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Dennis Scott

Jane Eyre
1970
as Mr. Brocklehurst

Beauty and the Barge
1937
as Lt. Seton Boyne

When Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras

...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self

The Small Back Room
1949
as R.B. Waring

State Secret
1950
as Colonel Galcon

The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Alex Schottland

Land of the Pharaohs
1955
as Pharaoh Khufu

Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969
as Count Levinovitch

Twinky
1970
as Judge Millington-Draper

Guns at Batasi
1964
as Colonel Deal

The Frog
1937
as Capt. Gordon

The Third Secret
1964
as Sir Frederick Belline

Kidnapped
1971
as Captain Hoseason

Dors: The Other Diana
1990

Sin
1971
as Father Nicholas

Gideon's Day
1958
as Insp. George Gideon

Birds of Prey
1930
as Alfred

The Long Arm
1956
as Supt Tom Halliday

The Next of Kin
1942
as Brigade Major Harcourt

Fortune Is a Woman
1957
as Oliver Branwell

Mandy
1952
as Dick Searle

Angels One Five
1952
as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small

Home at Seven
1952
as Dr. Sparling

The Man in the Sky
1957
as John Mitchell

Malta Story
1953
as Air CO Frank

Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Dr. Nicholas

Rampage
1963
as Otto Abbot

The Black Rose
1950
as Tristram Griffin

The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)

Death at Broadcasting House
1934
as Herbert Evans

The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as Prince of Wales

Stalked
1968
as The Man

Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Lord George Murray

Great Catherine
1968
as The British Ambassador

Judith
1966
as Major Lawton
Pathway Into Light
1952
as Narrator

The Seekers
1954
as Phillip Wayne

The Prisoner
1955
as The Interrogator

Fortune in Diamonds
1951
as Pieter Brandt

Masquerade
1965
as Colonel Drexel

Touch and Go
1955
as Jim Fletcher

Twice Upon a Time
1953
as Dr. Mathews

The Good Companions
1933
as Albert

Five Finger Exercise
1962
as Stanley Harrington

The Lodger
1932
as Joe Martin

Two Loves
1961
as William W.J. Abercrombie
This Little Ship
1953
as Self - Commentator

The Intruder
1953
as Wolf Merton

The Planter's Wife
1952
as Jim Frazer

The Open Door
1966
as Colonel Mortimer
Murder Will Out
1939
as Stamp

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self

Lorna Doone
1934
as Member of the Court (uncredited)
A Shot in the Dark
1933
as Norman Paull

The Last Lion
1972

Who Goes Next?
1938
as Beck

Escape to the Sun
1972
as Baburin

Peg of Old Drury
1935
as Michael O'Taffe

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965
as Sir John Rampayne

The Flying Squad
1940
as Mark McGill

The Lost Chord
1933
as Dr Jim Selby

I Lived with You
1933
as Mort

Autumn Crocus
1934
as Alaric

A Royal Divorce
1938
as Capitaine Charles
The Jewel
1933
as Peter Roberts

Front Page Story
1954
as John Grant
About Jack Hawkins
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). With 95 credits spanning from 1930 to 1990, Jack Hawkins has appeared in 85 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Hawkins Movies
- Ben-Hur (1959) — as Quintus Arrius
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as General Allenby
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — as Maj. Warden
- Shalako (1968) — as Sir Charles Daggett
- Lord Jim (1965) — as Marlow
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