Jack Hedley
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1930-10-28
- Died
- 2021-12-11
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Джек Хедли
Biography
Jack Hedley (born in London on 28 October 1930 as Jack Hawkins, name changed to avoid confusion with his namesake) was an English actor, best known for his performances on television.
His screen career began in 1950 with a 13-minute drama-documentary about polio called A Life to be Lived. In the 1950s he starred in a number of films and TV appearances, such as Left Right and Centre, Fair Game, and the Alun Owen-scripted No Trams to Lime Street with Billie Whitelaw. He became a TV star in the Francis Durbridge-scripted BBC series The World of Tim Frazer (transmitted from November 1960 to March 1961), the 18 instalments of which comprised three separate serials of six episodes each. He also played Corrigan Blake in Alun Owen's 1962 BBC play You Can't Win 'Em All, the role being taken over by John Turner in the series Corrigan Blake that resulted the following year. He was also in Alun Owen's 'A Little Winter Love'.
He appeared in a number of British films of the 1960s, notably Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Scarlet Blade (1963), Witchcraft (1964), Of Human Bondage (1964), The Secret of Blood Island (1964) and The Anniversary (1968). He also had roles in several 1970s BBC dramas, such as that of Lt Colonel Preston in Colditz (1972-4) and ex-serviceman Alan Haldane in Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977). Reportedly, the series was marked off-screen by personality clashes between Hedley and his co-stars Betty Arvaniti and Maria Sokali.
Hedley later appeared in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only as Sir Timothy Havelock, also voicing Havelock's parrot. Soon after this, in the autumn of 1981 he played the lead role (cynical investigative cop Fred Williams) in Lucio Fulci's The New York Ripper (Lo squartatore di New York), in which his voice was dubbed. He also starred with Stanley Baker and Jean Seberg in the film of Irwin Shaw's 'In The French Style'.
Other TV appearances include: The Saint, Gideon's Way (The Alibi Man), Softly, Softly, Dixon of Dock Green, The Buccaneers, Return of the Saint, One by One, Remington Steele, Only Fools and Horses (A Royal Flush), 'Allo 'Allo, Dalziel and Pascoe, and the television film version of Brief Encounter.
Known For
TV Shows (40)
The Saint
1962
as Duncan Rawl
No Hiding Place
1959
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Carrados
Remington Steele
1982
as G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Theatre 625
1964
as Owen Davies
'Allo 'Allo!
1984
as General von Karzibrot
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Sean Jameson / Robin Hamilton
Gideon's Way
1965
as Bruce Carroway
The Third Man
1959
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Alessandro Pontelli
UFO
1970
as Webb
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Ralph Day / Mike
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Jack Gregory
Return of the Saint
1978
as Colonel Dyson
ITV Play of the Week
1955
The Buccaneers
1956
as Raikes
Space Precinct
1994
as The Icar Vedra
Colditz
1972
as Lt. Col. John Preston
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Graham Jesson
The Informer
1966
as John Harlton
Paul Temple
1969
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as John Stratfold / Mike Dawson
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Chris Hawthorn
The Frighteners
1972
as Driver
City '68
1967
as Percy Hemlow
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jerry Noble
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Adam Frost
Saint Paul
2000
as Hoherpriester
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Robert Stevens
Confession
1970
as Ernest Hammond
Fair Game
1958
as Ian Arbuthnot
Corrigan Blake
1962
Orient Express
1979
as Robert Miles
Trapped
1967
as Laurence Carpenter
Who Pays the Ferryman?
1977
Mr Don & Mr George
1993
as Brigadier Baybeigh
A Quiet Conspiracy
1989
as Charles Latimer
The World of Tim Frazer
1960
Movies (34)
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Reporter (uncredited)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Sir Timothy Havelock
The Longest Day
1962
as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Saint Paul
2000
as Hoherpriester
A Night to Remember
1958
as Passenger on deck (uncredited)
The New York Ripper
1982
as Lt. Fred Williams
Space Precinct: The Fire Within
2025
as The Icar Vedra
Room at the Top
1958
as Architect (uncredited)
Traitor
1971
as James
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as General Adolf Heusinger
How I Won the War
1967
as Melancholy Musketeer
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Chris Hawthorn
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as William Baxter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976
as Gooper
The Break
1974
as Gerald
Of Human Bondage
1964
as Griffiths
The Anniversary
1968
as Terry Taggart
Character
1997
as Mr. Forester
Brief Encounter
1976
as Graham Jesson
The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Doctor
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Edward Beverley
Cone of Silence
1960
as First Officer
Behind the Mask
1958
as Dr. Galbraith
The Very Edge
1963
as Inspector McInnes
Make Mine Mink
1960
as Jim Benham
The Secret of Blood Island
1964
as Sgt. John Crewe
The Explorer
1968
as Robin Hamilton
Witchcraft
1964
as Bill Lanier
Left Right and Centre
1959
as Bill Hemmingway
The Waiting Game
1967
as Percy Hemlow
In the French Style
1963
as Bill Norton
Three Kinds of Heat
1987
as Kirkland
Never Back Losers
1961
as Jim Mathews
This Body Is Mine
1971
as Jack Gregory
About Jack Hedley
Jack Hedley (born in London on 28 October 1930 as Jack Hawkins, name changed to avoid confusion with his namesake) was an English actor, best known for his performances on television. His screen career began in 1950 with a 13-minute drama-documentary about polio called A Life to be Lived. In the 1950s he starred in a number of films and TV appearances, such as Left Right and Centre, Fair Game, and the Alun Owen-scripted No Trams to Lime Street with Billie Whitelaw. He became a TV star in the Francis Durbridge-scripted BBC series The World of T… With 74 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Jack Hedley has appeared in 34 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Hedley Movies
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as Reporter (uncredited)
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) — as Sir Timothy Havelock
- The Longest Day (1962) — as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
- Saint Paul (2000) — as Hoherpriester
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Passenger on deck (uncredited)
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