Jack Hawkins

Deceased · Born: Sep 14, 1910 · Died: Jul 18, 1973

Personal Details

Born Sep 14, 1910 Wood Green, London, England, UK

Spouse

Doreen Lawrence
( Oct 31, 1947 to Jul 18, 1973 )
Jessica Tandy
( Oct 22, 1932 to Jan 2, 1940 )

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).

Career

acting

1974

QB VII as Justice Gilroy

1973

Theater of Blood

Theater of Blood as Solomon Psaltery

Tales That Witness Madness

Tales That Witness Madness as Dr. Nicholas

1972

Escape to the Sun

Escape to the Sun as Baburin

Young Winston as Mr. Welldon

1971

When Eight Bells Toll

When Eight Bells Toll as Sir Anthony Skouras

The Beloved as Father Nicholas

Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason

1970

Waterloo as General Sir Thomas Picton

The Adventures of Gerard

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

London Affair as Judge Millington-Draper

Jane Eyre as Mr. Brocklehurst

1969

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies as Count Levinovitch

1968

Great Catherine

Great Catherine as The British Ambassador

Shalako as Sir Charles Daggett

1966

Judith as Major Lawton

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Poppy Is Also a Flower as General Bahar

1965

Lord Jim as Marlow

Masquerade as Colonel Drexel

1964

Guns at Batasi as Colonel Deal

The Third Secret

The Third Secret as Sir Frederick Belline

Zulu as Rev. Otto Witt

1963

Rampage as Otto Abbot

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia as General Allenby

Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise as Stanley Harrington

1961

Two Loves as William W.J. Abercrombie

1960

The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen as Hyde

1959

Ben-Hur as Quintus Arrius

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men as Ben Manfred

1958

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Alex Schottland

Gideon of Scotland Yard

Gideon of Scotland Yard as Insp. George Gideon

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai as Maj. Warden

She Played with Fire

She Played with Fire as Oliver Branwell

Decision Against Time

Decision Against Time as John Mitchell

1956

The Third Key as Supt Tom Halliday

1955

Touch and Go as Jim Fletcher

The Prisoner as The Interrogator

Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs as Pharaoh Khufu

1954

Land of Fury as Phillip Wayne

Front Page Story

Front Page Story as John Grant

1953

The Intruder as Wolf Merton

Twice Upon a Time

Twice Upon a Time as Dr. Mathews

Malta Story as Air CO Frank

The Cruel Sea as Ericson

1952

Outpost in Malaya

Outpost in Malaya as Jim Frazer

Murder on Monday

Murder on Monday as Dr. Sparling

Crash of Silence

Crash of Silence as Dick Searle

Angels One Five

Angels One Five as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small

1951

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure as Pieter Brandt

No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky as Dennis Scott

1950

The Great Manhunt

The Great Manhunt as Colonel Galcon

The Black Rose as Tristram Griffin

The Fighting Pimpernel

The Fighting Pimpernel as Prince of Wales

1949

Hour of Glory as R.B. Waring

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie as Lord George Murray

The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol as Detective Ames

1942

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin as Brigade Major Harcourt

1940

The Flying Squad

The Flying Squad as Mark McGill

1933

I Lived with You

I Lived with You as Mort

1932

The Phantom Fiend

The Phantom Fiend as Joe Martin

appearances

2008

Of Time and the City

Of Time and the City

2007