Jack Hawkins

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).

Known For

General Allenby

Lawrence of Arabia

Quintus Arrius

Ben-Hur

Maj. Warden

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Colonel Drexel

Masquerade

Emperor Franz Josef

Oh! What a Lovely War

Marlow

Lord Jim

Detective Ames

The Fallen Idol

Captain Hoseason

Kidnapped

General Sir Thomas Picton

Waterloo

Solomon Psaltery

Theatre of Blood

Group Captain 'Tiger' Small

Angels One Five

Rev. Otto Witt

Zulu

Dr. Nicholas

Tales That Witness Madness

Sir John Rampayne

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

Pharaoh Khufu

Land of the Pharaohs

Tristram Griffin

The Black Rose

Dennis Scott

No Highway in the Sky

Insp. George Gideon

Gideon's Day

Colonel Deal

Guns at Batasi

Count Fredericks

Nicholas and Alexandra

Sir Anthony Skouras

When Eight Bells Toll

Count Levinovitch

Monte Carlo or Bust!

R.B. Waring

The Small Back Room

Ericson

The Cruel Sea

Sir Charles Daggett

Shalako

Mr. Welldon

Young Winston

Hyde

The League of Gentlemen

Air CO Frank

Malta Story

John Mitchell

The Man in the Sky

Dick Searle

Mandy

General Cornwallis

La Fayette

Supt Tom Halliday

The Long Arm

The Interrogator

The Prisoner

Sir Frederick Belline

The Third Secret

Otto Abbot

Rampage

Herbert Evans

Death at Broadcasting House

Father Nicholas

Sin

Phillip Wayne

The Seekers

The British Ambassador

Great Catherine

Mr. Brocklehurst

Jane Eyre

Gen. Alex Schottland

The Two-Headed Spy

Stamp

Murder Will Out

Oliver Branwell

Fortune Is a Woman

Colonel Galcon

State Secret

General Bahar

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Prince of Wales

The Elusive Pimpernel

Major Lawton

Judith

Mort

I Lived with You

Joe Martin

The Lodger

Jim Frazer

The Planter's Wife

Dr. Mathews

Twice Upon a Time

Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)

The Adventures of Gerard

Alaric

Autumn Crocus

Michael O'Taffe

Peg of Old Drury

Stanley Harrington

Five Finger Exercise

Self

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

William W.J. Abercrombie

Two Loves

Dr. Sparling

Home at Seven

Lord George Murray

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Wolf Merton

The Intruder

Capt. Gordon

The Frog

Jim Fletcher

Touch and Go

Alfred

Birds of Prey

John Grant

Front Page Story

Pieter Brandt

The Adventurers

Mark McGill

The Flying Squad

Albert

The Good Companions

Dr Jim Selby

The Lost Chord

Norman Paull

A Shot in the Dark

Peter Roberts

The Jewel

Colonel Mortimer

The Open Door

Brigade Major Harcourt

The Next of Kin

Member of the Court (uncredited)

Lorna Doone

The Man

Stalked

Lt. Seton Boyne

Beauty and the Barge

Beck

Who Goes Next?

Judge Millington-Draper

Twinky

Baburin

Escape to the Sun

Captain Bill

The Father

Capitaine Charles

A Royal Divorce

The Last Lion

Narrator

Pathway Into Light

Self (archive footage)

Zwischen Glück und Krone

Dors: The Other Diana

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-09-14

Place of Birth

Wood Green, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Edward Hawkins