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).
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
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