Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-09-14

Deathday

1973-07-18 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Wood Green, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Edward Hawkins
John Edward "Jack" Hawkins

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

8.0%

Lawrence of Arabia

Dec 11, 1962

7.9%

Ben-Hur

Nov 18, 1959

7.8%

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Oct 11, 1957

7.4%

Zulu

Jan 22, 1964

6.7%

Theatre of Blood

Mar 16, 1973

7.5%

Call the Midwife

Jan 15, 2012

7.2%

Waterloo

Oct 26, 1970

7.2%

The Fallen Idol

Sep 30, 1948

7.0%

The League of Gentlemen

Apr 15, 1960

6.3%

Land of the Pharaohs

Jul 24, 1955

5.7%

Shalako

Sep 26, 1968

6.8%

Lord Jim

Feb 15, 1965

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Acting

2012

Call the Midwife as Christopher Dockerill

1974

QB VII as Justice Gilroy

1973		Tales That Witness Madness as Dr. Nicholas
1973		Theatre of Blood as Solomon Psaltery

1972		Escape to the Sun as Baburin
1972		Young Winston as Mr. Welldon
1972		The Last Lion

1971		Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason
1971		Nicholas and Alexandra as Count Fredericks
1971		When Eight Bells Toll as Sir Anthony Skouras
1971		Sin as Father Nicholas

1970		Jane Eyre as Mr. Brocklehurst
1970		Waterloo as General Sir Thomas Picton
1970		The Adventures of Gerard as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
1970		Twinky as Judge Millington-Draper

1969		Monte Carlo or Bust! as Count Levinovitch
1969		The Father as Captain Bill
1969		Oh! What a Lovely War as Emperor Franz Josef

1968		Great Catherine as The British Ambassador
1968		Shalako as Sir Charles Daggett
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968		Stalked as The Man

1966		The Poppy Is Also a Flower as General Bahar
1966		The Open Door as Colonel Mortimer
1966		Mystery and Imagination
1966		Judith as Major Lawton

1965		The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne as Sir John Rampayne
1965		Masquerade as Colonel Drexel
1965		Lord Jim as Marlow

1964		Guns at Batasi as Colonel Deal
1964		The Third Secret as Sir Frederick Belline
1964		Zulu as Rev. Otto Witt

1963		Rampage as Otto Abbot
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Silcox

1962		Lawrence of Arabia as General Allenby
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		Five Finger Exercise as Stanley Harrington
1962		Lafayette as General Cornwallis

1961		Dr. Kildare as Justin Post
1961		Two Loves as William W.J. Abercrombie

1960

The League of Gentlemen as Hyde

1959		Ben-Hur as Quintus Arrius
1959		The Four Just Men as Ben Manfred
1959		The Four Just Men as Ben Manfred (uncredited)

1958		The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Alex Schottland
1958		Gideon's Day as Insp. George Gideon
1958		The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self

1957		The Bridge on the River Kwai as Maj. Warden
1957		Fortune Is a Woman as Oliver Branwell
1957		The Man in the Sky as John Mitchell

1956		Hancock's Half Hour
1956		The Long Arm as Supt Tom Halliday

1955		Touch and Go as Jim Fletcher
1955		Land of the Pharaohs as Pharaoh Khufu
1955		The Prisoner as The Interrogator

1954		The Seekers as Phillip Wayne
1954		Front Page Story as John Grant

1953		The Intruder as Wolf Merton
1953		Twice Upon a Time as Dr. Mathews
1953		Malta Story as Air CO Frank
1953		The Cruel Sea as Ericson

1952		The Planter's Wife as Jim Frazer
1952		Mandy as Dick Searle
1952		Angels One Five as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
1952		Home at Seven as Dr. Sparling
1952		Pathway Into Light as Narrator

1951		No Highway in the Sky as Dennis Scott
1951		Fortune in Diamonds as Pieter Brandt

1950		The Elusive Pimpernel as Prince of Wales
1950		State Secret as Colonel Galcon
1950		The Black Rose as Tristram Griffin

1949

The Small Back Room as R.B. Waring

1948		Bonnie Prince Charlie as Lord George Murray
1948		The Fallen Idol as Detective Ames

1942

The Next of Kin as Brigade Major Harcourt

1940

The Flying Squad as Mark McGill

1939

Murder Will Out as Stamp

1938		A Royal Divorce as Capitaine Charles
1938		Who Goes Next? as Beck

1937		The Frog as Capt. Gordon
1937		Beauty and the Barge as Lt. Seton Boyne

1935

Peg of Old Drury as Michael O'Taffe

1934		Lorna Doone as Member of the Court (uncredited)
1934		Death at Broadcasting House as Herbert Evans
1934		Autumn Crocus as Alaric

1933		A Shot in the Dark as Norman Paull
1933		The Jewel as Peter Roberts
1933		I Lived with You as Mort
1933		The Lost Chord as Dr Jim Selby
1933		The Good Companions as Albert

1932

The Lodger as Joe Martin

1930

Birds of Prey as Alfred

Production

1972

The Ruling Class as Producer