Jack Hawkins

Biography

John Edward Hawkins, CBE 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

The Merv Griffin Show

Dr. Kildare

The Dick Cavett Show

The Wednesday Play

Ben-Hur

Lawrence of Arabia

Mystery and Imagination

Hancock's Half Hour

All Movies (85)

• Dors: The Other Diana1990
• Tales That Witness Madness1973 · as Dr. Nicholas
• Theatre of Blood1973 · as Solomon Psaltery
• Escape to the Sun1972 · as Baburin
• Young Winston1972 · as Mr. Welldon
• The Last Lion1972
• Kidnapped1971 · as Captain Hoseason
• Nicholas and Alexandra1971 · as Count Fredericks
• When Eight Bells Toll1971 · as Sir Anthony Skouras
• Sin1971 · as Father Nicholas
• Jane Eyre1970 · as Mr. Brocklehurst
• Waterloo1970 · as General Sir Thomas Picton
• The Adventures of Gerard1970 · as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
• Twinky1970 · as Judge Millington-Draper
• Monte Carlo or Bust!1969 · as Count Levinovitch
• The Father1969 · as Captain Bill
• Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · as Emperor Franz Josef
• Great Catherine1968 · as The British Ambassador
• Shalako1968 · as Sir Charles Daggett
• Stalked1968 · as The Man
• The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966 · as General Bahar
• The Open Door1966 · as Colonel Mortimer
• Judith1966 · as Major Lawton
• The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne1965 · as Sir John Rampayne
• Masquerade1965 · as Colonel Drexel
• Lord Jim1965 · as Marlow
• Guns at Batasi1964 · as Colonel Deal
• The Third Secret1964 · as Sir Frederick Belline
• Zulu1964 · as Rev. Otto Witt
• Rampage1963 · as Otto Abbot
• Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as General Allenby
• Five Finger Exercise1962 · as Stanley Harrington
• Lafayette1962 · as General Cornwallis
• Two Loves1961 · as William W.J. Abercrombie
• The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Hyde
• Ben-Hur1959 · as Quintus Arrius
• The Two-Headed Spy1958 · as Gen. Alex Schottland
• Gideon's Day1958 · as Insp. George Gideon
• The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958 · as Self
• ...On Seeing Film1958 · as Self
• The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Maj. Warden
• Fortune Is a Woman1957 · as Oliver Branwell
• The Man in the Sky1957 · as John Mitchell
• The Long Arm1956 · as Supt Tom Halliday
• Touch and Go1955 · as Jim Fletcher
• Land of the Pharaohs1955 · as Pharaoh Khufu
• The Prisoner1955 · as The Interrogator
• The Seekers1954 · as Phillip Wayne
• Front Page Story1954 · as John Grant
• The Intruder1953 · as Wolf Merton
• Twice Upon a Time1953 · as Dr. Mathews
• Malta Story1953 · as Air CO Frank
• The Cruel Sea1953 · as Ericson
• This Little Ship1953 · as Self - Commentator
• The Planter's Wife1952 · as Jim Frazer
• Mandy1952 · as Dick Searle
• Angels One Five1952 · as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
• Home at Seven1952 · as Dr. Sparling
• Pathway Into Light1952 · as Narrator
• No Highway in the Sky1951 · as Dennis Scott
• Fortune in Diamonds1951 · as Pieter Brandt
• The Elusive Pimpernel1950 · as Prince of Wales
• State Secret1950 · as Colonel Galcon
• The Black Rose1950 · as Tristram Griffin
• The Small Back Room1949 · as R.B. Waring
• Bonnie Prince Charlie1948 · as Lord George Murray
• The Fallen Idol1948 · as Detective Ames
• The Next of Kin1942 · as Brigade Major Harcourt
• The Flying Squad1940 · as Mark McGill
• Murder Will Out1939 · as Stamp
• A Royal Divorce1938 · as Capitaine Charles
• Who Goes Next?1938 · as Beck
• The Frog1937 · as Capt. Gordon
• Beauty and the Barge1937 · as Lt. Seton Boyne
• Peg of Old Drury1935 · as Michael O'Taffe
• Lorna Doone1934 · as Member of the Court (uncredited)
• Death at Broadcasting House1934 · as Herbert Evans
• Autumn Crocus1934 · as Alaric
• A Shot in the Dark1933 · as Norman Paull
• The Jewel1933 · as Peter Roberts
• I Lived with You1933 · as Mort
• The Lost Chord1933 · as Dr Jim Selby
• The Good Companions1933 · as Albert
• The Lodger1932 · as Joe Martin
• Birds of Prey1930 · as Alfred

All TV Shows (11)

• QB VII1974 · as Justice Gilroy
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Colonel Mortimer
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Sir John Rampayne
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Silcox
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Justin Post
• The Four Just Men1959 · as Ben Manfred
• The Four Just Men1959 · as Ben Manfred (uncredited)
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Len Driver
• Hancock's Half Hour1956