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Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Birthday: 1910-09-14 | Place of Birth: Wood Green, London, England, UK

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2002
Lawrence of Arabia

as    General Allenby

1973
Tales That Witness Madness

as    Dr. Nicholas

1973
Theatre of Blood

as    Solomon Psaltery

1972
Twinky

as    Judge Millington-Draper

1972
Young Winston

as    Mr. Welldon

1971
Kidnapped

as    Captain Hoseason

1971
When Eight Bells Toll

as    Sir Anthony Skouras

1970
Waterloo

as    General Sir Thomas Picton

1970
The Adventures of Gerard

as    Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)

1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!

as    Count Levinovitch

1968
Shalako

as    Sir Charles Daggett

1966
Poppies Are Also Flowers

as    General Bahar

1966
Judith

as    Major Lawton

1965
Masquerade

as    Colonel Drexel

1964
Guns at Batasi

as    Colonel Deal

1964
Zulu

as    Rev. Otto Witt

1964
The Third Secret

as    Sir Frederick Belline

1963
Rampage

as    Otto Abbot

1962
Five Finger Exercise

as    Stanley Harrington

1961
The League of Gentlemen

as    Hyde

1959
The Two-Headed Spy

as    Gen. Alex Schottland

1959
Ben-Hur

as    Quintus Arrius

1958
Gideon's Day

as    Insp. George Gideon

1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai

as    Maj. Warden

1957
Fortune Is a Woman

as    Oliver Branwell

1957
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