Biography
John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 β 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).
Filmography
all 93
Movies 85
TV Shows 8
self 5
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Justice Gilroy

QB VII (1974)
TV
Dr. Nicholas

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Movie
Solomon Psaltery

Theatre of Blood (1973)
Movie
5.33
Producer

The Ruling Class (1972)
Movie
1
Mr. Welldon

Young Winston (1972)
Movie
1
Ryk Mannering

The Last Lion (1972)
Movie
Captain Hoseason

Kidnapped (1971)
Movie
Count Fredericks

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Movie
Sir Anthony Skouras

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Movie
6
Father Nicholas

Sin (1971)
Movie
Mr. Brocklehurst

Jane Eyre (1970)
Movie
General Sir Thomas Picton

Waterloo (1970)
Movie
Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)

The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
Movie
Judge Millington-Draper

Twinky (1970)
Movie
Count Levinovitch

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
Movie
Captain Bill

The Father (1969)
Movie
Emperor Franz Josef

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Movie
The British Ambassador

Great Catherine (1968)
Movie
Sir Charles Daggett

Shalako (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
The Man

Stalked (1968)
Movie
Gen. Bahar

The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
Movie
Colonel Mortimer

The Open Door (1966)
Movie
Major Lawton

Judith (1966)
Movie
Sir John Rampayne

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965)
Movie
Colonel Drexel

Masquerade (1965)
Movie
Marlow

Lord Jim (1965)
Movie
1
Colonel Deal

Guns at Batasi (1964)
Movie
Sir Frederick Belline

The Third Secret (1964)
Movie
Rev. Otto Witt

Zulu (1964)
Movie
3.75
Otto Abbot

Rampage (1963)
Movie
General Allenby

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Movie
5.02
Stanley Harrington

Five Finger Exercise (1962)
Movie
General Cornwallis

Lafayette (1962)
Movie
Justin Post

Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
William W.J. Abercrombie

Two Loves (1961)
Movie
Quintus Arrius

Ben-Hur (1959)
Movie
5.95
Ben Manfred

The Four Just Men (1959)
TV
Gen. Alex Schottland

The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Movie
Chief Inspector George Gideon

Gideon's Day (1958)
Movie
6.58
Maj. Warden

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Movie
6.23
Oliver Branwell

Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
Movie
John Mitchell

The Man in the Sky (1957)
Movie
Supt Tom Halliday

The Long Arm (1956)
Movie
Fletcher

Touch and Go (1955)
Movie
6
Pharaoh Khufu

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Movie
The Interrogator

The Prisoner (1955)
Movie
6
Phillip Wayne

The Seekers (1954)
Movie
Wolf Merton

The Intruder (1953)
Movie
Dr. Mathews

Twice Upon a Time (1953)
Movie
Air Commodore Frank

Malta Story (1953)
Movie
Ericson

The Cruel Sea (1953)
Movie
6
Jim Frazer

The Planter's Wife (1952)
Movie
Searle

Mandy (1952)
Movie
Group Capt. 'Tiger' Small

Angels One Five (1952)
Movie
Dr. Sparling

Home at Seven (1952)
Movie
Narrator

Pathway Into Light (1952)
Movie
Dennis Scott

No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Movie
Pieter Brandt

Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
Movie
Prince of Wales

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
Movie
Colonel Galcon

State Secret (1950)
Movie
Tristram Griffin

The Black Rose (1950)
Movie
R.B. Waring

The Small Back Room (1949)
Movie
Lord George Murray

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Movie
Detective Ames

The Fallen Idol (1948)
Movie
Brigade Major Harcourt

The Next of Kin (1942)
Movie
Mark Mc Gill

The Flying Squad (1940)
Movie
Capt. Charles

A Royal Divorce (1938)
Movie
Capt. Gordon

The Frog (1937)
Movie
Lieut. Seton Boyne R.N.

Beauty and the Barge (1937)
Movie
Michael O'Taffe

Peg of Old Drury (1935)
Movie
Member of the Court (uncredited)

Lorna Doone (1934)
Movie
Herbert Evans

Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
Movie
Norman Paull

A Shot in the Dark (1933)
Movie
Peter Roberts

The Jewel (1933)
Movie
Sr. Jim Selby

The Lost Chord (1933)
Movie
John Martin

The Lodger (1932)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-09-14
Deathday1973-07-18 (62 years old)
Birth NameJohn Edward Hawkins
Birth PlaceWood Green, United Kingdom
RelationshipsJessica Tandy (1932 - 1940)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsJohn Edward Hawkins, John Edward "Jack" Hawkins
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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