Known for Acting

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).
1959
as Quintus Arrius
1962
as General Allenby
1957
as Maj. Warden
1964
as Rev. Otto Witt
1970
as General Sir Thomas Picton
1956
as Supt Tom Halliday
1965
as Marlow
1953
as Ericson
1960
as Hyde
1969
as Emperor Franz Josef
1971
as Count Fredericks
1955
as Pharaoh Khufu
1972
as Mr. Welldon
1972
Producer
1951
as Dennis Scott
1973
as Solomon Psaltery
1968
as Sir Charles Daggett
1970
as Judge Millington-Draper
1949
as R.B. Waring
1948
as Detective Ames