Jack Hawkins
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
Ben-Hur
1959
as Quintus Arrius
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as General Allenby
Lord Jim
1965
as Marlow
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Maj. Warden
Zulu
1964
as Rev. Otto Witt
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Solomon Psaltery
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Emperor Franz Josef
Waterloo
1970
as General Sir Thomas Picton
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Count Fredericks
Shalako
1968
as Sir Charles Daggett
Twinky
1970
as Judge Millington-Draper
Land of the Pharaohs
1955
as Pharaoh Khufu
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969
as Count Levinovitch
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Hyde
The Cruel Sea
1953
as Ericson
Great Catherine
1968
as The British Ambassador
No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Dennis Scott
The Small Back Room
1949
as R.B. Waring
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras
Lafayette
1962
as General Cornwallis