User
Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

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).

Born

Sep 14, 1910

Wood Green, London, England, UK

Died

Jul 18, 1973

Known For

Acting

Movies

85 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.8

Known For

Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
1959 • as Quintus Arrius
★ 7.9
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 • as Maj. Warden
★ 7.8
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 • as General Edmund Allenby
★ 8.0
Lafayette
Lafayette
1962 • as General Cornwallis
★ 5.6
Shalako
Shalako
1968 • as Sir Charles Daggett
★ 5.6
Zulu
Zulu
1964 • as Rev. Otto Witt
★ 7.4
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
1965 • as Marlow
★ 6.8
Waterloo
Waterloo
1970 • as General Sir Thomas Picton
★ 7.1
Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood
1973 • as Solomon Psaltery
★ 6.7
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 • as Count Fredericks
★ 7.0
No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky
1951 • as Dennis Scott
★ 7.0
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen
1960 • as Hyde
★ 7.1
The Frog
The Frog
1937 • as Capt. Gordon
★ 8.0
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
1971 • as Captain Hoseason
★ 6.1
Land of the Pharaohs
Land of the Pharaohs
1955 • as Pharaoh Khufu
★ 6.5
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969 • as Count Levinovitch
★ 5.9
The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea
1953 • as Ericson
★ 6.9
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 • as Emperor Franz Josef
★ 6.6
Tales That Witness Madness
Tales That Witness Madness
1973 • as Dr. Nicholas
★ 5.5
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 • as General Bahar
★ 5.8
Gideon's Day
Gideon's Day
1958 • as Insp. George Gideon
★ 6.4
Fortune Is a Woman
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 • as Oliver Branwell
★ 6.8
Young Winston
Young Winston
1972 • as Mr. Welldon
★ 6.2
movie
The Father
1969 • as Captain Bill
★ 7.0
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room
1949 • as R.B. Waring
★ 6.8
The Fallen Idol
The Fallen Idol
1948 • as Detective Ames
★ 7.2
When Eight Bells Toll
When Eight Bells Toll
1971 • as Sir Anthony Skouras
★ 5.7
Death at Broadcasting House
Death at Broadcasting House
1934 • as Herbert Evans
★ 6.1
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
1970 • as Mr. Brocklehurst
★ 6.8
The Black Rose
The Black Rose
1950 • as Tristram Griffin
★ 6.5
Home at Seven
Home at Seven
1952 • as Dr. Sparling
★ 6.5
State Secret
State Secret
1950 • as Colonel Galcon
★ 6.9
Stalked
Stalked
1968 • as The Man
★ 6.5
Beauty and the Barge
Beauty and the Barge
1937 • as Lt. Seton Boyne
★ 6.7
Mandy
Mandy
1952 • as Dick Searle
★ 7.1
The Man in the Sky
The Man in the Sky
1957 • as John Mitchell
★ 7.5
The Adventures of Gerard
The Adventures of Gerard
1970 • as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
★ 5.9
The Two-Headed Spy
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 • as Gen. Alex Schottland
★ 6.3
Great Catherine
Great Catherine
1968 • as The British Ambassador
★ 5.9
The Planter's Wife
The Planter's Wife
1952 • as Jim Frazer
★ 6.6
Guns at Batasi
Guns at Batasi
1964 • as Colonel Deal
★ 7.0
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 • as Prince of Wales
★ 6.0
The Third Secret
The Third Secret
1964 • as Sir Frederick Belline
★ 6.2
The Long Arm
The Long Arm
1956 • as Supt Tom Halliday
★ 6.9
Masquerade
Masquerade
1965 • as Colonel Drexel
★ 5.0
Peg of Old Drury
Peg of Old Drury
1935 • as Michael O'Taffe
★ 6.8
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 • as Lord George Murray
★ 5.5
Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey
1930 • as Alfred
★ 6.4
Twinky
Twinky
1970 • as Judge Millington-Draper
★ 4.6
The Prisoner
The Prisoner
1955 • as The Interrogator
★ 7.2
Malta Story
Malta Story
1953 • as Air CO Frank
★ 6.3
Angels One Five
Angels One Five
1952 • as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
★ 6.1
Two Loves
Two Loves
1961 • as William W.J. Abercrombie
★ 5.4
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965 • as Sir John Rampayne
★ 10.0
...On Seeing Film
...On Seeing Film
1958 • as Self
The Seekers
The Seekers
1954 • as Phillip Wayne
★ 6.4
Rampage
Rampage
1963 • as Otto Abbot
★ 5.3
The Intruder
The Intruder
1953 • as Wolf Merton
★ 7.6
Judith
Judith
1966 • as Major Lawton
★ 4.8
movie
A Shot in the Dark
1933 • as Norman Paull
★ 7.0
The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin
1942 • as Brigade Major Harcourt
★ 5.0
I Lived with You
I Lived with You
1933 • as Mort
★ 6.1
Escape to the Sun
Escape to the Sun
1972 • as Baburin
★ 4.3
Twice Upon a Time
Twice Upon a Time
1953 • as Dr. Mathews
★ 7.0
Sin
Sin
1971 • as Father Nicholas
★ 5.5
Touch and Go
Touch and Go
1955 • as Jim Fletcher
★ 6.6
The Lodger
The Lodger
1932 • as Joe Martin
★ 5.4
The Flying Squad
The Flying Squad
1940 • as Mark McGill
★ 6.2
Five Finger Exercise
Five Finger Exercise
1962 • as Stanley Harrington
★ 5.6
The Good Companions
The Good Companions
1933 • as Albert
★ 6.4
A Royal Divorce
A Royal Divorce
1938 • as Capitaine Charles
★ 9.0
Autumn Crocus
Autumn Crocus
1934 • as Alaric
★ 7.7
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
1934 • as Member of the Court (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Open Door
The Open Door
1966 • as Colonel Mortimer
★ 7.0
Front Page Story
Front Page Story
1954 • as John Grant
★ 8.0
Who Goes Next?
Who Goes Next?
1938 • as Beck
★ 7.0
Fortune in Diamonds
Fortune in Diamonds
1951 • as Pieter Brandt
★ 7.5
movie
The Jewel
1933 • as Peter Roberts
★ 9.0
movie
Murder Will Out
1939 • as Stamp
The Last Lion
★ 10.0
The Lost Chord
The Lost Chord
1933 • as Dr Jim Selby
★ 7.0
movie
Pathway Into Light
1952 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
movie
This Little Ship
1953 • as Self - Commentator
★ 8.0