Jack Hawkins

from Wood Green, London, England, UK

Artwork for Ben-HurImage of Jack Hawkins

Biography

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).

Timeline

1990Aged 80

  • Poster for Dors: The Other Diana

    (Unknown)

1973Aged 63

  • Poster for Theatre of Blood

    Solomon Psaltery

  • Poster for Tales That Witness Madness

    Dr. Nicholas

1972Aged 62

  • Poster for The Last Lion

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young Winston

    Mr. Welldon

  • Poster for Escape to the Sun

    Baburin

  • Poster for The Ruling Class

    Producer

1971Aged 61

  • Poster for Sin

    Father Nicholas

  • Poster for When Eight Bells Toll

    Sir Anthony Skouras

  • Poster for Nicholas and Alexandra

    Count Fredericks

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    Captain Hoseason

1970Aged 60

  • Poster for Twinky

    Judge Millington-Draper

  • Poster for The Adventures of Gerard

    Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)

  • Poster for Waterloo

    General Sir Thomas Picton

  • Poster for Jane Eyre

    Mr. Brocklehurst

1969Aged 59

  • Poster for Oh! What a Lovely War

    Emperor Franz Josef

  • The Father

    Captain Bill

  • Poster for Monte Carlo or Bust!

    Count Levinovitch

1968Aged 58

  • Poster for Stalked

    The Man

  • Poster for Shalako

    Sir Charles Daggett

  • Poster for Great Catherine

    The British Ambassador

1966Aged 56

  • Poster for Judith

    Major Lawton

  • Poster for The Open Door

    Colonel Mortimer

  • Poster for The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    General Bahar

1965Aged 55

  • Poster for Lord Jim

    Marlow

  • Poster for Masquerade

    Colonel Drexel

  • Poster for The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

    Sir John Rampayne

  • Poster for The Party's Over

    Producer

1964Aged 54

  • Poster for Zulu

    Rev. Otto Witt

  • Poster for The Third Secret

    Sir Frederick Belline

  • Poster for Guns at Batasi

    Colonel Deal

1963Aged 53

  • Poster for Rampage

    Otto Abbot

1962Aged 52

  • Poster for Lafayette

    General Cornwallis

  • Poster for Five Finger Exercise

    Stanley Harrington

  • Poster for Lawrence of Arabia

    General Edmund Allenby

1961Aged 51

  • Poster for Two Loves

    William W.J. Abercrombie

1960Aged 50

  • Poster for The League of Gentlemen

    Hyde

1959Aged 49

  • Poster for Ben-Hur

    Quintus Arrius

1958Aged 48

  • Poster for ...On Seeing Film

    Self

  • Poster for The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    Self

  • Poster for Gideon's Day

    Insp. George Gideon

  • Poster for The Two-Headed Spy

    Gen. Alex Schottland

1957Aged 47

  • Poster for The Man in the Sky

    John Mitchell

  • Poster for Fortune Is a Woman

    Oliver Branwell

  • Poster for The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Maj. Warden

1956Aged 46

  • Poster for The Long Arm

    Supt Tom Halliday

1955Aged 45

  • Poster for The Prisoner

    The Interrogator

  • Poster for Land of the Pharaohs

    Pharaoh Khufu

  • Poster for Touch and Go

    Jim Fletcher

1954Aged 44

  • Poster for Front Page Story

    John Grant

  • Poster for The Seekers

    Phillip Wayne

1953Aged 43

1952Aged 42

1951Aged 41

  • Poster for Fortune in Diamonds

    Pieter Brandt

  • Poster for No Highway in the Sky

    Dennis Scott

1950Aged 40

  • Poster for The Black Rose

    Tristram Griffin

  • Poster for State Secret

    Colonel Galcon

  • Poster for The Elusive Pimpernel

    Prince of Wales

1949Aged 39

  • Poster for The Small Back Room

    R.B. Waring

1948Aged 38

  • Poster for The Fallen Idol

    Detective Ames

  • Poster for Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Lord George Murray

1942Aged 32

  • Poster for The Next of Kin

    Brigade Major Harcourt

1940Aged 30

  • Poster for The Flying Squad

    Mark McGill

1939Aged 29

1938Aged 28

  • Poster for Who Goes Next?

    Beck

  • Poster for A Royal Divorce

    Capitaine Charles

1937Aged 27

  • Poster for Beauty and the Barge

    Lt. Seton Boyne

  • Poster for The Frog

    Capt. Gordon

1935Aged 25

  • Poster for Peg of Old Drury

    Michael O'Taffe

1934Aged 24

  • Poster for Autumn Crocus

    Alaric

  • Poster for Death at Broadcasting House

    Herbert Evans

  • Poster for Lorna Doone

    Member of the Court (uncredited)

1933Aged 23

1932Aged 22

  • Poster for The Lodger

    Joe Martin

1930Aged 20

  • Poster for Birds of Prey

    Alfred