Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/14/1910
Place of Birth
Wood Green, London, England, UK
Also Known As
John Edward HawkinsJohn Edward "Jack" Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
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).
Known For
Lawrence of Arabia
as General Allenby
Two Loves
as William W.J. Abercrombie
Ben-Hur
as Quintus Arrius
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Maj. Warden
Waterloo
as General Sir Thomas Picton
Zulu
as Rev. Otto Witt
Masquerade
as Colonel Drexel
The Prisoner
as The Interrogator
The Intruder
as Wolf Merton
Young Winston
as Mr. Welldon
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as General Bahar
Shalako
as Sir Charles Daggett
Lord Jim
as Marlow
Great Catherine
as The British Ambassador
No Highway in the Sky
as Dennis Scott
State Secret
as Colonel Galcon
Kidnapped
as Captain Hoseason
The Adventures of Gerard
as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Brocklehurst
The Fallen Idol
as Detective Ames