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Jack Hawkins

Actor / Film Producer / Film Director | * 09/14/1910 († 62, 07/18/1973) | Wood Green, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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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 known for his portrayal of military men. ()

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).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | War | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into sla ...

Ben-Hur

Certification unknown

1959 | 3.9/5 | 3h 42min
Action, Drama, History
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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but C ...

The Bridge on the River Kwai

PG

1957 | 3.9/5 | 2h 41min
Drama, History, War
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Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained ex ...

The League of Gentlemen

NR

1960 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Comedy, Crime
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In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes ...

Zulu

NR

1964 | 3.7/5 | 2h 18min
Action, Drama, History, War
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Awards & Nominations for Jack Hawkins

Commander of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Jack Hawkins as Actor(79)

as Dr. Nicholas1973 Tales That Witness Madness
as Solomon Psaltery1973 Theatre of Blood
as Mr. Welldon1972 Young Winston
as Baburin1972 Escape to the Sun
1972 The Last Lion
as Captain Hoseason1971 Kidnapped
as Father Nicholas1971 Sin
as Count Fredericks1971 Nicholas and Alexandra
as Sir Anthony Skouras1971 When Eight Bells Toll
as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)1970 The Adventures of Gerard
as General Sir Thomas Picton1970 Waterloo
as Judge Millington-Draper1970 Twinky
as Mr. Brocklehurst1970 Jane Eyre
as Count Levinovitch1969 Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Emperor Franz Josef1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
as Captain Bill1969 The Father
as The British Ambassador1968 Great Catherine
as Sir Charles Daggett1968 Shalako
as The Man1968 Stalked
as General Bahar1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
as Major Lawton1966 Judith
as Colonel Drexel1965 Masquerade
as Marlow1965 Lord Jim
as Colonel Deal1964 Guns at Batasi
as CO Deal1964 Guns at Batasi
as Rev. Otto Witt1964 Zulu
as Sir Frederick Belline1964 The Third Secret
as Otto Abbot1963 Rampage
as General Cornwallis1962 Lafayette
as Stanley Harrington1962 Five Finger Exercise
as General Allenby1962 Lawrence of Arabia
as William W.J. Abercrombie1961 Two Loves
as Hyde1960 The League of Gentlemen
as Quintus Arrius1959 Ben-Hur
as himself1958 The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Gen. Alex Schottland1958 The Two-Headed Spy
as Insp. George Gideon1958 Gideon's Day
as Maj. Warden1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
as John Mitchell1957 The Man in the Sky
as Oliver Branwell1957 Fortune Is a Woman
as Supt Tom Halliday1956 The Long Arm
as Pharaoh Khufu1955 Land of the Pharaohs
as The Interrogator1955 The Prisoner
as Jim Fletcher1955 Touch and Go
as John Grant1954 Front Page Story
as Phillip Wayne1954 The Seekers
as Air CO Frank1953 Malta Story
as Wolf Merton1953 The Intruder
as Dr. Mathews1953 Twice Upon a Time
as Ericson1953 The Cruel Sea
as Dr. Sparling1952 Home at Seven
as Group Captain 'Tiger' Small1952 Angels One Five
as Dick Searle1952 Mandy
as Jim Frazer1952 The Planter's Wife
as Pieter Brandt1951 Fortune in Diamonds
as Dennis Scott1951 No Highway
as Colonel Galcon1950 State Secret
as Prince of Wales1950 The Elusive Pimpernel
as Tristram Griffin1950 The Black Rose
as R.B. Waring1949 The Small Back Room
as Lord George Murray1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Detective Ames1948 The Fallen Idol
as Brigade Major Harcourt1942 The Next of Kin
as Mark McGill1940 The Flying Squad
as Beck1938 Who Goes Next?
as Capitaine Charles1938 A Royal Divorce
as Capt. Gordon1937 The Frog
as Lt. Seton Boyne1937 Beauty and the Barge
as Michael O'Taffe1935 Peg of Old Drury
as Herbert Evans1934 Death At Broadcasting House
as Member of the Court (uncredited)1934 Lorna Doone
as Alaric1934 Autumn Crocus
as Norman Paull1933 A Shot in the Dark
as Mort1933 I Lived with You
as Albert1933 The Good Companions
as Dr Jim Selby1933 The Lost Chord
as Peter Roberts1933 The Jewel
as Joe Martin1932 The Lodger
as Alfred1930 Birds of Prey

TV Shows/Series with Jack Hawkins as Actor(7)

as Justice Gilroy1974 QB VII
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1966 Mystery and Imagination
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Justin Post1961 Dr. Kildare
as Ben Manfred1959 The Four Just Men

Movies with Jack Hawkins as Crew(1)

Production/Producer1972 The Ruling Class

Full Name: Jack Hawkins
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 09/14 1910 (September) in Wood Green, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 07/18 1973 (July) in Chelsea (aged: 62)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Spouses (current/former): Jessica Tandy
Other names for Jack Hawkins (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Джек Хоукинс"
"John Edward Hawkins"
Jack Hawkins frequently works together with these people:
Emeric Pressburger (7x, Crew)
James Hayter (7x, Actor)
Basil Dean (7x, Crew)
Richard Attenborough (6x, Actor)
Dan O'Herlihy (6x, Actor)
Geoffrey Keen (6x, Actor)
Ronald Adam (6x, Actor)
Michael Powell (6x, Crew)
Alec Guinness (5x, Actor)
Anthony Mendleson (5x, Crew)
Sidney Gilliat (5x, Crew)
Michael Balcon (5x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Jack Hawkins (GB)

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