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
Lord Jim
as Marlow
Ben-Hur
as Quintus Arrius
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Brocklehurst
Kidnapped
as Captain Hoseason
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Maj. Warden
Two Loves
as William W.J. Abercrombie
Waterloo
as General Sir Thomas Picton
Mandy
as Dick Searle
Rampage
as Otto Abbot
The Prisoner
as The Interrogator
Great Catherine
as The British Ambassador
The Seekers
as Phillip Wayne
Sin
as Father Nicholas
Zulu
as Rev. Otto Witt
Shalako
as Sir Charles Daggett
The Lodger
as Joe Martin
Masquerade
as Colonel Drexel
The Fallen Idol
as Detective Ames
Lorna Doone
as Member of the Court (uncredited)