Jack Hawkins

Actor

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Also Known As

John Edward Hawkins

Birth Place

Wood Green, England, GB

Born

September 14, 1910

Died

July 18, 1973

Cause of Death

Hemorrhage Following Throat Opertion

Biography

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Best remembered for his numerous portrayals of military men, from the indomitable Major Warden in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) to the officer-turned-criminal-mastermind in Basil Dearden's humorous "The League of Gentlemen" (1960). Although he lost his voice after an operation for cancer of the larynx in 1966, Hawkins continued to perform, with other actors dubbing his lines. He ...

Filmography

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Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

Nicholas ("Clinic")

The Last Lion (1973)

Theatre Of Blood (1973)

Solomon Psaltery

Young Winston (1972)

Habricha el Hashemesh (1972)

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

[Sir Arthur] Skouras

Photos & Videos

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Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1958/9) -- (Movie Clip) He Sounds Like He's Dead

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bit Bent

Family & Companions

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Jessica Tandy

Wife

Actor. Married 1932; divorced 1942; mother of Susan Hawkins.

Doreen Lawrence

Wife

Actor. Married 1947.

Bibliography

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"Anything For a Quiet Life"

Jack Hawkins (1973)

Biography

Best remembered for his numerous portrayals of military men, from the indomitable Major Warden in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) to the officer-turned-criminal-mastermind in Basil Dearden's humorous "The League of Gentlemen" (1960). Although he lost his voice after an operation for cancer of the larynx in 1966, Hawkins continued to perform, with other actors dubbing his lines. He was married to actress Jessica Tandy from 1932 to 1942.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

Nicholas ("Clinic")

The Last Lion (1973)

Theatre Of Blood (1973)

Solomon Psaltery

Young Winston (1972)

Habricha el Hashemesh (1972)

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

[Sir Arthur] Skouras

Judge Millington-Draper

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Count [Vladimir] Fredericks

Waterloo (1971)

The Beloved (1971)

Kidnapped (1971)

Captain Hoseason

Jane Eyre (1971)

Mr Brocklehurst

The Adventures Of Gerard (1970)

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)

Count Levinovitch

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Emperor Franz Josef

Sir Charles Daggett

Great Catherine (1968)

Sir George Gorse

Masquerade (1965)

Lord Jim (1965)

Guns at Batasi (1964)

The Third Secret (1964)

Sir Frederick Belline

Lafayette (1963)

General Cornwallis

Five Finger Exercise (1962)

Stanley Harrington

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

General Allenby

The League of Gentlemen (1961)

Two Loves (1961)

W. W. J. Abercrombie

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959)

Inspector George Gideon

The Two-Headed Spy (1959)

Gen. Alex Schottland, also known as Alexander Scotland

She Played with Fire (1958)

Oliver Branwell

Decision Against Time (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Prisoner (1956)

The interrogator

The Long Arm (1956)

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Khufu, the Pharaoh

The Intruder (1955)

Touch and Go (1955)

The Fighting Pimpernel (1954)

Prince of Wales

Front Page Story (1954)

Land Of Fury (1954)

The Malta Story (1953)

Twice Upon a Time (1953)

The Cruel Sea (1953)

Outpost in Malaya (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)

Home at Seven (1952)

No Highway in the Sky (1951)

The Adventurers (1951)

The Black Rose (1950)

State Secret (1950)

Hour of Glory (1949)

Hour of Glory (1949)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

The Fallen Idol (1948)

Next of Kin (1942)

The Flying Squad (1940)

Who Goes Next? (1938)

A Royal Divorce (1938)

Beauty And The Barge (1937)

Peg of Old Drury (1936)

Michael O'Taaffe

Death at Broadcasting House (1934)

Autumn Crocus (1934)

A Shot in the Dark (1933)

I Lived With You (1933)

The Jewel (1933)

The Phantom Fiend (1932)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Ruling Class (1972)

The Party's Over (1966)

Executive Producer

Cast (Special)

Caesar and Cleopatra (1956)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)

Life Events

1923

Stage acting debut in "Where the Rainbow Ends"

1930

Film acting debut in "The Perfect Alibi"

Photo Collections

Gideon's Day - Movie Posters

Gideon's Day - Movie Posters

Gideon's Day - Color Scene Stills

Gideon's Day - Color Scene Stills

Gideon's Day - Lobby Card Set

Gideon's Day - Lobby Card Set

Gideon's Day - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Gideon's Day - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Videos

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1958/9) -- (Movie Clip) He Sounds Like He's Dead Stuck at the Yard into the evening Jack Hawkins (title character) hears from Liggot (Frank Lawton) who's wangled the name of the paramour (second-billed Dianne Foster making her first appearance more than hour into the feature, as Joanna Delafield) of their crooked now-deceased colleague, whom he visits and manipulates, in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959, a.k.a Gideon's Day, from the first novel in the series by John Creasey.

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bit Bent Title character Jack Hawkins runs down snitch Birdie (Cyril Cusack) at the London church where he got a job by using the inspector as a reference, squeezing for dirt on a crooked colleague, Jack Watling, Doreen Madden and Henry Longhurst the clergy, John Ford directing in England, in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959.

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) That Ridiculous Moustache! After domestic episodes, with John Ford shooting on locations around London and at Elstree Studios for Columbia, hero and title character Jack Hawkins drops off his daughter (Anna Massey), grapples with a rookie copper (Andrew Ray) then is greeted by staff, Michael Trubshawe and Frank Lawton, early in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959.

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Liquor's Genuine Assembling in London's famous Cafe Royal after getting mysterious invitations promising profits, Bryan Forbes (who wrote the screenplay), Terence Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore and Norman Bird begin appraising each other, before Jack Hawkins begins to explain, Nigel Patrick arriving late, in the celebrated heist yarn The League Of Gentlemen, 1960.

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You've Had Callers During director Basil Dearden’s introductions of his troupe of complicated heroes, we meet Roger Livesey as, it seems, a London minister, receiving one of the packages from the ringleader (Jack Hawkins) and dealing with Marie Burke. his landlady, early in The League Of Gentlemen, 1960.

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You're All Crooks Upon assembly of the band, mastermind Hyde (Jack Hawkins) reveals the military and criminal backgrounds of Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes (also the screenwriter), Nigel Patrick, Kieron Moore and Terence Alexander, in The League Of Gentlemen, 1960, directed by Basil Dearden.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Know Him Well? Joining director David Lean’s opening after credits, Peter O’Toole (title character) meets his end, then shooting a soundstage interior but real exterior of St. Paul’s, London, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins and Arthur Kennedy among the mourners, from Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Theatre Of Blood (1973) -- (Movie Clip) His Head Cut Off? Diana Rigg (as "Edwina") is only posing as a tart, luring the critic enemies of her vengeful and ostensibly dead actor father, but Jack Hawkins (as critic "Psaltery") is playing against type, a lecherous cad, lustful despite the murder of another colleague, in Theatre Of Blood, 1973, starring Vincent Price.

Nicholas And Alexandra (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Little Yellow Buddhists Selfish and racist notions from the Queen Mother (Irene Worth) before the Czar (Michael Jayston), Czarina (Janet Suzman) and Grand Duke (Harry Andrews) meet the new monk Rasputin (Tom Baker) in Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971.

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) -- (Movie Clip) God Meant Me To Rule Laurence Olivier (in his barely-recognizable period, as "Count Witte"), with the Grand Duke (Harry Andrews), reasons with the Czar (Michael Jayston) about Korea, in Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971.

Ruling Class, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Talking To Myself Still robed, raving Jack (Peter O'Toole) explains to his aunt Lady Claire (Coral Browne) how he came to consider himself God, or Jesus, before the liberated butler Tucker (Arthur Lowe) and (uncle) Sir Charles (William Mervyn) appear, in Peter Medak's The Ruling Class, 1972.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Your Eyes Are Full Of Hate, Forty-One We've just met Commander Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) inspecting his fleet and taking note of spirited galley-slave "forty-one," (a.k.a. Judah, Charlton Heston) in Ben-Hur, 1959.

No Highway in the Sky - (Original Trailer) An engineer (James Stewart) fights to prove that a new airplane is not safe in No Highway in the Sky (1951) co-starring Marlene Dietrich.

Nicholas and Alexandra - (Original Trailer) Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), the story of Russia's last czar, Nicolas II, and his ill-fated family.

Land of the Pharaohs - (Original Trailer) A scheming seductress (Joan Collins) plots to make herself queen of Egypt in Howard Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs (1955).

Decision Against Time - (Original Trailer) A test pilot (Jack Hawkins) thinks back on his past as he fights to survive a burning plane in Decision Against Time (1957).

Zulu - (Original Trailer) Zulu (1964), the story of how 139 British soldiers fought 4,000 Zulu warriors in 1879. Starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine.

Two Loves - (British Trailer) Shirley MacLaine stars as an American teacher who struggles with her values while teaching natives in New Zealand in Two Loves (1961), released in England as Spinster.

Lawrence of Arabia - (Original Trailer) A British military officer (Peter O'Toole) enlists the Arabs for desert warfare during WWI in Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

Ben-Hur (1959) - (Re-issue Trailer) While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince (Charlton Heston) crosses paths with Jesus Christ in Ben-Hur (1959).

Family

Susan Tettemer

Daughter

Born c. 1934; mother Jessica Tandy; survived him.

Companions

Jessica Tandy

Wife

Actor. Married 1932; divorced 1942; mother of Susan Hawkins.

Doreen Lawrence

Wife

Actor. Married 1947.

Bibliography

"Anything For a Quiet Life"

Jack Hawkins (1973)

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