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Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9/14/1910
- Birthplace
- Wood Green, London, England, UK
- Died
- 7/18/1973 (aged 62)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- John Edward Hawkins, John Edward "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).
12 titles
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
General Edmund Allenby
Ben-Hur
1959
Quintus Arrius
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Maj. Warden
Zulu
1964
Rev. Otto Witt
Theatre of Blood
1973
Solomon Psaltery
Waterloo
1970
General Sir Thomas Picton
The Fallen Idol
1948
Detective Ames
Land of the Pharaohs
1955
Pharaoh Khufu
The League of Gentlemen
1960
Hyde
Shalako
1968
Sir Charles Daggett
Lord Jim
1965
Marlow
The Cruel Sea
1953
Ericson
