
Acting · 62 years old
Wood Green, London, England, UK
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).

Lawrence of Arabia
General Allenby

Ben-Hur
Quintus Arrius

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Maj. Warden

QB VII
Justice Gilroy

Zulu
Rev. Otto Witt

The Man in the Sky
John Mitchell

Hancock's Half Hour

The Prisoner
The Interrogator

The Intruder
Wolf Merton

The Fallen Idol
Detective Ames

Waterloo
General Sir Thomas Picton

Guns at Batasi
Colonel Deal

Mandy
Dick Searle

Jane Eyre
Mr. Brocklehurst

No Highway in the Sky
Dennis Scott

The League of Gentlemen
Hyde

Autumn Crocus
Alaric

Fortune in Diamonds
Pieter Brandt

The Cruel Sea
Ericson

Nicholas and Alexandra
Count Fredericks