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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).
Acted in 84
1990s
- 1990
Dors: The Other Diana
Movie
1970s
- 1974
QB VII
Justice Gilroy · 2 episodes
- 1973
Tales That Witness Madness
Dr. Nicholas
- 1972
Escape to the Sun
Baburin
Young Winston
Mr. Welldon
The Last Lion
Movie
- 1971
Kidnapped
Captain Hoseason
When Eight Bells Toll
Sir Anthony Skouras
Sin
Father Nicholas
- 1970
The Adventures of Gerard
Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
Twinky
Judge Millington-Draper
1960s
- 1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Count Levinovitch
Oh! What a Lovely War
Emperor Franz Josef
- 1968
Great Catherine
The British Ambassador
Stalked
The Man
- 1966
The Open Door
Colonel Mortimer
Judith
Major Lawton
- 1965
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Sir John Rampayne
- 1964
Guns at Batasi
Colonel Deal
The Third Secret
Sir Frederick Belline
- 1963
Rampage
Otto Abbot
- 1962
Five Finger Exercise
Stanley Harrington
- 1961
Two Loves
William W.J. Abercrombie
- 1960
The League of Gentlemen
Hyde
1950s
- 1959
The Four Just Men
Ben Manfred, Ben Manfred (uncredited) · 39 episodes
- 1958
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Alex Schottland
- 1957
Fortune Is a Woman
Oliver Branwell
The Man in the Sky
John Mitchell
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Len Driver · 1 episode
- 1955
Touch and Go
Jim Fletcher
Land of the Pharaohs
Pharaoh Khufu
The Prisoner
The Interrogator
- 1954
The Seekers
Phillip Wayne
Front Page Story
John Grant
- 1953
The Intruder
Wolf Merton
Twice Upon a Time
Dr. Mathews
Malta Story
Air CO Frank
- 1952
The Planter's Wife
Jim Frazer
Mandy
Dick Searle
Angels One Five
Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
Home at Seven
Dr. Sparling
- 1951
Fortune in Diamonds
Pieter Brandt
- 1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
Prince of Wales
The Black Rose
Tristram Griffin
1940s
- 1949
The Small Back Room
R.B. Waring
- 1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Lord George Murray
The Fallen Idol
Detective Ames
- 1942
The Next of Kin
Brigade Major Harcourt
- 1940
The Flying Squad
Mark McGill
1930s
- 1938
A Royal Divorce
Capitaine Charles
Who Goes Next?
Beck
- 1937
The Frog
Capt. Gordon
Beauty and the Barge
Lt. Seton Boyne
- 1935
Peg of Old Drury
Michael O'Taffe
- 1934
Lorna Doone
Member of the Court (uncredited)
Death at Broadcasting House
Herbert Evans
Autumn Crocus
Alaric
- 1933
I Lived with You
Mort
The Lost Chord
Dr Jim Selby
The Good Companions
Albert
- 1932
The Lodger
Joe Martin
- 1930
Birds of Prey
Alfred
Produced 2
1970s
- 1972
1960s
- 1965
Appearances4
1950s
- 1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
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