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Jack Hawkins

Biography

Jack Hawkins was an English actor whose stage and film career ran from the 1930s into the 1970s, and he became one of Britain's most popular film stars in the 1950s. Born in Wood Green, he trained at the Italia Conti Academy and made his London stage debut as a teenager, later appearing on Broadway in Journey's End at 18. In the 1930s he acted with the companies of John Gielgud and Sybil Thorndike, then served in the British Army during the Second World War. He was known for playing military men and other authority figures, in films including The Fallen Idol (1948), The Cruel Sea (1953), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Ben-Hur (1959), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Zulu (1964). He received four BAFTA Award nominations for Best British Actor and was made a CBE in 1958. He died in 1973.

62years old at death

  • Born Wood Green
  • Died Chelsea
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • John Edward Hawkins (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
30
Career span
25 years1948 to 1973

Genres

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  1. Big break

    Hawkins was cast in The Cruel Sea before the script was written, because Sir Michael Balcon said there would have been no film without him.

  2. A role that slipped away

    Hawkins declined the part of Colonel Carne in The Glorious Gloucesters, a Warwick Films production, and he also said no to playing Captain Cook in a Rank organization project.

Jack Hawkins movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 Adventure, Drama, Waras Major Warden

    IMDb rating 8.1251K votes

  2. Ben-Hur1959 Adventure, Drama, Historyas Quintus Arrius

    IMDb rating 8.1274K votes

  3. Lawrence of Arabia1962as General Allenby

    IMDb rating 8.3346K votes

  4. Zulu1964as Otto Witt

    IMDb rating 7.747K votes

  5. Waterloo1970as General Sir Thomas Picton

    IMDb rating 7.315K votes

  6. The Cruel Sea1953as Ericson

    IMDb rating 7.46.2K votes

  7. The League of Gentlemen1960as Hyde

    IMDb rating 7.26.0K votes

  8. Land of the Pharaohs1955as Pharaoh Khufu

    IMDb rating 6.65.4K votes

Most often with

David Lean directed two of these films, Charles Frend two and Richard Attenborough two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Jack Hawkins's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$299 million

9 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 30 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 17 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 17Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Ben-Hur1959as Quintus Arrius
    $164M54.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Lawrence of Arabia1962as General Allenby
    $70M23.4% of the total
  3. 3
    The Bridge on the River Kwai1957as Major Warden
    $45M15.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Zulu1964as Otto Witt
    $8.0M2.7% of the total
  5. 5
    When Eight Bells Toll1971as Sir Anthony Skouras
    $5.4M1.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Waterloo1970as General Sir Thomas Picton
    $3.1M1.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Shalako1968as Sir Charles Daggett
    $2.6M0.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Theatre of Blood1973as Solomon Psaltery
    $1.0M0.3% of the total
The Small Back Room (1949), $135,000

$135,000from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Jack Hawkins's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Commander of the Order of the British EmpireWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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