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).

Filmography

• 1990Dors: The Other Diana
• QB VII — Justice Gilroy
• 1973Tales That Witness Madness — Dr. Nicholas
• 1973Theatre of Blood — Solomon Psaltery
• 1972Escape to the Sun — Baburin
• 1972The Last Lion
• 1972The Ruling Class — Producer
• 1972Young Winston — Mr. Welldon
• 1971Kidnapped — Captain Hoseason
• 1971Nicholas and Alexandra — Count Fredericks
• 1971Sin — Father Nicholas
• 1971When Eight Bells Toll — Sir Anthony Skouras
• 1970Jane Eyre — Mr. Brocklehurst
• 1970The Adventures of Gerard — Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
• 1970Twinky — Judge Millington-Draper
• 1970Waterloo — General Sir Thomas Picton
• 1969Monte Carlo or Bust! — Count Levinovitch
• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Emperor Franz Josef
• 1969The Father — Captain Bill
• 1968Great Catherine — The British Ambassador
• 1968Shalako — Sir Charles Daggett
• 1968Stalked — The Man
• 1966Judith — Major Lawton
• Mystery and Imagination — Colonel Mortimer
• 1966The Open Door — Colonel Mortimer
• 1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower — General Bahar
• 1965Lord Jim — Marlow
• 1965Masquerade — Colonel Drexel
• 1965The Party's Over — Producer
• 1965The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne — Sir John Rampayne
• 1964Guns at Batasi — Colonel Deal
• 1964The Third Secret — Sir Frederick Belline
• The Wednesday Play — Sir John Rampayne
• 1964Zulu — Rev. Otto Witt
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Silcox
• 1963Rampage — Otto Abbot
• 1962Five Finger Exercise — Stanley Harrington
• 1962Lafayette — General Cornwallis
• 1962Lawrence of Arabia — General Allenby
• Dr. Kildare — Justin Post
• 1961Two Loves — William W.J. Abercrombie
• 1960The League of Gentlemen — Hyde
• 1959Ben-Hur — Quintus Arrius
• The Four Just Men — Ben Manfred, Ben Manfred (uncredited)
• 1958Gideon's Day — Insp. George Gideon
• 1958The Two-Headed Spy — Gen. Alex Schottland
• 1957Fortune Is a Woman — Oliver Branwell
• 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai — Maj. Warden
• 1957The Man in the Sky — John Mitchell
• Armchair Theatre — Len Driver
• Hancock's Half Hour
• 1956The Long Arm — Supt Tom Halliday
• 1955Land of the Pharaohs — Pharaoh Khufu
• 1955The Prisoner — The Interrogator
• 1955Touch and Go — Jim Fletcher
• 1954Front Page Story — John Grant
• 1954The Seekers — Phillip Wayne
• 1953Malta Story — Air CO Frank
• 1953The Cruel Sea — Ericson
• 1953The Intruder — Wolf Merton
• 1953Twice Upon a Time — Dr. Mathews
• 1952Angels One Five — Group Captain 'Tiger' Small
• 1952Home at Seven — Dr. Sparling
• 1952Mandy — Dick Searle
• 1952Pathway Into Light — Narrator
• 1952The Planter's Wife — Jim Frazer
• 1951Fortune in Diamonds — Pieter Brandt
• 1951No Highway in the Sky — Dennis Scott
• 1950State Secret — Colonel Galcon
• 1950The Black Rose — Tristram Griffin
• 1950The Elusive Pimpernel — Prince of Wales
• 1949The Small Back Room — R.B. Waring
• 1948Bonnie Prince Charlie — Lord George Murray
• 1948The Fallen Idol — Detective Ames
• 1942The Next of Kin — Brigade Major Harcourt
• 1940The Flying Squad — Mark McGill
• 1939Murder Will Out — Stamp
• 1938A Royal Divorce — Capitaine Charles
• 1938Who Goes Next? — Beck
• 1937Beauty and the Barge — Lt. Seton Boyne
• 1937The Frog — Capt. Gordon
• 1935Peg of Old Drury — Michael O'Taffe
• 1934Autumn Crocus — Alaric
• 1934Death at Broadcasting House — Herbert Evans
• 1934Lorna Doone — Member of the Court (uncredited)
• 1933A Shot in the Dark — Norman Paull
• 1933I Lived with You — Mort
• 1933The Good Companions — Albert
• 1933The Jewel — Peter Roberts
• 1933The Lost Chord — Dr Jim Selby
• 1932The Lodger — Joe Martin
• 1930Birds of Prey — Alfred

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1958...On Seeing Film — Self
• 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant — Self
• 1953This Little Ship — Self - Commentator