John Edward "Jack" Hawkins (September 14, 1910 - July 18, 1973) was a British film actor of the 1950s and 1960s.

Hawkins made his London stage debut aged 12, and was appearing on Broadway in Journey's End by the age of 18. Although he appeared in several films during the 1930s, it was only after service in The Second World War that he began to build a successful career in the cinema, often playing stern but sympathetic authority figures in films like Angels One Five (1952), The Long Arm (1956) and The Cruel Sea (1953), the film that made him a star. Ironically Hawkins was politically liberal and an emotional man, in sharp contrast to his conservative screen image.

From the late 1950s he mostly appeared in character roles, often in epic films like The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (playing General Edmund Allenby) and Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). For Kwai, he had to convince his good friend, Alec Guinness, to take the lead role, which would ultimately win Guinness an Oscar.

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Todesduell Im Atlantik - Vergessene Kriegsfilme Vol.6: Nicholas Monsarrat, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden[Jul 30, 2010] http://amzn.to/9Wl62C
de_597638 (Klassiker) Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:52:35 -0000
Todesduell Im Atlantik - Vergessene Kriegsfilme Vol.6: Nicholas Monsarrat, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden[Jul 30, 2010] http://amzn.to/9Wl62C
Okay now on a lighter note! Wikus van de Merwe, Justin Hawkins from the darkness and Captain Jack Sparrow (cont) http://tl.gd/2nbaej
Ncoxie (Natalie Cox) Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:57:56 -0000
Okay now on a lighter note! Wikus van de Merwe, Justin Hawkins from the darkness and Captain Jack Sparrow (cont) http://tl.gd/2nbaej
@euphoriafish hells no - I mean the GOOD one with Jack Hawkins: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052997/ classic Brit crime caper!
iamhewhoisiam (Richard D Leslie) Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:21:43 -0000
@euphoriafish hells no - I mean the GOOD one with Jack Hawkins: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052997/ classic Brit crime caper!
RT @Yolee415: #Weallgotthatonefriend that has hawkin ass breath like MISS HAWKINS fr New Jack City! If u grew up in the 80's u know what I'm talkin bout.
La_Divinita (Ritz) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:29:45 -0000
RT @Yolee415: #Weallgotthatonefriend that has hawkin ass breath like MISS HAWKINS fr New Jack City! If u grew up in the 80's u know what I'm talkin bout.
#Weallgotthatonefriend that has hawkin ass breath like MISS HAWKINS fr New Jack City! If u grew up in the 80's u know what I'm talkin bout.
Yolee415 (Yolee R.) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:29:10 -0000
#Weallgotthatonefriend that has hawkin ass breath like MISS HAWKINS fr New Jack City! If u grew up in the 80's u know what I'm talkin bout.

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