Biography

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).

Known For

Ben-Hur

Quintus Arrius

Lawrence of Arabia

General Allenby

Fortune Is a Woman

Oliver Branwell

The Planter's Wife

Jim Frazer

Escape to the Sun

Baburin

Rampage

Otto Abbot

Angels One Five

Group Captain 'Tiger' Small

The League of Gentlemen

Hyde