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Jack Hawkins

ActingBorn 1910-09-14Wood Green, London, England, UK

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).

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The Bridge on the River Kwai1957as Maj. WardenOur takeThe bridge is not simply a symbol of pride. It is a project that gives Nicholson a way to feel effective inside captivity. The danger is that a measurable success—disciplined men, good engineering, a finished structure—can displace the harder question of whom the success benefits. Destroying the bridge resolves the…

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