Person Details

Birthday: 1930-10-28 03:35:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Hedley (born in London on 28 October 1930 as Jack Hawkins, name changed to avoid confusion with his namesake) is an English actor, best known for his performances on television. His screen career began in 1950 with a 13-minute drama-documentary about polio called A Life to be Lived. In the 1950s he starred in a number of films and TV appearances, such as Left Right and Centre, Fair Game, and the Alun Owen-scripted No Trams to Lime Street with Billie Whitelaw. He became a TV star in the Francis Durbridge-scripted BBC series The World of Tim Frazer (transmitted from November 1960 to March 1961), the 18 instalments of which comprised three separate serials of six episodes each. He also played Corrigan Blake in Alun Owen's 1962 BBC play You Can't Win 'Em All, the role being taken over by John Turner in the series Corrigan Blake that resulted the following year. He was also in Alun Owen's 'A Little Winter Love'. He appeared in a number of British films of the 1960s, notably Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Scarlet Blade (1963), Witchcraft (1964), Of Human Bondage (1964), The Secret of Blood Island (1964) and The Anniversary (1968). He also had roles in several 1970s BBC dramas, such as that of Lt Colonel Preston in Colditz (1972-4) and ex-serviceman Alan Haldane in Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977). Reportedly, the series was marked off-screen by personality clashes between Hedley and his co-stars Betty Arvaniti and Maria Sokali. Hedley later appeared in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only as Sir Timothy Havelock, also voicing Havelock's parrot. Soon after this, in the autumn of 1981 he played the lead role (cynical investigative cop Fred Williams) in Lucio Fulci's The New York Ripper (Lo squartatore di New York), in which his voice was dubbed. He also starred with Stanley Baker and Jean Seberg in the film of Irwin Shaw's 'In The French Style'. Other TV appearances include: The Saint, Gideon's Way (The Alibi Man), Softly, Softly, Dixon of Dock Green, The Buccaneers, Return of the Saint, One by One, Remington Steele, Only Fools and Horses (A Royal Flush), 'Allo 'Allo, Dalziel and Pascoe, and the television film version of Brief Encounter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Hedley,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Saint
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7

The Saint

(1962) Duncan Rawl
Lawrence of Arabia
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8

Lawrence of Arabia

(1962) Reporter (uncredited)
For Your Eyes Only
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7

For Your Eyes Only

(1981) Sir Timothy Havelock
A Night to Remember
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8

A Night to Remember

(1958) Passenger on deck (uncredited)
The Longest Day
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8

The Longest Day

(1962) RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
UFO
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8

UFO

(1970) Webb
Colditz
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7

Colditz

(1972) Lt. Col. John Preston
The New York Ripper
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6

The New York Ripper

(1982) Lt. Fred Williams

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2000 Hoherpriester
1997 Mr. Forester
1996 N/A
1994 N/A
1987 Kirkland
1984 General von Karzibrot
1982 G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate
Lt. Fred Williams
1981 Henry, Duke of Malebury
Sir Timothy Havelock
1979 Robert Miles
1977 N/A
Doctor
1976 Chris Hawthorn
Gooper
Chris Hawthorn
1974 Graham Jesson
Gerald
1972 Lt. Col. John Preston
N/A
1971 James
Jack Gregory
1970 Webb
N/A
1969 N/A
William Baxter
1968 N/A
Terry Taggart
1967 Melancholy Musketeer
1965 Bruce Carroway
1964 Sgt. John Crewe
Griffiths
Bill Lanier
1963 Bill Norton
Edward Beverley
Inspector McInnes
1962 Reporter (uncredited)
Duncan Rawl
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
N/A
1961 Jim Mathews
1960 N/A
Jim Benham
First Officer
1959 N/A
N/A
Bill Hemmingway
1958 Dr. Galbraith
N/A
Passenger on deck (uncredited)
1956 Raikes
1955 N/A
1951 Graham Jesson
Year Character Movie/Tv

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