Jack Hedley

Actor Oct 28 (died age 91) London, England, UK 1951–2000 (49 year career)

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Biography

Jack Hedley (born in London on 28 October 1930 as Jack Hawkins, name changed to avoid confusion with his namesake) was 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 Fr…

Known For

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

Reporter (uncredited)

Film

The Longest Day

RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Film

For Your Eyes Only

Sir Timothy Havelock

Film

A Night to Remember

Passenger on deck (uncredited)

Film

The New York Ripper

Lt. Fred Williams

Film

Character

Mr. Forester

Film

Room at the Top

Architect (uncredited)

Film

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

William Baxter

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (33)

Saint Paul

as Hoherpriester

Character

as Mr. Forester

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990

as General Adolf Heusinger

Three Kinds of Heat

as Kirkland

The New York Ripper

as Lt. Fred Williams

For Your Eyes Only

as Sir Timothy Havelock

The Devil's Advocate

as Doctor

Hindle Wakes

as Chris Hawthorn

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Gooper

Brief Encounter

as Graham Jesson

The Break

as Gerald

Traitor

as James

This Body Is Mine

as Jack Gregory

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as William Baxter

The Anniversary

as Terry Taggart

The Explorer

as Robin Hamilton

How I Won the War

1967

as Melancholy Musketeer

5.6

The Waiting Game

1967

as Percy Hemlow

Witchcraft

as Bill Lanier

Of Human Bondage

as Griffiths

The Secret of Blood Island

1964

as Sgt. John Crewe

The Very Edge

as Inspector McInnes

In the French Style

as Bill Norton

The Scarlet Blade

as Edward Beverley

Lawrence of Arabia

as Reporter (uncredited)

8.0

The Longest Day

1962

as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Never Back Losers

as Jim Mathews

Make Mine Mink

as Jim Benham

Cone of Silence

as First Officer

Left Right and Centre

1959

as Bill Hemmingway

6.1

A Night to Remember

1958

as Passenger on deck (uncredited)

7.7

Room at the Top

1958

as Architect (uncredited)

6.9

Behind the Mask

1958

as Dr. Galbraith

6.0

Television (42)

Saint Paul

2000

as Hoherpriester

Dalziel and Pascoe

Space Precinct

as The Icar Vedra

The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Mr Don & Mr George

1993

as Brigadier Baybeigh

5.5

A Quiet Conspiracy

1989

as Charles Latimer

Wedden, dat..?

1986

as Self

8.0

'Allo 'Allo!

1984

as General von Karzibrot

7.8

Remington Steele

1982

as G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate

7.1

Only Fools and Horses

1981

as Henry, Duke of Malebury

Orient Express

as Robert Miles

Return of the Saint

as Colonel Dyson

Who Pays the Ferryman?

1977

6.4

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

as Chris Hawthorn

7.0

Colditz

1972

as Lt. Col. John Preston

7.5

Colditz

1972

as Lt. Col. John Preston

The Frighteners

as Man

UFO

as Webb

Confession

as Ernest Hammond

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Ralph Day

Paul Temple

Journey to the Unknown

ITV Playhouse

as Sean Jameson

Trapped

as Laurence Carpenter

Boy Meets Girl

1967

as Robert Stevens

City '68

1967

as Percy Hemlow

The Informer

1966

as John Harlton

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Carrados

Gideon's Way

as Bruce Carroway

Out of the Unknown

as Jack Gregory

Theatre 625

as Owen Davies

The Saint

as Duncan Rawl

Corrigan Blake

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Mike Dawson

The World of Tim Frazer

No Hiding Place

The Third Man

Fair Game

The Buccaneers

as Raikes

Armchair Theatre

ITV Play of the Week

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Graham Jesson

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