Jack Hedley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-10-28
Day of Death
2021-12-11 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Jack Hedley
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 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2000)
Saint Paul
as Hoherpriester
(1997)
Character
as Mr. Forester
(1987)
Three Kinds of Heat
as Kirkland
(1982)
The New York Ripper
as Lt. Fred Williams
(1981)
For Your Eyes Only
as Sir Timothy Havelock
(1977)
The Devil's Advocate
as Doctor
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Chris Hawthorn
(1976)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Gooper
(1974)
Brief Encounter
as Graham Jesson
(1974)
The Break
as Gerald
(1971)
This Body Is Mine
as Jack Gregory
(1971)
Traitor
as James
(1969)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as William Baxter
(1968)
The Anniversary
as Terry Taggart
(1968)
The Explorer
as Robin Hamilton
(1967)
How I Won the War
as Melancholy Musketeer
(1967)
The Waiting Game
as Percy Hemlow
(1964)
Witchcraft
as Bill Lanier
(1964)
Of Human Bondage
as Griffiths
(1964)
The Secret of Blood Island
as Sgt. John Crewe
(1963)
The Very Edge
as Inspector McInnes
(1963)
The Scarlet Blade
as Edward Beverley
(1963)
In the French Style
as Bill Norton
(1962)
Lawrence of Arabia
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1962)
The Longest Day
as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
(1961)
Never Back Losers
as Jim Mathews
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as First Officer
(1960)
Make Mine Mink
as Jim Benham
(1959)
Left Right and Centre
as Bill Hemmingway
(1958)
A Night to Remember
as Passenger on deck (uncredited)
(1958)
Room at the Top
as Architect (uncredited)
(1958)
Behind the Mask
as Dr. Galbraith