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Jack Hedley

Jack Hedley

Acting

October 28, 1930 – December 11, 2021 (died at 91)
London, England, UK
Male
33 Movies
40 TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Hedley,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The New York Ripper
The New York Ripper

The New York Ripper

1982 6.3

as Lt. Fred Williams

Age 51 (now 91)
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

1981 6.5

as Sir Timothy Havelock

Age 50 (now 91)
Witchcraft
Witchcraft

Witchcraft

1964 6.7

as Bill Lanier

Age 33 (now 91)
The Anniversary
The Anniversary

The Anniversary

1968 6.6

as Terry Taggart

Age 37 (now 91)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969 6.7

as William Baxter

Age 39 (now 91)
The Scarlet Blade
The Scarlet Blade

The Scarlet Blade

1963 5.7

as Edward Beverley

Age 32 (now 91)
Colditz
Colditz

Colditz

1972 7.5

as Lt. Col. John Preston

Age 41 (now 91)
28 eps
How I Won the War
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967 5.6

as Melancholy Musketeer

Age 36 (now 91)
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 8.0

as Reporter (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 91)
Make Mine Mink
Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink

1960 6.9

as Jim Benham

Age 29 (now 91)
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1976 4.9

as Graham Jesson

Age 45 (now 91)
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

1964 6.1

as Griffiths

Age 33 (now 91)
Character
Character

Character

1997 7.4

as Mr. Forester

Age 66 (now 91)
Saint Paul
Saint Paul

Saint Paul

2000 6.9

as Hoherpriester

Age 70 (now 91)
The Very Edge
The Very Edge

The Very Edge

1963 5.3

as Inspector McInnes

Age 32 (now 91)
Left Right and Centre
Left Right and Centre

Left Right and Centre

1959 6.1

as Bill Hemmingway

Age 28 (now 91)