Jack Hedley
Acting
1930 – 2021 · London, England, UK
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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.
Space Precinct: The Fire Within
Film · 2025
The Icar Vedra
★ 6.9Saint Paul
Film · 2000
Hoherpriester
Saint Paul
TV series · 2000
Hoherpriester
★ 7.3Character
Film · 1997
Mr. Forester
★ 6.4Dalziel and Pascoe
TV series · 1996
Alessandro Pontelli
★ 6.2Space Precinct
TV series · 1994
The Icar Vedra
★ 6.8The World of Hammer
TV series · 1994
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.2Mr Don & Mr George
TV series · 1993
Brigadier Baybeigh
★ 6.2The Plot to Kill Hitler
Film · 1990
General Adolf Heusinger
★ 5.4Three Kinds of Heat
Film · 1987
Kirkland
★ 7.8'Allo 'Allo!
TV series · 1984
General von Karzibrot
★ 7.1Remington Steele
TV series · 1982
G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate
★ 6.3The New York Ripper
Film · 1982
Lt. Fred Williams
★ 6.5For Your Eyes Only
Film · 1981
Sir Timothy Havelock
★ 8.5Orient Express
TV series · 1979
Robert Miles
★ 7.0Return of the Saint
TV series · 1978
Colonel Dyson
★ 6.8Who Pays the Ferryman?
TV series · 1977
Role
★ 7.3The Devil's Advocate
Film · 1977
Doctor
★ 8.5Hindle Wakes
Film · 1976
Chris Hawthorn
★ 5.0Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Film · 1976
Gooper
★ 7.0Laurence Olivier Presents
TV series · 1976
Chris Hawthorn
★ 5.0Brief Encounter
Film · 1976
Graham Jesson
The Break
Film · 1974
Gerald
★ 7.7Colditz
TV series · 1972
Lt. Col. John Preston
★ 8.5The Frighteners
TV series · 1972
Driver
★ 6.0This Body Is Mine
Film · 1971
Jack Gregory
★ 7.8UFO
TV series · 1970
Webb
★ 7.3Paul Temple
TV series · 1969
Role
★ 6.8Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Film · 1969
William Baxter
★ 7.0ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV series · 1969
Ralph Day
★ 7.0Journey to the Unknown
TV series · 1968
Adam Frost
★ 6.6The Anniversary
Film · 1968
Terry Taggart
★ 5.6How I Won the War
Film · 1967
Melancholy Musketeer
★ 7.0ITV Playhouse
TV series · 1967
Sean Jameson
Boy Meets Girl
TV series · 1967
Robert Stevens
The Informer
TV series · 1966
John Harlton
★ 4.3Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV series · 1965
Carrados
★ 7.1Out of the Unknown
TV series · 1965
Jack Gregory
★ 7.0Gideon's Way
TV series · 1965
Bruce Carroway
★ 9.0The Secret of Blood Island
Film · 1964
Sgt. John Crewe
★ 6.1Of Human Bondage
Film · 1964
Griffiths
★ 7.2Theatre 625
TV series · 1964
Owen Davies
★ 6.6Witchcraft
Film · 1964
Bill Lanier
★ 5.9In the French Style
Film · 1963
Bill Norton
★ 5.5The Scarlet Blade
Film · 1963
Edward Beverley
★ 5.3The Very Edge
Film · 1963
Inspector McInnes
★ 8.0Lawrence of Arabia
Film · 1962
Reporter (uncredited)
★ 7.4The Saint
TV series · 1962
Duncan Rawl
★ 7.6The Longest Day
Film · 1962
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
★ 5.0Never Back Losers
Film · 1961
Jim Mathews
★ 6.9Make Mine Mink
Film · 1960
Jim Benham
★ 6.8Cone of Silence
Film · 1960
First Officer
★ 7.2The Third Man
TV series · 1959
Role
★ 4.8No Hiding Place
TV series · 1959
Role
★ 6.1Left Right and Centre
Film · 1959
Bill Hemmingway
★ 6.9Room at the Top
Film · 1958
Architect (uncredited)
★ 6.4Behind the Mask
Film · 1958
Dr. Galbraith
★ 7.6A Night to Remember
Film · 1958
Passenger on deck (uncredited)
★ 6.4The Buccaneers
TV series · 1956
Raikes
★ 6.0Armchair Theatre
TV series · 1956
Role
★ 4.0ITV Play of the Week
TV series · 1955
Role
★ 8.8Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV series · 1951
Graham Jesson