Jack Hedley

Birthday: 1930-10-28
Deathday: 2021-12-11
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
2000-12-03 Saint Paul Hoherpriester
1997-04-17 Character Mr. Forester
1987-06-01 Three Kinds of Heat Kirkland
1982-03-04 The New York Ripper Lt. Fred Williams
1981-06-24 For Your Eyes Only Sir Timothy Havelock
1977-10-26 The Devil's Advocate Doctor
1976-12-19 Hindle Wakes Chris Hawthorn
1976-12-06 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gooper
1974-11-12 Brief Encounter Graham Jesson
1974-07-08 The Break Gerald
1971-10-14 Traitor James
1971-05-05 This Body Is Mine Jack Gregory
1969-11-05 Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Baxter
1968-10-14 The Explorer Robin Hamilton
1968-02-07 The Anniversary Terry Taggart
1967-12-29 The Waiting Game Percy Hemlow
1967-10-18 How I Won the War Melancholy Musketeer
1964-12-01 The Secret of Blood Island Sgt. John Crewe
1964-09-23 Of Human Bondage Griffiths
1964-03-01 Witchcraft Bill Lanier
1963-09-18 In the French Style Bill Norton
1963-09-01 The Scarlet Blade Edward Beverley
1963-04-30 The Very Edge Inspector McInnes
1962-12-11 Lawrence of Arabia Reporter (uncredited)
1962-09-25 The Longest Day RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
1961-12-01 Never Back Losers Jim Mathews
1960-08-09 Make Mine Mink Jim Benham
1960-05-10 Cone of Silence First Officer
1959-06-23 Left Right and Centre Bill Hemmingway
1958-12-29 Room at the Top Architect (uncredited)
1958-11-23 Behind the Mask Dr. Galbraith
1958-07-03 A Night to Remember Passenger on deck (uncredited)