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Jack Hedley

Acting
1930-10-28
London, England, UK
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 62 titles
The Saint (1962) subtitle poster
The Saint
1962 TV
as Duncan Rawl
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ITV Playhouse (1967) subtitle poster
ITV Playhouse
1967 TV
as Sean Jameson
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ITV Playhouse (1967) subtitle poster
ITV Playhouse
1967 TV
as Robin Hamilton
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ITV Playhouse (1967) subtitle poster
ITV Playhouse
1967 TV
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No Hiding Place (1959) subtitle poster
No Hiding Place
1959 TV
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Remington Steele (1982) subtitle poster
Remington Steele
1982 TV
as G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate
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Theatre 625 (1964) subtitle poster
Theatre 625
1964 TV
as Owen Davies
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Return of the Saint (1978) subtitle poster
Return of the Saint
1978 TV
as Colonel Dyson
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Dalziel & Pascoe (1996) subtitle poster
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996 TV
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'Allo 'Allo! (1984) subtitle poster
'Allo 'Allo!
1984 TV
as General von Karzibrot
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UFO (1970) subtitle poster
UFO
1970 TV
as Webb
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Out of the Unknown (1965) subtitle poster
Out of the Unknown
1965 TV
as Jack Gregory
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Gideon's Way (1965) subtitle poster
Gideon's Way
1965 TV
as Bruce Carroway
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The Third Man (1959) subtitle poster
The Third Man
1959 TV
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ITV Play of the Week (1955) subtitle poster
ITV Play of the Week
1955 TV
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Space Precinct (1994) subtitle poster
Space Precinct
1994 TV
as The Icar Vedra
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The Buccaneers (1956) subtitle poster
The Buccaneers
1956 TV
as Raikes
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The World of Hammer (1994) subtitle poster
The World of Hammer
1994 TV
as Self (archive footage)
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) subtitle poster
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 Movie
as Reporter (uncredited)
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Colditz (1972) subtitle poster
Colditz
1972 TV
as Lt. Col. John Preston
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For Your Eyes Only (1981) subtitle poster
For Your Eyes Only
1981 Movie
as Sir Timothy Havelock
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The Longest Day (1962) subtitle poster
The Longest Day
1962 Movie
as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
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Paul Temple (1969) subtitle poster
Paul Temple
1969 TV
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The Informer (1966) subtitle poster
The Informer
1966 TV
as John Harlton
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