Jack Hedley
Born
October 28, 1930
Died
December 11, 2021 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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

Saint Paul
Hoherpriester
2000

Saint Paul
Hoherpriester · (2 episodes)
2000

Character
Mr. Forester
1997

Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
1996

Space Precinct
The Icar Vedra · (2 episodes)
1994

Mr Don & Mr George
Brigadier Baybeigh · (1 episode)
1993

Three Kinds of Heat
Kirkland
1987
Wedden, dat..?
Self · (1 episode)
1986

'Allo 'Allo!
General von Karzibrot · (2 episodes)
1984

Remington Steele
G.W. Wainright / Benjamin Applegate · (1 episode)
1982

The New York Ripper
Lt. Fred Williams
1982

For Your Eyes Only
Sir Timothy Havelock
1981

Orient Express
Robert Miles · (1 episode)
1979

Return of the Saint
Colonel Dyson · (1 episode)
1978

Who Pays the Ferryman?
(8 episodes)
1977

The Devil's Advocate
Doctor
1977

Hindle Wakes
Chris Hawthorn
1976

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gooper
1976

Laurence Olivier Presents
Chris Hawthorn · (1 episode)
1976

Brief Encounter
Graham Jesson
1974

The Break
Gerald
1974

Colditz
Lt. Col. John Preston · (28 episodes)
1972

The Frighteners
Man · (1 episode)
1972
Traitor
James
1971

This Body Is Mine
Jack Gregory
1971

UFO
Webb · (1 episode)
1970

Kate
(4 episodes)
1970

Paul Temple
(2 episodes)
1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
William Baxter
1969
The Explorer
Robin Hamilton
1968

Journey to the Unknown
(1 episode)
1968

The Anniversary
Terry Taggart
1968
The Waiting Game
Percy Hemlow
1967

How I Won the War
Melancholy Musketeer
1967

Gideon's Way
Bruce Carroway · (1 episode)
1965

The Secret of Blood Island
Sgt. John Crewe
1964

Of Human Bondage
Griffiths
1964

Witchcraft
Bill Lanier
1964

In the French Style
Bill Norton
1963

The Scarlet Blade
Edward Beverley
1963

The Very Edge
Inspector McInnes
1963

Lawrence of Arabia
Reporter (uncredited)
1962

The Saint
Duncan Rawl · (1 episode)
1962

The Longest Day
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
1962
Corrigan Blake
(1 episode)
1962

Never Back Losers
Jim Mathews
1961
The World of Tim Frazer
(18 episodes)
1960

Make Mine Mink
Jim Benham
1960

Cone of Silence
First Officer
1960

The Third Man
(1 episode)
1959

No Hiding Place
(2 episodes)
1959

Left Right and Centre
Bill Hemmingway
1959

Room at the Top
Architect (uncredited)
1958

Behind the Mask
Dr. Galbraith
1958
Fair Game
(1 episode)
1958

A Night to Remember
Passenger on deck (uncredited)
1958

The Buccaneers
Raikes · (1 episode)
1956

ITV Play of the Week
(1 episode)
1955

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Graham Jesson · (1 episode)
1951