Jack Hedley obit

Jack Hedley, ‘For Your Eyes Only’ Star, Dies at 92

 

He was not on the list.

Jack Hedley, who appeared in films including “For Your Eyes Only” opposite Roger Moore, died on Dec. 11. He was 92.

His death was confirmed by a notice in The Times of London, which reads: “[Hedley] died on 11th December 2021, aged 92, after a short illness bravely borne. At his request there will be no funeral. He will be much missed by his family and friends.”

The actor racked up 99 credits in a career spanning five decades as well as numerous appearances in the theater.

Born in London as Jack Hawkins, he changed his last name at the outset of his career to avoid confusion with a prolific British actor of the same name.

Hedley appeared in numerous British productions including “Colditz,” in which he played Lt. Colonel Preston, and “The Scarlet Blade,” directed by John Gilling. He also had parts in American war epic “The Longest Day,” which starred John Wayne, Robert Ryan and Richard Burton, and “In The French Style” with Jean Seberg and Stanley Baker.

He also had an uncredited part in “Lawrence of Arabia” as a reporter at Lawrence’s funeral.

In the 1980s and ’90s Hedley was a familiar face on British television with guest appearances in shows including “Only Fools and Horses,” “‘Allo ‘Allo,” “Dalziel and Pascoe” and “Space Precinct” (pictured above) although he also had a lead part as a burned out police detective in Lucio Fulci’s horror film “The New York Ripper.”

But his best-known role was in the Bond film “For Your Eyes Only,” in which he played Carole Bouquet’s father Sir Timothy Havelock, who is murdered by a Cuban hitman while attempting to locate a shipwreck for the British Secret Service.

Hedley’s last on-screen appearance was as a priest in Italian limited series “St. Paul.”

 

Filmography

Film

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1958    Behind the Mask            Dr. Galbraith         

1959    Room at the Top            Architect            Uncredited

1959    Left Right and Centre  Bill Hemmingway   

1960    Cone of Silence            Second Officer 

1960    Make Mine Mink            Jim Benham           

1961    Never Back Losers            Jim Matthews            Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1962    The Longest Day            Captain, Parachute Regiment            Uncredited

1962            Lawrence of Arabia            Reporter at Lawrence's Funeral            Uncredited

1962    Nine Hours to Rama            Kilpatrick       

1963    The Very Edge            Inspector McInnes      

1963    In the French Style            Bill Norton

1963    The Scarlet Blade            Edward Beverley, The Scarlet Blade   

1964            Witchcraft        Bill Lanier  

1964    Of Human Bondage            Griffiths           

1964    The Secret of Blood Island   Crewe 

1967    How I Won the War            Melancholy Musketeer

1968    The Anniversary            Terry Taggart

1969            Goodbye, Mr. Chips            William Baxter 

1974    Brief Encounter            Graham Jesson 

1977    The Devil's Advocate            Vatican Doctor

1981    For Your Eyes Only     Sir Timothy Havelock         

1982    The New York Ripper  Lt. Fred Williams  

1987    Three Kinds of Heat            Kirkland         

1990    The Plot to Kill Hitler    General Adolf Heusinger        

1997            Karakter         Mr. Forester