Acting

Frank Hawkins

Born

1907-03-18 (119)

Place of birth

Rosario, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Z-Cars poster
7.3

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Z-Cars

1962

The Dark Avenger poster
6.9

Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").

The Dark Avenger

1955

The Quatermass Experiment poster
6.7

Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

The Quatermass Experiment

1953

The Weak and the Wicked poster
6.5

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

Yield to the Night poster
6.9

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

Yield to the Night

1956

Skid Kids poster
5.0

Story about a group of young cyclist track riders and their effort to retain their track against long odds.

Skid Kids

1953

Film credits

1960s · 9 titles

Tomorrow at Ten poster
6.0

A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.

Tomorrow at Ten

1963

Money Sings poster
NR

A lively pop musical with a variety of talent and music; featuring Johnny Carson, Patricia Shakesby and The Condors.

Money Sings

1963

Girl in the Headlines poster
6.2

Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.

Girl in the Headlines

1963

Nothing Barred poster
7.0

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?

Nothing Barred

1961

Rag Doll poster
5.5

A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.

Rag Doll

1961

Rattle of a Simple Man poster
5.6

Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards. However, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident.

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

Gaolbreak poster
5.1

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.

Gaolbreak

1962

Dangerous Afternoon poster
6.4

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

Dangerous Afternoon

1961

No artwork available
8.0

A showbiz reporter gets involved with political intrigue.

Shoot to Kill

1960

1950s · 17 titles

The Dark Avenger poster
6.9

Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").

The Dark Avenger

1955

The Weak and the Wicked poster
6.5

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

Yield to the Night poster
6.9

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

Yield to the Night

1956

Skid Kids poster
5.0

Story about a group of young cyclist track riders and their effort to retain their track against long odds.

Skid Kids

1953

A Case For P.C. 49 poster
7.0

A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.

A Case For P.C. 49

1951

My Wife's Family poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Wife's Family

1956

Laughter in Paradise poster
6.5

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.

Laughter in Paradise

1951

A Man from the Sun poster
7.0

A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.

A Man from the Sun

1956

The Hide-Out poster
4.4

An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.

The Hide-Out

1956

King of the Underworld poster
6.0

A crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds and secret formula and murder.

King of the Underworld

1952

The Super Secret Service poster
4.5

Burlesque comedy dealing with "MI-15", the Super Secret Service, on the trail of a mysterious foreign spy named Q.

The Super Secret Service

1953

No artwork available
6.0

Bill Buckle has had a dream--he wants to buy back the family fishing boat, the Cascade, which the family had to sell years ago to pay for his father's funeral. However, the boat is now owned by a trio of fishermen, and their plans for the boat don't coincide with Bill's at all.

The Devil's Pass

1957

The Showdown poster
NR

Inspector Morley helps to solve the murder of a fake medium.

The Showdown

1952

Hidden Homicide poster
5.1

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

Hidden Homicide

1959

The Diplomatic Corpse poster
6.0

London police and reporters from a local newspaper go after a gang of foreign criminals.

The Diplomatic Corpse

1958

Ha'penny Breeze poster
6.0

A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yacht race. Winning will mean orders for new boats and life for the village.

Ha'penny Breeze

1950

Kill Her Gently poster
5.7

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

Kill Her Gently

1957

1940s · 6 titles

Series credits