Jeremy Hawk

(1918-2002) British actor.

He was born Cedric Joseph Lange in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 20 1918. There were theatrical connections on both sides of his family: his father was a South African matinee idol who went under the name Douglas Drew; Cedric's Irish-born mother, June, was the third generation of an acting family. But the stresses of life on tour led to the marriage being dissolved. June and her two-year-old son went to Britain when she married John Moore, a wealthy Yorkshire wool merchant, who raised Cedric. Schooled at Harrow, and after some time in his step-father's factory, studied drama at RADA (changing his name to Jeremy Hawk) . He was married three times, his second wife being the actress Joan Heal, with whom he had a daughter, the actress Belinda Lang. He died in 2002, aged 83.

In Britain he made a name for himself as a character actor with a long career in music halls and on London's West End, as well as on TV and in film. He returned to South Africa over the years to star in a number of local productions, including The Secretary Bird which was staged by Shirley Firth, Pieter Toerien and Basil Rubin at the Intimate Theatre in 1969. It was directed by Kerry Jordan and also starred Shelagh Holliday, Ivan Berold and Shirley Firth. He starred in the Toerien-Firth production Don’t Start Without Me, directed by Roger Redfarn in 1971. Toerien-Firth brought him and Elspeth March to star in The Payoff at the Intimate Theatre in 1975. He starred in Sextet by Michael Pertwee at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1979.

Sources

See Tucker, 1997 and Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hawk

HAWK, Jeremy. (19*-) West End actor. * He starred in The Secretary Bird which was staged by Shirley Firth, Pieter Toerien and Basil Rubin at the Intimate in 1969. It was directed by Kerry Jordan and also starred Shelagh Holliday, Ivan Berold and Shirley Firth. He starred in the Toerien-Firth Company production Don’t Start Without Me, directed by Roger Redfarn in 1971. Toerien-Firth Company brought him and Elspeth March to star in The Payoff at the Intimate in 1975. He starred in Sextet by Michael Pertwee at the André Huguenet Theatre in 1979. * (Tucker, 1997)

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