John Hawkesworth (producer)
| John Hawkesworth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 December 1920 London, England |
| Died | 30 September 2003 (aged 82) Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Occupation | Television producer, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Hyacinth Gregson-Ellis |
John Stanley Hawkesworth (7 December 1920 – 30 September 2003) was an English television and film producer and writer best known for his work on the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
Hawkesworth was born in London on 7 December 1920, the son of the-then Captain J. L. I. Hawkesworth, a British Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general, who had recently fought in the First World War (1914–1918). He was educated at Rugby, the Sorbonne and Oxford University. During the Second World War (1939–1945) he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, in 1941, into the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards and served with it throughout the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45. He left the army with the rank of captain in 1946. In the late 1940s Hawkesworth began his film career as an assistant to art director Vincent Korda. He worked on films such as The Third Man, Outcast of the Islands and The Sound Barrier.
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