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Kenneth Neil Hawks (August 12, 1898 – January 2, 1930) was an American film director and producer . Life and career. Hawks served in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. He then graduated from Yale University in 1919.
Kenneth Hawks. Director: Big Time. Kenneth Hawks, younger brother of director Howard Hawks by two years, and producer William Hawks by one year, was born in 1898 in Goshen, Indiana.
- January 1, 1
- Goshen, Indiana, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Kenneth Hawks, younger brother of director Howard Hawks by two years, and producer William Hawks by one year, was born in 1898 in Goshen, Indiana. A veteran of World War I in the United States Army Air Service and, later, graduating from Yale University, he began directing films for Fox Film Corporation in 1929, three years after older brother ...
- August 12, 1898
- January 2, 1930
Such Men Are Dangerous: Directed by Kenneth Hawks. With Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Claud Allister. A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
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- Kenneth Hawks
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On January 2, 1930, while filming sequences for the Fox movie Such Men Are Dangerous, Kenneth Hawks was killed in a mid-air plane crash over the Pacific. Astor had just finished a matinee performance at the Majestic when Florence Eldridge gave her the news.
A veteran of World War I in the United States Army Air Service and, later, graduating from Yale University, he began directing films for Fox Film Corporation in 1929, three years after older brother Howard began his directorial career. Kenneth Hawks married actress and future Oscar-winner Mary Astor in 1928.
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Both aircraft crashed into the ocean, killing all 10 men on board including director Kenneth Hawks (the brother of Howard Hawks), cinematographer Conrad Wells, assistant director Max Gold, cameramen Otho Jordan and Ben Frankel, two property men and the two pilots, one of whom was an Army Reserve flier. Only five of the bodies were recovered.
