Kenneth Hawks
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| Born | Kenneth Neil Hawks August 12, 1898 Goshen, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1930 (aged 31) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1926–1930 |
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Kenneth Neil Hawks (August 12, 1898 – January 2, 1930) was an American film director and producer.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Hawks served in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. He then graduated from Yale University in 1919. He soon moved to Hollywood, California with brother Howard Hawks; He became a writer, editor and supervisor at Fox Films Corporation in 1926. He began directing films for Fox in 1929. He was supervising producer of the Fox documentary film True Heaven (1929). On January 2, 1930, while directing filming of aerial scenes for the film Such Men Are Dangerous, he was killed in a mid-air plane crash over the Pacific Ocean along with 9 others: pilot Walter Ross Cook, cameraman George Eastman, assistant director Ben Frankel, assistant director Max Gold, Tom Harris, Harry Johannes, Otho Jordan, pilot Halleck Rouse, and cinematographer Conrad Wells (also known as Abraham Fried). The planes that crashed into each other were identical Stinson SM-1F Detroiters; sun glare was listed as probable cause.
His body was recovered and after cremation his ashes were scattered over the site of his death.
Family
[edit | edit source]He was the brother of director Howard Hawks and producer William Hawks.
Kenneth met actress Mary Astor in 1927; the couple married on February 26, 1928, at her home, Moorcrest. Kenneth gave Astor a new Packard as a wedding gift. They soon moved to a home on Lookout Mountain in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography as director
[edit | edit source]- Masked Emotions (1929)
- Big Time (1929)
- Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Kenneth Hawks at IMDb
- Parker v. Granger case details plane crash that killed Kenneth Hawks
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- an account of the plane crash that killed Kenneth Hawks et al Archived November 10, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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- 1898 births
- 1930 deaths
- Accidental deaths in California
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
- Film directors from Indiana
- People from Goshen, Indiana
- United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1930
- Yale University alumni