Jack Hedley: Jack Hedley. Actor: The New York Ripper. A robust, intense, arch British actor with pronounced military bearing, he began life as Jack Snowdon Hawkins. After leaving school, Jack attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, graduated and then served for eight years as a marine commando. He saw action in various theatres of conflict, including Korea, eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant. Invalided out of the service after being twice...