Jack Watling as Boxhall discussing the 'mystery ship'
Jack Watling as Boxhall (right) using binoculars.
Jack Watling as Boxhall waving a flair in a lifeboat. (Illustrated London News 26 July 1958)
Fourth officer Boxhall was a technical consultant on the film, but the role of Boxhall is a limited one
Joseph Boxhall meeting himself - the actor Jack Watling who plays Fourth Officer Boxhall, on the 16th of November 1957. (Credit: Dan E. Parkes collection)
Warren Clarke "S.O.S. Titanic" TV movie (1979)
Warren Clarke as Boxhall - second from the right - in "S.O.S. Titanic" (1979)
Gerard Plunkett "Titanic" TV miniseries (1996)
Gerard Plunkett as Boxhall (left) talking to First officer Murdoch.
Boxhall is inaccurately portrayed as going down with the ship (due to his character being merged with that of Sixth Officer James Moody.)
Simon Crane "Titanic" (1997)
Simon Crane as Boxhall
Simon Crane (born 1960, from Richmond, London) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. He was the stunt coordinator for the 1997 "Titanic" and also played the role of Fourth officer Boxhall, including several lines of dialogue.
Simon Crane (left) as Fourth Office Joseph Boxhall, likely during the filming of the Sunday worship scene. (The Mirror, 21 January 2023)
Simon Crane's uniform for Fourth Officer Boxhall, went up for sale on Sep 25, 2019 at Heritage Auctions. It is described as: "Original (8) piece ensemble including (1) Dominic Gherardi brand navy blue double-breasted wool Reefer jacket with short collar, peaked lapel, gold metal nautical flag buttons along single back vent, gold bullion ribbon piping on cuffs, with button front closure, (1) matching wool waistcoat with 4-front slash pockets, gray wool back and gold metal nautical flag button front closure, (1) pair matching wool trousers with button front closure, (1) long sleeve white button up with short standing collar, (1) matching white button front collar, (1) black necktie, and (1) black wool officers peaked cap with black patent visor and band, with multicolor embroidered patch appliqué, interior brown leather hat band, lined in white satin. Jacket, waistcoat and pants retain internal Dominic Gherardi bias labels typed, "Simon Crane September 1996", hat shirt and collar retain handwritten, "Boxhall" in black ink. Exhibiting production wear and studio distressing, shirt with minor breach lower back with production soiling and makeup remnants. In very good condition."
Simon Crane's uniform for Fourth Officer Boxhall, that was up for sale on Sep 25, 2019 at Heritage Auctions. (Click image to enlarge)
Simon Crane as Boxhall telling the occupants of lifeboat no.2 to "pull faster". The image is based on a painting by Ken Marschall, in which the open gangway doors can be seen in the background (below).
Simon Crane as Boxhall telling the occupants of lifeboat no.2 to "pull faster" with the open gangway doors in the background.
Boxhall appears in scenes such as on the bridge and being ordered by Captain Smith to put the ship's engines to a stop following the collision. He's also in charge of firing the flares and lifeboat No.2. Boxhall only has two lines which occurs in the scenes: "Right, sir!" on the bridge and "Bloody pull faster and pull!" on the lifeboat while Titanic's stern rises dangerously behind him.
Cian Barry "Titanic" TV miniseries (2012)
Cian Barry as Boxhall in the 2012 TV miniseries.
Boxhall is seen during the boarding sequence of Episode Three where he tells Peter Lubov that he is at the Second Class entrance, and that he should move to the Third Class entrance. He is on the bridge during Chief Officer Wilde and First Officer Murdoch differing viewpoints on the ships speed and during the collision with the iceberg. He then wakes up Second Officer Lightoller and tells him about the collision. During the evacuation, he doesn't allow Second Class women and children in the boats, which causes Paolo Sandrini to get into Boxhall's face about his behavior towards the other passengers. Murdoch shows up and orders Boxhall to load in Second Class passengers. He is last seen trying not to allow Grace Rushton's dog or Astor's dog into the lifeboat, but Grace ignores him and enters the boat with the dogs.
