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Robert William Hoskins was born in Bury St Edmunds on 26 October 1942, the son of Elsie (née Hopkins), a cook and nursery school teacher, and Robert Hoskins, a bookkeeper and lorry driver. One of his grandmothers was Romani. From two weeks old, he was brought up in the Finsbury Park area of London. He attended Stroud Green Secondary School, where he was written off as "stupid" on account of his dyslexia. He left school at 15 with a single O-Level and worked as a porter, lorry driver ...
Bob Hoskins. Actor: The Long Good Friday. Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. He...
Bob Hoskins. Actor: The Long Good Friday. Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. He...
Dec 3, 2019 · At the heart of Who Framed Roger Rabbit sits Bob Hoskins, who portrays Eddie Valiant — the private detective attempting to exonerate the titular Roger Rabbit who has been wrongly accused of ...
Apr 30, 2014 · British actor Bob Hoskins, who was best known for roles in The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Hoskins' agent said he died on Tuesday in ...
Apr 30, 2014 · Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71, his agent Lindy King has confirmed. In a statement, his wife Linda and children, Alex, Sarah, Rosa and Jack, said: "We are devastated by the ...
Apr 30, 2014 · Bob Hoskins, the bullet-shaped British film star who brought a singular mix of charm, menace and cockney accent to a variety of roles, including the bemused live-action hero of the largely ...
Apr 30, 2014 · A look at the life and career of Bob Hoskins, the much-loved actor best known for his roles in Pennies from Heaven, The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Apr 30, 2014 · British actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71, after a bout with pneumonia. The skilled character actor starred in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and received an Oscar nomination for Mona Lisa.
Apr 30, 2014 · BAFTA-winning actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71, following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1942, he became one of the most recognisable British performers of the 1980s and 90s, noted particularly for his portayal of London gangsters in the films The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mona Lisa (1986), winning the BAFTA for best actor for the latter.
