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Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor and film director. [1] . Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, [2] [3] he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker on the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven.
- Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a 1986 British neo-noir crime drama film about...
- Lassiter
Lassiter (also known as The Magnificent Thief) is a 1984...
- Heart Condition
Heart Condition is a 1990 American comedy film starring Bob...
- Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn is a 1979 American adventure war film about the...
- Pennies From Heaven
Pennies from Heaven is a 1978 BBC musical drama serial...
- The Raggedy Rawney
The Raggedy Rawney is a 1988 British drama film starring Bob...
- Neverland
Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee (Hoskins also portrayed the...
- Son of The Mask
Son of the Mask is a 2005 comedy film directed by Lawrence...
- Mona Lisa
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 is the son of Elsie Lillian (Hopkins), a nursery school teacher and cook, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., who drove a lorry and worked as a bookkeeper.
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- Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Dec 3, 2019 · She was very young in the late '80s ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit began filming in November 1986) and had an invisible friend named Jeffrey. As Hoskins played with her and observed how she crafted...
Apr 30, 2014 · Bob Hoskins obituary. Actor associated with tough guy roles, but capable of playing the poodle as well as the pitbull. Bob Hoskins: Xan Brooks pays tribute.
- Ryan Gilbey
Apr 30, 2014 · Growing up in the Finsbury Park area of the capital, the young Bob battled dyslexia. He also got into literal battles with local toughs, one of whom left him with a knife wound in his stomach.
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Apr 30, 2014 · Wed 30 Apr 2014 10.09 EDT. B ob Hoskins was a north London gob-shite made good, the onetime road digger who made himself a star. He was the psycho-gangster in The Long Good Friday, the...
Apr 30, 2014 · The fantasy adventure starred Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan bought back to Neverland. A more sinister turn from Hoskins in Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey. He again befriends a young...