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From two weeks old, he was brought up in the Finsbury Park area of London. [6] He attended Stroud Green Secondary School, where he was written off as "stupid" on account of his dyslexia. [7] He left school at 15 with a single O-Level and worked as a porter, lorry driver, plumber, and window cleaner.
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.
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.
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.
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 29, 2014 · Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014) was an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), and Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).
Apr 30, 2014 · An early role for Hoskins in Jack Gold’s 1973 comedy The National Health, starring Lynn Redgrave and Colin Blakely. Hoskins rose to stardom in the lead role in Dennis Potter’s six-part serial Pennies from Heaven (1978), acclaimed as a television masterpiece.
Apr 30, 2014 · Actor Bob Hoskins, known for roles in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Long Good Friday, has died from pneumonia at the age of 71. The star started his career on TV in the 1970s...
Bob Hoskins. Actor. 26 October 1942 to 29 April 2014. A beloved and versatile British actor, Hoskins portrayed a range of characters from the gentle to the extremely violent with equal subtlety.
Apr 30, 2014 · Actor Bob Hoskins, known for roles in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Long Good Friday, has died from pneumonia at the age of 71.
