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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.
Bob Hoskins (1942-2014) Bob Hoskins. 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 ...
- Actor, Director, Producer
- October 26, 1942
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- April 29, 2014
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 ...
- October 26, 1942
- April 29, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 · Catherine Shoard. Wed 30 Apr 2014 11.01 EDT. The actor Bob Hoskins has died aged 71. His agent said that he died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, suffering from pneumonia. He retired in 2012 ...
Apr 30, 2014 · 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 doleful bulldog in Mona Lisa and one ...
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Apr 30, 2014 · April 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 ...
Apr 30, 2014 · Bob Hoskins in Pennies From Heaven. Photograph: Everett Collection/REX. In The Long Good Friday, he showed the charismatic swagger necessary to fill a cinema screen, though it was the picture's ...