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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor known for playing Cockneys and gangsters. His work included lead roles in The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), and Super Mario Bros. (1993), and supporting performances in Brazil (1985), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Hoskins received the Prix d'interprétation masculine, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mona Lisa. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same role. In 2009, he won an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his appearance on the BBC One drama The Street.
Hoskins was born in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, on 26 October 1942 to Robert Hoskins, a bookkeeper and lorry driver, and Elsie (Hopkins) Hoskins, a cook and nursery school teacher. His grandmother was a Romani. From two weeks old, he was brought up in Finsbury Park, London. He left school at the age of 15 with a single O-Level and worked as a porter, lorry driver, and window cleaner. He started on a three-year accountancy course but dropped out.
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (26th October 1942 - 29th April 2014) was an English actor known for playing Cockneys and gangsters. He appeared in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), A Christmas Carol (2009), Neverland (2011), and his final role in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Bob Hoskins at his bullish best, in "The Long Good Friday", followed by that classic long close-up final shot.
Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins guest on this 1991 edition of Aspel and Company.
A tribute to the late Bob Hoskins - "fair use," a section of copyright law that permits the use of pop culture source materials without the permission of the copyright holder for a variety of uses: comment, critique, satire, homage, or to further a cultural discussion. Not needing permission is important because it means that I (and other cultural critics) are free to criticize and reimagine pop culture
Actor Bob Hoskins died of pneumonia Tuesday at age 71. He was best known for portraying the cartoon-hating detective in 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and he retired from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. WSJ's Niki Blasina reports. Photo: Getty Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit the WSJ channel for more video: https://www.youtube.com/wsjdigitalnetwork More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://online.wsj.com/home-page Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/ Follow WSJ on Tumblr: http://w...
The legendary 1970s adult literacy programme on BBC featuring Bob Hoskins, Martin Shaw and Patricia Hayes
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Nikita Khrushchev played by Bob Hoskins
Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins guest on this 1991 edition of Aspel and Company.
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) - Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest. ___________________________*__________________________ Laura Henderson buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, among other things, its all-nude revues. Thanks for watching!!
George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced call girl, with whom he forms an at first grudging, and then real affection. Only Simone's playing a dangerous game, and when George agrees to help her, they both end up in a huge amount of trouble with Mortwell, the local kingpin.
Episode 1 - "George". Villains was a 13-part British crime drama series, with David Daker, Martin Shaw, Bob Hoskins and Alun Armstrong among the cast. It begins with a gang of notorious bank robbers meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody, going on the run, taking desperate, sometimes farcical measures to evade recapture, and finding time to reflect on their shady pasts and uncertain futures. The series was originally broadcast on ITV in 1972. Series Cast: David Daker - George William Marlowe - Bill Whittaker Tom Adams - Bernie Owens Martin Shaw - Monty Parkin Bob Hoskins - 'Knocker' Grindley Alun Armstrong - 'Tel' Bolden Bryan Marshall - Arnold Hepton Jim Norton - 'Smudger' Smedley Michael Culver - Glazebrook Caroli...
The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film[1] starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
As of August 2012, Bob Hoskins has retired from acting following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. In these rare excerpts from a 1988 interview, conducted by Ole Michelsen for Danish TV programme "Bogart", Bob Hoskins discusses his role as Eddie Valiant in Robert Zemeckis' animation/live action feature "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". The interview was originally broadcast on Danish national television during December 1988. Official DR archive site: http://www.dr.dk/Bonanza
Wogan was a British television chat show that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1992, presented by Terry Wogan.
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Subscribe now for more! http://bit.ly/1KyA9sV Broadcast on 08/06/2016 The late Bob Hoskins' daughter Rosa tells Lorraine why her father couldn't have been more different from the Cockney hardman he portrayed, and why she's written all about him in her new book It's All Going Wonderfully Well. Like, follow and subscribe to Lorraine! Website: http://bit.ly/1E6BlKW YouTube: http://bit.ly/18cHdtx Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1E6Bhep Twitter: http://bit.ly/1wvn4dp Lorraine brings you up-to-date topical stories, the biggest celebrity interviews and tasty recipes as well as finger-on-the-pulse fashion tips and health advice from Dr Hilary Jones. Presenter Lorraine Kelly welcomes guests in her warm and friendly studio setting, where the likes of Mark Heyes, Dan Wootton and John Whaite share knowle...
From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. To order the clip clean and high res visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. Clip ref DW017500. Colour interview footage from Britain in the 1990s with Bob Hoskins discussing his film Rainbow, in which he starred and directed and it was filmed with Sony HDTV equivalent, at the London premiere on 1995.
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Bob Hoskins in a coach talking about the film Rainbow.
Barry Norman talks to Anthony Hopkins about his new film The Remains of the Day. From 25th October 1993.
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (26th October 1942 - 29th April 2014) was an English actor known for playing Cockneys and gangsters. He appeared in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), A Christmas Carol (2009), Neverland (2011), and his final role in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Bob Hoskins at his bullish best, in "The Long Good Friday", followed by that classic long close-up final shot.
Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins guest on this 1991 edition of Aspel and Company.
A tribute to the late Bob Hoskins - "fair use," a section of copyright law that permits the use of pop culture source materials without the permission of the copyright holder for a variety of uses: comment, critique, satire, homage, or to further a cultural discussion. Not needing permission is important because it means that I (and other cultural critics) are free to criticize and reimagine pop culture
Actor Bob Hoskins died of pneumonia Tuesday at age 71. He was best known for portraying the cartoon-hating detective in 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and he retired from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. WSJ's Niki Blasina reports. Photo: Getty Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit the WSJ channel for more video: https://www.youtube.com/wsjdigitalnetwork More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://online.wsj.com/home-page Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/ Follow WSJ on Tumblr: http://w...
The legendary 1970s adult literacy programme on BBC featuring Bob Hoskins, Martin Shaw and Patricia Hayes
Jamie T’s fourth studio album ‘Trick’ is out now. https://lnk.to/JamieTTrick Official video of Jamie T performing Sheila from the album Panic Prevention. Buy It Here: http://smarturl.it/o4cohv Like Jamie T on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamietmusic Follow Jamie T on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamietmusic Official Website: http://www.jamie-t.com/ See more videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamietmusic
Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDe Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt Mermaids Trailer - Rachel Flax (Cher) raises her daughters Charlotte (Winona Ryder) and Kate (Christina Ricci) in unusual ways. MGM - 1990
Nikita Khrushchev played by Bob Hoskins
Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins guest on this 1991 edition of Aspel and Company.
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) - Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest. ___________________________*__________________________ Laura Henderson buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, among other things, its all-nude revues. Thanks for watching!!
George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced call girl, with whom he forms an at first grudging, and then real affection. Only Simone's playing a dangerous game, and when George agrees to help her, they both end up in a huge amount of trouble with Mortwell, the local kingpin.
Episode 1 - "George". Villains was a 13-part British crime drama series, with David Daker, Martin Shaw, Bob Hoskins and Alun Armstrong among the cast. It begins with a gang of notorious bank robbers meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody, going on the run, taking desperate, sometimes farcical measures to evade recapture, and finding time to reflect on their shady pasts and uncertain futures. The series was originally broadcast on ITV in 1972. Series Cast: David Daker - George William Marlowe - Bill Whittaker Tom Adams - Bernie Owens Martin Shaw - Monty Parkin Bob Hoskins - 'Knocker' Grindley Alun Armstrong - 'Tel' Bolden Bryan Marshall - Arnold Hepton Jim Norton - 'Smudger' Smedley Michael Culver - Glazebrook Caroli...
The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film[1] starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.