Posted on 04/30/2014 6:00:51 AM PDT by massmike
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from "Mona Lisa" to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" has died aged 71.
A family statement released Wednesday by agent Clair Dobbs said Hoskins died in a hospital after a bout of pneumonia.
His wife Linda and children Alex, Sarah, Rosa and Jack, said: "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Bob."
A versatile character actor capable of menace, poignancy and Cockney charm, Hoskins appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past few decades, including gangster classic "The Long Good Friday."
In 2012 Hoskins announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was retiring from acting.
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‘Dunerra Boys’ was super. (Speling for Dunerra ?)
He played a good character in Maid in Manhattan with Ralph Fiennes.
awww... I loved him in “Hook” too. His comedic timing was great.
In one scene he is talking to captain hook while holding a chicken leg, and right in the middle of the conversation he takes a bite of it- I don’t know why but that always struck me as hilariously funny.
I also think one of the funniest scenes in any movie was in Ghostbusters when the three of them turn and fire at the cleaning lady’s cart... and she pokes her head around and said “what the hell are you doing?”
He was Nitkita Kruschev in ‘Enemy at the Gates’.
Iago in Othello...
A funny man indeed..RIP sir
He was great in “The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish” and “The Long Good Friday”, two very different films.
Loved him in Roger Rabbit and Mermaids. RIP, sir.
He played a convincing Churchill on a History Channel movie a while back.
He played a very convincing younger Nikita Krushchev, in that WW2 “Enemy At The Gates”, with Jude Law playing the celebrated Russian sniper opposite Ed Harris.
He shall be missed.
Parkinson's will be cured someday...too late for Bob.
One of his more poignant roles in an American film.
He will be missed. RIP Bob.
Smee in Peter Pan.
I was going to mention The Long Good Friday as well. That was an incredible one that very few people have seen.
Big time lefty, but loved him in “Mona Lisa” with Michael Caine. I HATED “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Great film. “I’ll ‘ave their carcasses dripping blood by midnight.”
Pierce Brosnan was menacing in a way he's never been in the Bond movies.
Mr. Hoskins also played the rock and roll manager in the movie “Pink Floyd-The Wall”
Condolences to Bob Hoskins family and friends.
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