Bob Hoskins
Acting
Biography
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (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).
Born: October 26, 1942
Place of Birth: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
Known For
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her screen idol, Clark Gable.
The Forgotten Toys
The Forgotten Toys is an animated series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment, featuring the voices of Joanna Lumley and Bob Hoskins. The voice of Andrew Sachs is also featured. It is a poignant tale of abandoned toys who are searching for a child to love them.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Pink Floyd: The Wall
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
The Forgotten Toys
A festive tale about two lost toys searching for a new home.
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
The incredible evolution of George Lucas' special effects dream factory, including an inside look at "Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace."
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
The Street
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - Mario Mario (archive footage)
as Muir
as Percy 'Smudge' Smith
as Smee
as Davey
as Albert Passingham
as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)
as Geppetto
as Geppetto
as Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
as The Baron
as Bill Nelson
as Damon Ira Chance
as Vince
as Jack
as Walter Lewis
as Badger
as Eddie Mannix
as Bob (Pigalle)
as Winston (voice)
as Paddy Gargan
as Dr. Leon Patterson
as Vivian Van Damm
as Odin
as Bart
as Charlie Cassotto Maffia
as Sir Pitt Crawley
as Darius Paskevic
as Henry Bullard
as Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli / Giovanni XXIII
as Lionel Bloch
as Sharkey
as Professor Challenger
as Prof. Challenger
as Ray
as Nikita Khrushchev
as Joey
as Sancho Panza
as Manuel Noriega
as Micawber
as Joe Hilditch
as Steven Laws
as Jack Armistead
as Gerd Layton
as Brother Edgar
as Cesar Crevel
as Peter
as Alan Darcy
as Self
as Self
as Teddy (voice)
as Vartan Malt
as Verloc
as Frank Bailey
as Boris the Goose (voice)
as J. Edgar Hoover
as Self
as Teddy (voice)
as Winston Churchill
as De Flores
as Sidney, plumber's mate
as Coach Fuller
as Mario Mario
as Sam Garcia
as Johnny Scanlan
as Beria
as Gus Klein
as De Flores
as Louis Aubinard
as Smee
as Lou Landsky
as Jack Moony
as Redmond
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Darky
as Eddie Valiant
as James Madden
as Father Michael Da Costa
as The Secret Policeman (voice)
as George
as Stanley Gould
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
as Morrie Mendellsohn
as Benito Mussolini
as George
as Spoor
as Owney Madden
as Inspector John Becker
as Colonel Perez
as Beggar
as Rock and Roll Manager
as Iago
as Robotham (voice)
as Harold Shand
as Arnie Cole
as Narrator (Older College)
as C.S.M. Williams
as Arthur Parker
as Self
as Reg
as Self
as Det. Sgt. Marble
as Sammy Draper
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Police Constable
as Big Mac
as Blake (Tom's Boss)
as George Dobbs
as Woodbine
as Sammy Draper
as Foster
as Taxi driver
as Freddy Dean
as Johnny Palmer
as Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
as Knocker
as Recruiting Sergeant
as Eddie Wharton
as Woodbine
as Blake
as Taxi Driver
as Workman
as Self