{"id":33422,"date":"2014-04-30T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=33422"},"modified":"2018-12-08T23:21:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T04:21:05","slug":"bob-hoskins-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/30\/bob-hoskins-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Hoskins, 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bobhoskins\"<\/a>Veteran British actor Bob Hoskins has died after a bout with pneumonia. He was 71.<\/p>\n

Hoskins got his start on the London stage in the late 1960s, and soon found himself with roles in a number of British television shows of the 1970s. His TV work led to film work, with roleds in film,s such as Pink Floyd; The Wall, <\/strong>Lassiter, The Cotton Club, Brazil <\/strong>and Sweet Liberty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His breakthrough performance came in 1986 when he played the male lead in Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa,<\/strong> playing an ex-con who get a job driving a high class call girl from appointment to appointment. The role garnered Hoskin a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

This led to Hoskins gaining the attention of Robert Zemeckis, who cast the actor in his most famous role–as private investigator Eddie Valiant in 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/strong>, a performance that would garner the actor another Golden Globe nomination.<\/p>\n

Hoskins’ post-Roger Rabbit <\/strong>roles would switch between kid-friendly fare (Hook, Super Mario Brothers<\/strong>), supporting parts in comedies and dramas (Mermaids, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Maid in<\/strong> Manhattan) and historical figures such as J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon<\/strong>, Eddie Mannix in Hollywood<\/strong>land<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n

His last role was in 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman<\/strong>. Hoskins retired from acting soon after due to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran British actor Bob Hoskins has died after a bout with pneumonia. He was 71.<\/div>\n

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