Basil William Hoskins (10 June 1929 - 17 January 2005) was an English stage, film and television actor. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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Biography
A native of Edmonton, London and a popular British actor who also had a distinguished career on the London stage, Hoskins studied acting at RADA and later joined the Nottingham Playhouse company. Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world The Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham England. It was first established as a Repertory theatre in the 1950s when it operated from a former cinema His long term partner was fellow English actor Harry Andrews. Major Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (born 10 November, 1911 - 6 March, 1989) was an English Actor [1]
Films
His best known films are Ice Cold in Alex and Northwest Frontier. Ice-Cold in Alex ( 1958) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by British author Christopher Landon. Northwest Frontier (retitled Flame Over India in the US is a 1959 British adventure Film starring Kenneth More
Television
He played the part of Number 14 on The Prisoner television series (episode "Hammer Into Anvil"). The Prisoner is an allegorical British 1960s Science fiction television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan. "Hammer into Anvil" is an episode of the 1960's television program The Prisoner.
Notes
- ^ “Basil Hoskins”, The Telegraph, November 2, 2005, <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/11/db1103.xml>. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 18 December 2007
External links
- Basil Hoskins at the Internet Movie Database
- The Prisoner
- Information at Edmonton County School
- Telegraph obituary
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