English actor (born 1942)

Bob Hoskins

Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker on the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven. He subsequently played acclaimed lead roles in the films The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), TwentyFourSeven (1997), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), Last Orders (2001), The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003) and Ruby Blue (2008).

Born

1942

October 26

Died

2014

Era

1940s

Country

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About

Bob, in brief

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Key dates

1942 Born
2014 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1185 The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
1341 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1520 Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

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The world in 1942

When Bob arrived

april 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
april 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
april 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
april 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 26

Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Edward Garnier 1952– English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Evo Morales 1959– Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia Ferdinand Georg Frobenius 1849–1917 German mathematician and academic (born 1849) Florence Kasumba 1976– Ugandan-German actress Georges Danton 1759–1794 French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759) Joey Salceda 1961– Filipino politician John Basset 1518– Devonshire gentleman (died 1541)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1942

Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Andraé Crouch 1942–2015 American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Bill Conti 1942– American composer and conductor Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Danny Schechter 1942–2015 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) David Stern 1942–2020 American lawyer and businessman (born 1942) Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer Frankie Lymon 1942–1968 American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

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