# Bob Hoskins has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352 "2014-04-30T12:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/1 "2014-04-30T12:53:12Z")
The (usually overlooked, in my opinion) British actor Bob Hoskins has [died](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27224995) of pneumonia, it seems. I absolutely loved _The Long Good Friday_, mostly because of his performance. I shall pause a moment, pour a Bloody Mary and crack open the DVD this evening I think. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/2 "2014-04-30T12:55:27Z")
What a shame! He was great in everything I saw him in. I remember him most fondly from my childhood-favorite ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/3 "2014-04-30T13:02:40Z")
Oh, I will miss him a lot. Oddly somewhat jealous of him, myself, in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_. (Dabbling in watercolours, indeed!) (British spelling, in tribute) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/4 "2014-04-30T13:22:01Z")
Dang, he was probably the first serious actor I was aware of. Good-bye, Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/5 "2014-04-30T13:29:28Z")
I shall punch a picture of a cartoon today in his memory. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/6 "2014-04-30T13:30:34Z")
Loved Roger Rabbit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/7 "2014-04-30T13:37:45Z")
Dammit! He was good and rock-solid in everything I’ve seen him play. How many actors have worked with both Christoper Lloyd and Jet Li? ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/8 "2014-04-30T14:02:18Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I shall punch a picture of a cartoon today in his memory. And I shall fill out a [27B/6](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tjbfezPC4bM/TV6fJCg_aCI/AAAAAAAAANQ/qxV-fnQYB2E/s1600/27B-6.gif). ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/9 "2014-04-30T14:05:09Z")
We just saw ROGER RABBIT on Sunday, hadn’t seen it in a lonnng time, and were amazed at how good he was. One of the first Brits to actually do a GOOD American accent. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/10 "2014-04-30T14:47:07Z")
Oh man! His work in Roger Rabbit was one of the most amazing pieces of acting ever. He had to make us believe in a character who wouldn’t exist for months. This strikes home because I spent 9 days in the hospital with pneumonia a few months ago, and if my brother hadn’t dragged me off to the hospital, I could well have died. It is insidious and you wind up thinking you are much less ill than you actually are. My sympathies to his family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/11 "2014-04-30T14:58:34Z")
I first heard of him in the Long Good Friday, an outstanding example of British gangster films. He was in a bunch of films, some of them sub-par, but his performances were always good as far as I can recall. So long Bob, RIP. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/12 "2014-04-30T15:04:55Z")
My family watched Pennies From Heaven together when it ran on Masterpiece Theater. I was not paying attention to actors or acting then, but later when I saw him in other things I remembered that series fondly. His performance in Roger Rabbit is great. There’s also a BBC production of Othello in which he plays Iago, and I love that performance as well. The news of his passing is sad. Godspeed to him. > [@TriPolar](#): > > I first heard of him in the Long Good Friday, an outstanding example of British gangster films. He was in a bunch of films, some of them sub-par, but his performances were always good as far as I can recall. So long Bob, RIP. One where I remember his performance standing out is a movie called Shattered. The reason I remember it is that it’s a perfect example of an okay movie, that in different hands could have been great. If I recall correctly, the story/premise was intriguing but a lot of its potential was left unexplored. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/13 "2014-04-30T15:10:49Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > One where I remember his performance standing out is a movie called Shattered. The reason I remember it is that it’s a perfect example of an okay movie, that in different hands could have been great. If I recall correctly, the story/premise was intriguing but a lot of its potential was left unexplored. I remember that movie. I think it was another movie dragged down by Tom Berenger. Indeed it could have been much better. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/14 "2014-04-30T16:31:07Z")
Damn shame. Such a talented actor. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/15 "2014-04-30T17:07:56Z")
I always loved Bob in Hook and Roger Rabbit. Even Super Mario Bros. was better just because he was in it. R.I.P. Yet another great actor has left us. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/16 "2014-04-30T17:11:23Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > And I shall fill out a [27B/6](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tjbfezPC4bM/TV6fJCg_aCI/AAAAAAAAANQ/qxV-fnQYB2E/s1600/27B-6.gif). Most people probably forget (or never knew) that he was in - oh, shoot…there goes my MEMORY, again! - Brazil (?). I wouldn’t have remembered that if I hadn’t made note of it when I watched that movie again just a few years ago. As I recall he did a good job in that film but I remember him mostly from _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_. As someone else suggested, if I didn’t know he was Welsh I never would have guessed that he wasn’t from the U.S. based on his accent in that movie! R.I.P., Mr. Hoskins. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/17 "2014-04-30T17:19:37Z")
Great character actor who was equally compelling as a lead. I never saw him turn in a lazy or hammy performance even in his more low-rent jobs. RIP Mr. Hoskins. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/18 "2014-04-30T17:23:33Z")
I think I first saw him in _The Cotton Club_. His scenes with Fred Gwynne were my favorite parts of the movie. RIP Mr. Hoskins. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/19 "2014-04-30T18:05:41Z")
One of my all-time favorites is _Passed Away_. An excellent movie, made better by his presence. He will be missed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352/20 "2014-04-30T19:25:25Z")
Loved him in _Roger Rabbit_ and _Brazil_ - and I agree that he made even uninteresting movies better. Don’t forget his full-frontal scene in _Mrs. Henderson Presents_. As if you \*could \*forget it, if you saw it. “Why, Mr. Van Damm, you _are_ Jewish!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hoskins-has-died/687352.md?page=2)