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Basil William Hoskins (10 June 1929 - 17 January 2005) was an English actor.

Biography

Hoskins, a native of Edmonton, London was educated at the Edmonton County School. The 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. Hoskins was gay, and his long term partner was fellow English actor Harry Andrews.^[1]

Films

His best known films are Ice Cold in Alex and North West Frontier.

Television

He played the part of Number 14 on The Prisoner television series (episode "Hammer Into Anvil").

Notes

1. ^ "Basil Hoskins", The Daily Telegraph, November 2, 2005, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/11/db1103.xml, retrieved 2007-12-18  

External links

• Basil Hoskins at the Internet Movie Database
• The Prisoner
• Information at Edmonton County School
• Telegraph obituary