{{Short description|British actor (1929–2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Basil Hoskins | image = Basil_Hoskins.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 10 June 1929 | birth_place = Edmonton, Middlesex, England | death_date = {{death-date and age|17 January 2005|10 June 1929}} | death_place = London, England | resting_place = St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, Salehurst, East Sussex, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk/famous%20people.htm|title=Famous People in Robertsbridge|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055137/http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk/Famous%20People.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | partner = Harry Andrews<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1483247/Basil-Hoskins.html|title=Basil Hoskins|website=The Telegraph|date=11 February 2005 |location=London}}</ref> | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = 1952-1995 | known_for = | notable_works = | education = Edmonton County School }} '''Basil William Hoskins''' (10 June 1929 – 17 January 2005) was an English theatre and film actor.
==Life and career== Hoskins, a native of Edmonton, London, was educated at the Edmonton County School. Hoskins studied acting at RADA and joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company in 1951.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|title=Basil Hoskins |date=11 February 2005 |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1483247/Basil-Hoskins.html |access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2c1/basil-hoskins/past|title=Basil Hoskins|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/basil-hoskins/|title=Basil Hoskins – RADA|website=rada.ac.uk}}</ref> Hoskins was the long-term partner of fellow English actor Harry Andrews.<ref name="Telegraphobit" /> They are buried alongside each other at St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst, in East Sussex.
His best-known films are ''Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958) and ''North West Frontier'' (1959). On television, he played the part of Number 14 on ''The Prisoner'' television series (episode "Hammer Into Anvil").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5832f6b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129141037/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5832f6b|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2020|title=Basil Hoskins|website=BFI}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''It Started in Paradise'' (1952) – 2nd Detective (uncredited) * ''Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958) – C.M.P. Lieutenant (Alexandria) * ''North West Frontier'' (1959) – A.D.C. * ''The Millionairess'' (1960) – First Secretary * ''Edge of Sanity'' (1989) – Mr. Bottingham
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==External links== * {{IMDb name |id=0396013}} * [http://www.theunmutual.co.uk/newsarchive76.htm The Prisoner] * [http://www.ecsosa.org.uk/theschool/pupils/ Information at Edmonton County School]
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