Basil Hoskins

{{Short description|British actor (1929–2005)}}

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| name = Basil Hoskins

| image = Basil_Hoskins.jpg

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| 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk/famous%20people.htm|title=Famous People in Robertsbridge}}

| partner = Harry Andrews{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1483247/Basil-Hoskins.html|title=Basil Hoskins|website=The Telegraph|location=London}}

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| years_active = 1952-1995

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| education = Edmonton County School

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Basil William Hoskins (10 June 1929 – 17 January 2005) was an English theatre and film actor.

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.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2c1/basil-hoskins/past|title=Basil Hoskins|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/basil-hoskins/|title=Basil Hoskins – RADA|website=rada.ac.uk}} Hoskins was the long-term partner of fellow English actor Harry Andrews. 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").{{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}}