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

Hoskins studied acting at RADA and joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company in 1951.

[3][4][5] Hoskins was the long-term partner of fellow English actor Harry Andrews.

[3] 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).