Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban was born on Feb 04, 1925 in USA. Russell Hoban's big-screen debut came with The Mouse and His Child directed by Charles Swenson in 1977. Russell Hoban is known for The Marzipan Pig directed by Michael Sporn, Tim Curry stars as Narrator and as . The upcoming new movie Russell Hoban plays is The Marzipan Pig which will be released on Nov 05, 1990.

Russell Hoban's parents were immigrants from Ukraine. His father was the advertising manager of a newspaper, as well as the director of a Philadelphia drama guild. Russell served in the US infantry during World War II. After the war, he taught art in New York and Connecticut. He began publishing children's books in 1958 and produced more than 50 of them, including seven books that chronicled a badger named Frances. He was also praised for his adult fiction. In 1969, Russell moved to London where he spent the rest of his life. He died in 2011 of congestive heart failure in London, England, UK