Director of famous films “Flash Gordon” and “Get Garter”, Mike Hodges has died aged 90.
His close friend, Mike Kaplan, confirmed the death to the Guardian and US trade publication Variety.
The director reportedly died at his home in Dorset on Saturday, December 18th. No cause of death has yet been announced.
Hodges’ film credits include “Croupier”, “The Terminal Man” and 2003’s” I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”, his final feature film.
Born in Bristol in 1932, Hodges worked as a chartered accountant and spent two years serving on a Royal Navy minesweeper around fishing ports in the north of England.
His first job in the entertainment industry was working as a teleprompter operator for TV. This led him to producing and directing news and documentary series.
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“Get Carter” was a huge success and prompted Hodges and Caine to reunite the following year for another film, Pulp.
One of the biggest films of his career, the space opera “Flash Gordon”, followed in 1980.
The movie saw warring factions of the planet Mongo unite against the oppression of Ming the Merciless. It starred Sam J Jones and Melody Anderson alongside Brian Blessed and Timothy Dalton.
His other credits include the 1987 Mickey Rourke thriller “A Prayer for the Dying” and 1989’s “Black Rainbow”, starring Rosanna Arquette.
Hodges’ 1998 film “Croupier”, starring Clive Owen as a dealer in a gambling den who then gets roped into robbing it, failed to capture the UK box office when it was first released.
At that point, Hodges reportedly decided to retire, assuming his career was over. However, the film’s success prompted a second release in the UK.
Hodges concluded his career as a feature film director the same way he began it, with a gangster film.
“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”, released in 2003, saw him reunite with Owen, who played a criminal hungry for revenge after the r**e of his younger brother.
Hodges is survived by his wife, Carol Laws and his sons Ben and Jake.
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