Mike Hodges Cause of Death

Mike Hodges, the British director best known for Get Carter, Croupier, The Terminal Man, and Flash Gordon, died at the age of 90 on 17 December 2022.

Hodges’ death was confirmed by Mike Kaplan, a longtime friend and producer on his final feature film, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead. Hodges died on Saturday at his home in Dorset. There was no mention of a cause of death.

Hodges’ career was bookended by British gangster films Get Carter (1971) and Pulp (1972), followed by Croupier (1998) and I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (1998). (2003). He was also well-known for the cult classic Flash Gordon.

“Pulp,” Hodges’ film, was a different kind of crime drama with a strong comic twist.
Despite little marketing and a limited release, Vincent Canby of the New York Times and Jay Cocks of Time magazine named “Pulp” one of the year’s ten best films.

Hodges also wrote the plays “Soft Shoe Shuffle” (1985) and “Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits” (2000), which was adapted for BBC radio. There was also “King Trash,” a radio play (2004). “Watching the Wheels Come Off,” his first novel, was released in 2010.