Dustin Hoffman 'saves life of heart attack jogger' The Hollywood star, well known for his starring roles in The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, and Rain Man, has a home in Kensington and was taking a walk in the park when he stopped to helped Sam Dempster, it was reported. Hoffman, 74, had seen him fall and called 999, later staying at Mr Dempster's side for 15 minutes as paramedics performed CPR and telling them "great job, guys" after his heart started beating again. Mr Dempster was taken to hospital where he had a device fitted to restart his heart should it stop again, in a similar operation to Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed during a football match in March. Hoffman had told paramedics that Mr Dempster had been frothing at the mouth and staggering. He collapsed, smashing his face on the ground. The paramedics, Martin Macarthur and Luke Sullivan, restarted his heart with defibrillator pads as Hoffman looked on. Mr Macarthur, 45, said: "Dustin was fascinated. He seemed impressed we'd got this guy back so quickly. When we were carrying the patient into the ambulance he walked up and said 'Great job, guys'. He really appreciated what had happened. Mr Dempster applauded Hoffman and the paramedics on his recovery blog "Heart-throbbing." He wrote: "A big thank you also to my new found favourite celebrity Dustin Hoffman who called 999 and waited by my side until paramedics arrived and the staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital that stabilised me before I was transferred to the Royal Brompton Hospital."