Robin Hughes

Robin Hughes

Robin Hughes
Born Robin Harold Hughes
(1920-06-20)June 20, 1920
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died December 10, 1989(1989-12-10) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Film and television actor
Years active 1947-71

Robin Hughes (7 June 1920 – 10 December 1989) was a British film and television actor.

Life and career

Robin Hughes was born June 7, 1920, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to English parents, Rosa Violet (Pitt) and Harold William Hughes. His father was head of the British Royal Wheat Commission, and Hughes spent his childhood moving from country to country as his father was transferred in government service; consequently, his early schooling was acquired in South America, Canada, Mozambique, East Africa, and other places. At the age of 18, he joined the Royal Navy as a signalman, and at the end of World War II, he left the service as lieutenant commander. Mr. Hughes addressed in an episode of the 1950s' television program One Step Beyond that he was supposed to be assigned to HMS Hood on the morning of 24, May 1941, when it sank under enemy attack by the German battleship Bismarck. Robin had received officer's papers, however, the day before Hood set to sea, and was sent to officer's training instead of boarding the ship with his mates. in the tragedy, 1415 men died; only three survived...or, as Robin Hughes stated, "...four." He came to the United States in 1948, and was in many theater, television, and film roles. In 1958, he appeared as the amorous editor Brian O'Bannion in Auntie Mame opposite Rosalind Russell. That year he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason: first as murderer Addison Doyle in "The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister", then as Rodney Beaton in "The Case of the Buried Clock". He is also known for playing the title role (Satan) in The Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man".

He died December 10, 1989, in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Partial filmography

Television

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