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Bernard Aloysius Kiernan "Barnard" Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006) was an American actor of television, theater and film. Hughes became famous for a variety of roles; his most-notable roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder.
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Birth name Bernard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes
Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1915
Death 10 july 2006 (at 90 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Emmy Award
Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1915
Death 10 july 2006 (at 90 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Emmy Award
Bernard Aloysius Kiernan "Barnard" Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006) was an American actor of television, theater and film. Hughes became famous for a variety of roles; his most-notable roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder.
Biography
Hughes was born in Bedford Hills, New York, the son of Irish immigrants Marcella "Madge" (née Kiernan) and Owen Hughes. He attended La Salle Academy and Manhattan College in New York City. Hughes served in the United States Army during World War II. Hughes was married to actress Helen Stenborg. They married on April 19, 1950, and remained married until his death. Hughes was five days shy of his ninety-first birthday when he died. The Hugheses had two children, the theatre director Doug Hughes, and a daughter, Laura. Hughes and his wife are interred at Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.Best films
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First Monday in October (1981)
, 1h38Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Jan Sterling, James Stephens, Joshua Bryant
Roles Chief Justice Crawford
Rating63%
At the start of the story, the death of Associate Justice Stanley Moorehead has created a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. The new appointee turns out to be Ruth Loomis, a staunch conservative, who is confirmed as the first female US Supreme Court Justice. She and Associate Justice Daniel Snow, a committed liberal and many years older than Loomis, clash intellectually on just about every judicial issue before them. One case involves a pornographic film and arguments about freedom of speech. With time, the two characters develop a liking and respect for each other.
Oh, God! (1977)
, 1h38Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels
Roles Judge Baker
Rating65%
God appears as a kindly old man to Jerry Landers, an assistant supermarket manager. After a few failed attempts in trying to set up an "interview," God tells Jerry that he has been selected to be His messenger to the modern world, much like a contemporary Moses. Timidly at first, Landers tells his wife, children and a religious editor of the Los Angeles Times of his encounters with God and soon becomes a national icon of comedic fodder.
, 2h24Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Peppard, Barnard Hughes, William Dozier, William Windom, Nina, Baroness van Pallandt, Claudette Nevins
Roles Attorney Philip J. Madden
Rating76%
It is a history of the Sam Sheppard (George Peppard), an Ohio doctor wrongly accused of murdering his wife, despite his good defense at trial, Sam is unjustly convicted of murdering his wife
The UFO Incident (1975)
, 1h22Directed by Richard Colla
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill, Lou Wagner, Vic Perrin
Roles Dr. Benjamin Simon
Rating64%
The plot of the film is based on the audio recordings of the testimonials by the interracial couple under hypnosis of what happened with them on 19–21 September 1961.
Sisters (1973)
, 1h33Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Margot Kidder, Charles Durning, Jennifer Salt, William Finley, Barnard Hughes, Lisle Astor Wilson
Roles Arthur McLennen
Rating68%
Advertising salesman Philip Woode (Lisle Wilson) is the victim of a prank on a Candid Camera-style television show and wins a dinner for two at a New York restaurant. He takes with him Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder), a naive young French Canadian model and aspiring actress who was hired as part of the prank. At dinner, they are interrupted by Danielle's controlling ex-husband Emil (William Finley), but Philip has him thrown out by security. They arrive to Danielle's Staten Island apartment, but spot Emil waiting outside; Philip pretends to leave to lure him away, then returns through the back entrance and the two make love on the living room sofa.
The Borrowers (1973)
, 1h21Directed by Walter C. Miller
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Judith Anderson, Beatrice Straight, Barnard Hughes
Roles Mr. Crampfurl
Rating54%
The Clock Family are "borrowers," tiny people who live in the houses of regular sized "human beans" (a borrower mispronunciation of "human beings"). They survive by borrowing all they need from big people and try to keep their existence secret. The main characters are a teenage borrower girl named Arriety Clock and her parents, Pod and Homily. During a borrowing expedition with her father and contrary to borrower nature, Arriety befriends a human boy who lives in the home and develops a friendship with him.
Rage (1972)
, 1h40Directed by George C. Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Richard Basehart, Lee Remick, Barnard Hughes, Kenneth Tobey
Roles Dr. Spencer
Rating63%
While on a camping trip, sheep rancher Dan Logan (Scott) and his son are inadvertently exposed to a secret Army nerve gas from a helicopter passing overhead. Both end up in a military hospital in which they are kept apart, unable to contact outsiders, and lied to about their condition by a mysterious major (Sheen), who looks at the incident as little more than an opportunity to study the effectiveness of a nerve gas on humans.
Cold Turkey (1971)
, 1h39Directed by Robert Downey Sr., Norman Lear
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Paul Benedict, Helen Page Camp, Bob Elliott, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Dr. Proctor
Rating65%
As part of a public relations and marketing strategy to compare the empathy of Big Tobacco to the nobility of the Nobel Peace Prize, advertising executive Merwin Wren (Bob Newhart) convinces the Valiant Tobacco Company to propose a challenge: a tax-free check for $25,000,000 (equal to $160 775 862 today) to any city or town in America that can stop smoking, or go cold turkey, for thirty days.
The Hospital (1971)
, 1h43Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Richard A. Dysart, Barnard Hughes, Stephen Elliott, Nancy Marchand
Roles Drummond
Rating70%
At a Manhattan teaching hospital, the life of Dr. Bock (George C. Scott), the Chief of Medicine, is in disarray: his wife has left him, his children don't talk to him, and his once-beloved teaching hospital is falling apart.
A Memory of Two Mondays (1971)
Directed by Paul Bogart
Genres Drama
Actors George Grizzard, Barnard Hughes, Estelle Parsons, Donald Buka, Catherine Burns, Jerry Stiller
Roles Jim
Rating74%
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
, 1h33Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Robert Klein, Sada Thompson, Ralph Waite
Roles Judge Vogel
Rating61%
Disenchanted college student William Popper (Michael Sarrazin) is convicted of vehicular manslaughter for killing a woman with his car. With only a week left on his sentence and the help of his girlfriend, Jane (Barbara Hershey), he escapes to Canada, making both of them wanted fugitives.
Dr. Cook's Garden (1971)
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Bing Crosby, Frank Converse, Blythe Danner, Barnard Hughes, Bethel Leslie, Helen Stenborg
Roles Elias Hart
Rating70%
A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admired since childhood. However, he soon finds out that the old doctor is keeping a mysterious secret.
Where’s Poppa? (1970)
, 1h22Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Rae Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes
Roles Colonel Hendricks
Rating63%
His mother, an 87-year-old widow, is ruining Gordon Hocheiser's love life. He resents her so much, Gordon tries to scare her to death by donning a gorilla suit and attacking her in bed, only to end up on the receiving end of her cane. An attempt is made to persuade Sidney, his brother, to take their mother off Gordon's hands. Sidney has troubles of his own, though, repeatedly getting mugged in Central Park.
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
, 1h49Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, John McGiver
Roles Towny
Rating77%
As the film opens, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a male prostitute for women. Initially unsuccessful, he succeeds in bedding a well-to-do middle-aged New Yorker (Sylvia Miles), but Joe ends up giving her money.
The Borgia Stick (1967)
, 1h40Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Don Murray, Inger Stevens, Barry Nelson, Fritz Weaver, Conrad Bain, Sorrell Booke
Roles Doctor Helm
Rating72%