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Howard Hughes

Production Born Dec 25, 1905 Humble, Texas, USA 16 credits

Biography

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Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, industrialist, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, hotelier, philanthropist, and was one of the wealthiest people in the world. He gained prominence from the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making big-budget and often controversial films like The Racket (1928), Hell's Angels (1930), Scarface (1932), and The Outlaw (1943). Hughes was one of the most influential aviators in history; he set multiple world air-speed records, built the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 "Hercules" (better known to history as the "Spruce Goose") aircraft, and acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines which would later on merge with American Airlines. Hughes is also remembered for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle in later life, caused in part by a worsening obsessive–compulsive disorder. His legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Known for

Film

M*A*S*H

as Self (archive footage)
Film

F for Fake

as Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

  • 60 Minutes (1968) as Self (archive footage)
  • History 101 (2020) as Self (archive footage)
  • Dr. Feelgood (2015) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • F for Fake (1973) as Self (archive footage)
  • Cleavage (2002)
  • The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024) as Self (archive footage)
  • King of the Texas Rangers (1941) as Johnny Logan
  • Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1991) as Self(archive footage)
  • Sailors on Leave (1941) as Sailor (uncredited)
  • Howard Hughes: The Man and the Madness (1993) as Himself
  • Владыки без масок. Таинственный миллиардер (1970) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
  • Владыки без масок. Таинственный миллиардер - 2 (1970) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
  • The World Is Round (1994) as (archive footage)