Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Aloysius Kiernan “Barnard” Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006) was an American actor of 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barnard Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Making of TRON
2002
as Himself
This made-for-video documentary treats science fiction fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tron, Disney's classic live-action film about...
The Fantasticks
2000
as Henry
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luiss and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, ...
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Frank Marvel
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
The Odd Couple II
1998
as Beaumont
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at L...
Past the Bleachers
1995
as Ed Godfrey
Bill and his wife have recently had to live through a tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young mute boy nam...
Trick of the Eye
1994
as Harry Pitt
A woman artist is hired by a wealthy woman to paint a mural in a room however she finds out that the woman wants her to do more than paint the mural a...
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Father Maurice
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach...
Lincoln
1992
as Horace Greeley (voice)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Aurelius Hogue
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a ca...
Tales from the Darkside
1990
as Gideon Hackles
A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.
The Incident
1990
as Doc Hansen
Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficult...
Day One
1989
as Henry Stimson
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to bui...
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
1989
as CIA Director William Casey
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North follows the military career of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, beginning with his Naval Academy days t...
Home Fires Burning
1989
as Jake Tibbetts
When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.
What's Under My Bed?
1989
as Grandpa (voice)
Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination.
Da
1988
as Da
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories bot...
A Hobo's Christmas
1987
as Chance Grovner
A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at ...
The Lost Boys
1987
as Grandpa
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
Night of Courage
1987
as Abner Abelson
A young man is beaten to death. Now it's believed that he sought out sanctuary in the house of a man (Hughes), and that the man threw him out. And it'...
Night of Courage
1987
as Abner Abelsen
A young man is beaten to death. Now it's believed that he sought out sanctuary in the house of a man (Hughes), and that the man threw him out. And it'...
Where Are the Children?
1986
as Jonathan Knowles
In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief ...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
as The King
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.
Maxie
1985
as Bishop Campbell
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20...
Under the Biltmore Clock
1985
as Ludlow Whitney
It's 1920 and romance is in bloom at the Biltmore Hotel under its famous clock. For Myra Harper, age 21, it's time to stop "playing around" and find a...
The Sky's No Limit
1984
as Arthur Bennett
Story of the lives, loves and personal problems of three women astronaut candidates planning to be the first women in space.
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
as Mr. Rafiel
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort...
Best Friends
1982
as Tim McCullen
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected ...
Tron
1982
as Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont
When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world...And becomes part of t...
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...
First Monday in October
1981
as Chief Justice Crawford
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Homeward Bound
1980
as Harry Seaton
The relationship among a divorced man, his incurably ill teenage son, and his long-estranged father is explored when the youngster joins his dad for o...
Sanctuary of Fear
1979
as Father Brown
A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents sh...
See How She Runs
1978
as John Matusak
A middle-aged housewife and mother, after spending a lifetime giving to others, decides to claim a piece for herself and enters the grueling 26-mile B...
The World Beyond
1978
as Andy Borchard
A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island.
Tell Me My Name
1977
as Uncle Tyler
Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption w...
Oh, God!
1977
as Judge Baker
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Kill Me If You Can
1977
as Judge Fricke
The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.
Ransom for Alice!
1977
as Jess Halliday
In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975
as Attorney Philip J. Madden
The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
The UFO Incident
1975
as Dr. Benjamin Simon
In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were ...
The Two Deaths of Sean Doolittle
1975
as Warren
A man has absolutely no fear of dying because he believes he has found a doctor who is able to bring him back to life after he dies.
The Borrowers
1973
as Mr. Crampfurl
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.
The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973
as Walter Renquist
Addie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending their long-standing feud.
Pueblo
1973
as Secretary of the Navy
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of capti...
Sisters
1973
as Arthur McLennen
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, s...
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
as Dogberry
Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to matchmak...
The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament
1973
as elder two
Deals with the Old Testament as a collection of literary forms. Combines paintings with narrative sculptures to relate the saga of the creation, the e...
Rage
1972
as Dr. Spencer
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable fo...
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Dr. McGuire
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe...
The Hospital
1971
as Drummond
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...
All the Way Home
1971
as Joel Lynch
Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old g...
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971
as Judge Vogel
William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over...
Cold Turkey
1971
as Dr. Proctor
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everyt...
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as Jim
Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the depths of the Depression where, at least, they have jo...
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971
as Elias Hart
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 admir...
Where’s Poppa?
1970
as Colonel Hendricks
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he ...
Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Towny
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...
Managing Time
1968
Peter Drucker teaches you how to be an effective executive.
The Borgia Stick
1967
as Doctor Helm
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the synd...
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
as Marcellus / Priest
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but perf...
The Young Doctors
1961
as Dr. Kent O'Donnell
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
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