Lloyd Hughes was an American

United States

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 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actor.

Life and career

Born in Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...

, Hughes received his education at the Los Angeles Polytechnic School. He sought a career as an actor early in life, and his clean-cut appearance and ability soon gained him recognition. His first role as leading man was opposite Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 in Tess of the Storm Country

Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film)

Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:...

. Other notable early roles included Love Never Dies opposite Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy was an American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s.-Early life:...

, and The Lost World

The Lost World (1925 film)

The Lost World is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O...

with Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

 and Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Bessie Love was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies. With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Her role in The Broadway Melody earned her a nomination for...

. Hughes starred opposite Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Mary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...

 eight times and was Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore was an American film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era.-Early life:...

's leading man in five of her most popular films. He made the transition to sound smoothly, and worked as an actor through the late 1930s, including a role with John Barrymore

John Barrymore

John Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III...

 in the 1930 augmented remake version of The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast is a silent film adaptation of the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, a story about a monomaniacal hunt for a great white whale...

, Moby Dick.

Family

Hughes met his future wife, Gloria Hope

Gloria Hope

Gloria Hope was an American silent film actress.Her original given name was Olive Frances.-Life and career:She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1901...

, on the set of Tess of the Storm Country. The couple eventually had two children, a boy, Donald, and a girl, Isabel.

Filmography

• Old Wives for New
  Old Wives for New
  Old Wives for New is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Elliott Dexter - Charles Murdock* Florence Vidor - Juliet Raeburn...
  
  (1918)
• The Heart of Humanity
  The Heart of Humanity
  -External links:* at IMDb* at AllMovie**...
  
  (1918)
• The Indestructible Wife (1919)
• The Virtuous Thief
  The Virtuous Thief
  The Virtuous Thief is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo.-Cast:* Enid Bennett - Shirley Armitage* Niles Welch - Bobbie Baker* Lloyd Hughes - Dick Armitage* Willis Marks - Major Jefferson Armitage* William Conklin - Walter Haskell...
  
  (1919)
• An Innocent Adventuress (1919)
• The Haunted Bedroom
  The Haunted Bedroom
  The Haunted Bedroom is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo.-Cast:* Enid Bennett - Betsy Thorne* Dorcas Matthews - Dolores Arnold* Jack Nelson - Daniel Arnold* Lloyd Hughes - Roland Dunwoody* William Conklin - Dr. James Dunwoody...
  
  (1919)
• The Turn in the Road
  The Turn in the Road
  The Turn in the Road is a 1919 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* George Nichols - Hamilton Perry* Lloyd Hughes - Paul Perry* Winter Hall - Reverend Matthew Barker* Helen Jerome Eddy - Jane Barker* Pauline Curley - Evelyn Barker...
  
  (1919)
• Satan Junior (1919)
• Homespun Folks (1920)
• Below the Surface (1920)
• The False Road
  The False Road
  The False Road is a 1920 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo.-Cast:* Enid Bennett - Betty Palmer* Lloyd Hughes - 'Pickpocket' Roger Moran* Wade Boteler - 'Sapphire' Mike Wilson* Lucille Young - 'Frisco' Minnie* Charles Smiley - Joshua Starbuck...
  
  (1920)
• Dangerous Hours
  Dangerous Hours
  Dangerous Hours is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Prints of the film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It premiered in February 1920.The film was based on a short story published in the Saturday Evening Post...
  
  (1920)
• Hail the Woman
  Hail the Woman
  Hail the Woman is a 1921 John Griffith Wray silent, drama-genre film. A Thomas Ince production. A Library of Congress copy of this film is listed as incomplete, September 1, 1977.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1921)
• Love Never Dies
  Love Never Dies (1921 film)
  Love Never Dies is a 1921 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* Lloyd Hughes - John Trott* Madge Bellamy - Tilly Whaley* Joseph Bennett - Joel Eperson* Lillian Leighton - Mrs. Cavanaugh* Fred Gamble - Sam Cavanaugh...
  
  (1921)
• Mother o' Mine
  Mother o' Mine
  Mother o' Mine is a 1921 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. This film is one of the many lost films from the silent era.-Cast:* Lloyd Hughes - Robert Sheldon* Betty Ross Clarke - Dolly Wilson* Betty Blythe - Fan Baxter...
  
  (1921)
• Beau Revel (1921)
• Tess of the Storm Country
  Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film)
  Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:...
  
  (1922)
• The Old Fool (1923)
• Her Reputation (1923)
• The Huntress (1923)
• Children of the Dust (1923)
• Are You a Failure? (1923)
• Scars of Jealousy (1923)
• The Dixie Handicap
  The Dixie Handicap
  The Dixie Handicap is a 1924 drama film directed by Reginald Barker. The film stars Claire Windsor, Lloyd Hughes and Otis Harlan. It is written by Waldemar Young.-Cast:* Claire Windsor - The Daughter* Frank Keenan - The Racehorse Owner...
  
  (1924)
• In Every Woman's Life (1924)
• Welcome Stranger (1924)
• The Sea Hawk
  The Sea Hawk (1924 film)
  The Sea Hawk is a 1924 silent movie about an English noble sold into slavery who escapes and turns himself into a pirate king. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the screen adaptation was written by J. G...
  
  (1924)
• The Whipping Boss (1924)
• Untamed Youth (1924)
• The Heritage of the Desert (1924)
• The Judgment of the Storm (1924)
• Scarlet Saint (1925)
• The Half-Way Girl (1925)
• The Desert Flower (1925)
• Declassée (1925)
• Sally (1925)
• The Lost World
  The Lost World (1925 film)
  The Lost World is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O...
  
  (1925)
• If I Marry Again (1925)
• Valencia
  Valencia (film)
  Valencia, also known as The Love Song, is a 1926 romance film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, who came over from Paramount to direct, and starring Mae Murray and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. Rumors of a surviving print persist. The film was a box office hit and the title song,...
  
  (1926)
• Ladies at Play (1926)
• Forever After (1926)
• Pals First (1926)
• Ella Cinders
  Ella Cinders
  Ella Cinders was a syndicated comic strip created by writer Bill Conselman and artist Charles Plumb. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, the daily version was launched June 1, 1925, and a Sunday page followed two years later...
  
  (1926)
• High Steppers (1926)
• Irene (1926)
• No Place to Go (1927)
• American Beauty (1927)
• The Stolen Bride (1927)

• Too Many Crooks (1927)
• An Affair of the Follies (1927)
• Heart to Heart (1928)
• Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
• Sailors' Wives (1928)
• Acquitted (1929)
• The Mysterious Island (1929)
• Where East Is East (1929)
• Extravagance
  Extravagance (film)
  - Cast :*June Collyer as Alice Kendall*Lloyd Hughes as Fred Garlan*Owen Moore as Jim Hamilton*Dorothy Christy as Esther Hamilton*Jameson Thomas as Morrell*Gwen Lee as Sally*Robert Agnew as Billy*Nella Walker as Mrs. Kendall*Martha Mattox as Guest...
  
  (1930)
• Big Boy (1930)
• Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
• Moby Dick
  Moby Dick (1930 film)
  Moby Dick is a 1930 film made by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring John Barrymore and Joan Bennett. The film is a sound remake of the 1926 silent movie, The Sea Beast, starring Barrymore, which uses exactly the same plot as the 1930 version.- Plot :The film tells of a sea...
  
  (1930)
• The Runaway Bride (1930)
• Hello Sister (1930)
• Love Comes Along (1930)
• Air Eagles (1931)
• The Deceiver
  The Deceiver (film)
  The Deceiver is a 1931 American mystery film directed by Louis King. The film stars Lloyd Hughes, Ian Keith and Dorothy Sebastian. John Wayne makes a minor appearance as a corpse. The film premiered on November 21, 1931.-Plot overview:...
  
  (1931)
• Ships of Hate (1931)
• The Sky Raiders (1931)
• Hell Bound (1931)
• The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
• Heart Punch (1932)
• The Miracle Man
  The Miracle Man (1932 film)
  The Miracle Man is a 1932 drama film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Sylvia Sidney and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name. The film was originally supposed to star Tyrone Power Sr, as the Preacher/Patriarch, but he died before major filming got underway...
  
  (1932)
• A Private Scandal (1932)
• The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
• Midnight Phantom (1935)
• Rip Roaring Riley (1935)
• Harmony Lane (1935)
• Skybound (1935)
• Reckless Roads (1935)
• Society Fever (1935)
• Honeymoon Limited (1935)
• Ticket or Leave It (1935)
• Public Hero #1 (1935)
• Social Error (1935)
• A Man Betrayed (1936)
• Kelly of the Secret Service (1936)
• The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
• A Face in the Fog (1936)
• Night Cargo (1936)
• Clipped Wings (1937)
• Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
• Lovers and Luggers
  Lovers and Luggers
  Lovers and Luggers is a 1937 adventure melodrama about a pianist who goes to Thursday Island to retrieve a valuable pearl.-Production:The script was based on a novel by Gurney Slade which was set in Broome and adapted by Frank Harvey...
  
  (1937)
• The Broken Melody (1937)
• I Demand Payment (1938)
• Numbered Woman (1938)
• Romance of the Redwoods (1939)

External links

• 1923 portrait of Lloyd Hughes(Univ. of Wash/Sayre Collection)