Barnard Hughes

Highest Rated: 100% The Hospital (1971)

Lowest Rated: 19% Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

Birthday: Jul 16, 1915

Birthplace: Bedford Hills, New York, USA

Character actor of stage, screen, and television, Barnard Hughes specializes in playing authoritarians and lovable old curmudgeons. During the 1970s, Hughes won a Tony for his portrayal of a dead but still intrusive Irish father whose memory bedevils his son in the drama Da. He reprised the role in the 1988 film version starring opposite Martin Sheen as the tormented playwright/son. Though he has worked in many films, Hughes may be most recognizable for his television filmography. Over his career, he has been a regular on four soap operas, including Dark Shadows, and starred in series such as Doc (1975-1976) and The Cavanaughs (1986-1989), as well as guest starred on such series as Cannon (1971-1976), The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978), and Lou Grant (1977-1982), where Hughes won an Emmy for playing a senile judge.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Pete's A Pizza & More Great Kid Stories	Actor	—	2008
64%	Cradle Will Rock	Frank Marvel	—	1999
27%	The Odd Couple II	Beaumont	—	1998
No Score Yet	Past the Bleachers	Actor	—	1995
48%	The Fantasticks	Henry Albertson	—	1995
No Score Yet	Primal Secrets	Actor	—	1994
19%	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Father Maurice	—	1993
No Score Yet	Miracle Child	Judge	—	1993
No Score Yet	Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865	Horace Greeley	—	1992
No Score Yet	Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864	Horace Greeley	—	1992
No Score Yet	Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863	Horace Greeley	—	1992
No Score Yet	Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862	Horace Greeley	—	1992
68%	Doc Hollywood	Dr. Hogue	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Incident	Doc	—	1990
No Score Yet	Day One	Secretary Stimson	—	1989
No Score Yet	Home Fires Burning	Jake Tibbetts	—	1989
No Score Yet	Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North	Actor	—	1989
70%	Da	Da	—	1988
No Score Yet	A Hobo's Christmas	Chance	—	1987
76%	The Lost Boys	Grandpa	—	1987
No Score Yet	Under the Biltmore Clock	Ludlow Whitney	—	1986
33%	Where Are the Children?	Jonathan Knowles	—	1986
No Score Yet	Little Gloria...Happy at Last	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	A Caribbean Mystery	Jason Rafiel	—	1983
62%	Best Friends	Tim McCullen	—	1982
72%	TRON	Dr. Walter Gibbs/Dumont	—	1982
No Score Yet	Little Gloria: Happy at Last	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	First Monday in October	Chief Justice Crawford	—	1981
No Score Yet	Homeward Bound	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	Sanctuary of Fear	Father Brown	—	1979
No Score Yet	See How She Runs	John Matusak	—	1978
73%	Oh, God!	Judge Baker	—	1977
No Score Yet	Kill Me If You Can	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	The UFO Incident	Actor	—	1975
87%	Sisters	Mr. McLennen	—	1973
No Score Yet	The Borrowers	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Rage	Dr. Spencer	—	1972
No Score Yet	Deadhead Miles	Old Man	—	1972
100%	The Hospital	Drummond	—	1971
60%	Cold Turkey	Dr. Procter	—	1971
No Score Yet	A Memory of Two Mondays	Jim	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Pursuit of Happiness	Judge Vogel	—	1971
90%	Where's Poppa?	Col. Hendriks	—	1970
88%	Midnight Cowboy	Towny	—	1969
No Score Yet	Hamlet	Marcellus/Priest	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Young Doctors	Dr. Kent O'Donnell	—	1961

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
58%	Deadline 2000-2001	Judge Panificio	2000
91%	Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999	Sam O'Donnell	1996 1995
No Score Yet	Blossom 1991-1995	Buzz Richman	1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	King Mr. Whitney The King	1985
No Score Yet	The Bob Newhart Show 1972-1978	Herb Hartley	1978 1976 1974 1972
No Score Yet	Lou Grant 1977-1982	Actor	1977
No Score Yet	All in the Family 1971-1979	Father Majeski	1973 1972 1971

Quotes from Barnard Hughes' Characters

Towny:

I'm in here on a paper manufacturers convention, and frankly to have a little fun. Damit.

Grandpa:	One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach,all the damn vampires.
Grandpa:	One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.

Grandpa:

There's one thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach....all the damn vampires.

Grandpa:

Well, now, let me put it this way. If all the corpses buried around here were to stand up all at once, we'd have one hell of a population problem.

Grandpa:

Lucy, you're the only woman I ever knew that didn't improve her situation by getting divorced.

Grandpa:

Second shelf is mine. That's where I keep my rootbeers and my double-thick Oreo cookies. Nobody touches the second shelf but me.

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Barnard Hughes

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

TV

Quotes from Barnard Hughes' Characters