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Hugh Hughes Green OStJ [1] (2 February 1920 – 3 May 1997) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host and actor. Early life.
Next week, the story of the notorious, bullying, sex-obsessed entertainer will be told as part of a BBC series on comedy legends, in Hughie Green, Most Sincerely, with actor Trevor Eve...
May 3, 1997 · Hughie Green, one of the first icons of British popular television culture, died of cancer in a London hospital yesterday, at the age of 77. His two most popular programmes, Double Your Money, a...
Hugh Green, a staunch Scotsman, emigrated to Canada in 1907, but returned to London in 1917, where Hugh Jnr was born in 1920. Showbiz surrounded the boy from as early as he could...
Mar 11, 2023 · For decades Hughie Green was a living legend of British TV, and one of the most powerful men in the business, hosting the star-making mega-hit show Opportunity Knocks and changing the...
Apr 2, 2008 · Hughie Green was the avuncular front man of the hugely successful family television shows Opportunity Knocks and Double Your Money. But behind the scenes he lived...
Hughie Green was born on February 2, 1920 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Midshipman Easy (1935), Down Our Alley (1939) and If Winter Comes (1947). He was married to Claire Wilson. He died on May 3, 1997 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
Apr 23, 2023 · As the host of Opportunity Knocks, Hughie Green (above) was the Simon Cowell of his day. But beneath his ‘most sincerely folks’ showbiz persona lurked a man dogged by his demons: a tortured childhood, alcoholic rages, ruthless ambition… and a secret lovechild who turned out to have demons of her own: Paula Yates.
Hughie Green, brought back to hideous life by Trevor Eve on BBC Four’s Most Sincerely: Hughie Green, was a celebrity universally unloved. A majority of the millions who watched him on the...
A household name on British television for over 20 years, Hughie Green helped accommodate the rise to fame of many of the 60s' and 70s' biggest variety acts through his talent show Opportunity Knocks! (ITV, 1956; 1964-78).
