Robert Hughes

Acting

Robert Hughes

Born 1948-08-19 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Hughes (born 19 August 1948), is an Australian-born British former actor who appeared in ABBA: The Movie and the television sitcom Hey Dad..!. In May 2014, he was convicted of sexual offences against children and sentenced to ten years, nine months' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of six years.

Acting credits

Nowhere to Land poster
5.8

A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.

Nowhere to Land

2000

ABBA: The Movie poster
6.7

A radio DJ in pursuit of an exclusive interview follows ABBA during their mega-successful tour of Australia.

ABBA: The Movie

1977

First Daughter poster
4.8

A female Secret Service agent goes against protocol to save the U.S. president from an assassination attempt. She is reassigned to protect the president's daughter, which she considers a demotion. When the first daughter is kidnapped during a hiking trip, the agent and a river guide go to rescue her.

First Daughter

1999

Race the Sun poster
5.2

A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia.

Race the Sun

1996

Deadline poster
6.3

A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail. With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.

Deadline

1982

The Great Gold Swindle poster
9.0

The true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.

The Great Gold Swindle

1984

Squizzy Taylor poster
5.5

This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor. Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll Dolly and works for bookie Henry Stokes before branching out on his own while being hounded by the police and courted by the press the whole time.

Squizzy Taylor

1982

ABBA: New Beginnings poster
NR

For ABBA fans the journey hasn’t ended! The Swedish supergroup – Agnetha, Anna-Frid, Bjorn and Benny are back with music that never grows old.

ABBA: New Beginnings

2021

No artwork available
9.0

Holidaying in Asia, Australian backpackers Joanne and Richard are hauled off a train and taken as hostages by Cambodian rebels. A ransom demand is made on the Australian Government for their release. The Government refuses to pay. Also kidnapped is French couple Louise and Pierre who are confident a French mining company for whom Pierre works will pay the ransom. When Richard and Pierre are executed, Joanne and Louise know their days are numbered and plan their escape.

The Hostages

1997