Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes (アンドリュー・ヒューズ, Andoryû Hyûzu, January 16, 1908 – September 1, 1996 ) was a Turkish-born Australian actor and business executive best known for acting in several Japanese films. His most notable role was that of Adolf Hitler in the 1965 Japanese comedy The Crazy Adventure, which was reported to be compelling as he played him as a serious villain.

Hughes has also appeared in films such as King Kong Escapes (1967), Destroy All Monsters (1968), Tidal Wave (1973), ESPY (1974), and Sayonara Jupiter (1984). He also starred in the Hollywood films The Last Voyage (1960) and Flight from Ashiya (1964) (both partially filmed and set in Japan).

Career Being virtually exclusively active in the Japanese film industry, Hughes was often cast in the roles of various Westerners, often portraying an international reporter, politician or foreign military officer. Not much is known about Hughes's early, pre-acting years, but it is known that he was born in Ottoman Turkey where he originally worked as a career businessman with some small-time acting experience as an extra. Actor Robert Dunham asserted that most fellow Western actors in Japan were in fact of Turkish origin as many Turks had fled to Japan after the Turkish revolution by way of China in order to avoid being drafted to the army. Hughes was ultimately based in Tokyo as an import-export businessman and eventually started making numerous appearances in Japanese films in a career that spanned from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. As most Westerners appearing in Japanese films at the time spoke little or no Japanese, Hughes was dubbed by Japanese-speaking actors in most of his films.

Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Original title Notes1959 The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal General MacArthur Daitoa senso to kokusai saiban Boss of the Underworld Casino Guest Ankokugai no kaoyaku Uncredited Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender Western Diplomat Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu Battle in Outer Space Meeting attendees Uchū Daisensō Uncredited 1960 The Last Voyage Radio Operator Scenes filmed in Japan 1964 Flight from Ashiya Dr. Horton Scenes filmed in Japan1965 Honkon no shiroibara Crazy Adventure Adolf Hitler Kureji no daiboken Reissued in the U.S. as: Don't Call Me a Crime Man1966 Water Cyborg Professor Howard Kaitei daisensô U.S. Title: The Terror Beneath the Sea Ôgon batto Dr. Pearl 1967 Las Vegas Free-for-All Kid Gold King Kong Escapes United Nations journalist Kingu Kongu no gyakushû Reissued in Japan as: King Kong's Counterattack Monsieur Zivaco Alka Honne Scattered Clouds Canadian Man Midaregumo 1968 Booted Babe, Busted Boss Stonefeller Hyappatsu hyakuchu: Ogon on me/Ironfinger 2: Goldeneye Destroy All Monsters Dr. Stevenson Kaijû sôshingeki Nippon ichi no uragiri-otoko General MacArthur1969 The Big Explosion Z New Zealand no Wakadaishō John O'Hara New Zealand no Wakadaishō Latitude Zero Sir Maurice Poeley Ido zero daisakusen Uncredited Battle of the Japan Sea Zinovy Rozhestvensky Nihonkai daikaisen 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan Uncredited 1971 Be Deceived! President of Empire Amalgam Technics Uncredited 1973 Submersion of Japan Australian Prime Minister Nippon chinbotsu Based on the book Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu 1974 ESPY P.B. Esupai 1976 Fumō Chitai President of Luckyed Fumō Chitai 1984 Sayonara Jupiter Senator Shadllic (Earth Federation Congress) Sayônara, Jûpetâ