About Roddy Hughes
Lived 1891 – 1970 (aged 78). Roddy Hughes was a British actor, film actor, television actor and teacher.
Rhodri Henry Hughes (19 June 1891 – 22 February 1970) was a Welsh theatre, film and television actor, who appeared in over 80 films between 1932 and 1961.
Selected filmography
Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932) Reunion (1932) Say It with Flowers (1934) - Sam - Newspaper Seller (uncredited) How's Chances? (1934) - (uncredited) Music Hall (1934) A Glimpse of Paradise (1934) - Walter Fielding The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) - Short Lest We Forget (1934) - Taffy Kentucky Minstrels (1934) - Town Clerk Breakers Ahead (1935) - Will A Real Bloke (1935) - Taffy The Small Man (1935) - David Cock o' the North (1935) - Taffy Honeymoon for Three (1935) - Toomes The River House Mystery (1935) - Higgins Cheer Up (1936) - Dick Dirk Twelve Good Men (1936) Men of Yesterday (1936) Make-Up (1937) - Mr. Greenswarter Captain's Orders (1937) - Cookie Little Miss Somebody (1937) Poison Pen (1939) - Handwriting Expert The Stars Look Down (1940) - Union Committee Member (uncredited) The Proud Valley (1940) - Lloyd - Miner (uncredited) The Girl in the News (1940) - Doctor (uncredited) Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) - Butler (uncredited) Under Your Hat (1940) - Film Director The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Vicar at Dance (uncredited) Saloon Bar (1940) - Doctor Martin The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) - Amberley Old Mother Riley in Business (1941) Quiet Wedding (1941) - Vicar The Saint's Vacation (1941) - Valet (uncredited) "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) - Zigor Cottage to Let (1941) - German Agent (uncredited) Atlantic Ferry (1941) - Minor role (uncredited) The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) - Journalist (uncredited) Hatter's Castle (1942) - Gordon Hard Steel (1942) - Coroner In Which We Serve (1942) - Photographer Meet Sexton Blake! (1945) - Ferraby Here Comes the Sun (1946) - Simpson George in Civvy Street (1946) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) - Tim Linkinwater Green Fingers (1947) - Mr. Green (uncredited) So Well Remembered (1947) - Chief Librarian The Silver Darlings (1947) - Shoemaker Fame Is the Spur (1947) - Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited) Blanche Fury (1948) - Zeremonienmeister (uncredited) There Is No Escape (1948) - The Chaplain Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948) - Doctor The Small Back Room (1949) - Welsh Doctor The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) - Caradoc Poet's Pub (1949) - Truscott (uncredited) Obsession (1949) - Clubman The Reluctant Widow (1950) Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1950) - Mr. Orders The Man in the White Suit (1951) - Green Scrooge (1951) - Fezziwig Salute the Toff (1952) - Jolly Hammer the Toff (1952) - Jolly Escape Route (1952) - Porter The Great Game (1953) - Mr. Broderick Alf's Baby (1953) - Mr. Prendergast The Final Test (1953) - Mr. Harborne (uncredited) Meet Mr Lucifer (1953) - Billings Trouble in Store (1953) - Taffy (Doorman At Staff Entrance) (uncredited) The Million Pound Note (1954) - Clergyman at Bumbles Hotel (uncredited) Eight O'Clock Walk (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited) John Wesley (1954) - Mr. Bligh The Crowded Day (1954) - Chemist Mystery on Bird Island (1954) - Grumpy One Jump Ahead (1955) - Mac See How They Run (1955) - Rev. Arthur Humphrey Not So Dusty (1956) - Layton Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited) Sea Wife (1957) - Club Barman The Spaniard's Curse (1958) - Jody Corridors of Blood (1958) - Man With Watch The House in Marsh Road (1960) - Daniels
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Roddy Hughes?
British actor (1891-1970)
When was Roddy Hughes born?
Roddy Hughes was born on 19 June 1891 in Porthmadog.
When did Roddy Hughes die?
Roddy Hughes died on 22 February 1970 in Sussex.
What was Roddy Hughes's occupation?
Roddy Hughes was an actor, film actor, television actor and teacher.
What nationality was Roddy Hughes?
Roddy Hughes was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Roddy Hughes. https://biography.guide/roddy-hughes/
MLA: "Roddy Hughes." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/roddy-hughes/.
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