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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.
Apr 12, 2012 · 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,...
Hughie Green, wrote the Guardian television critic in March 1977, is ‘unabashed about being hired to introduce a talent show but using it for giving his millions homilies about the state of the wunnerful nation. And we don’t seem to see it as absurd that it should be so.’.
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...
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.
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 lives of...
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 2 February 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 3 May 1997 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson. From its origin on BBC Radio in 1949 the show provided a platform to fame for acts such as Spike Milligan and Frankie Vaughan.
