Howard Morris (1919 - 2005)

Morris was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York, the son of Elsie and Hugo Morris, a rubber company executive. During World War II he was assigned to a United States Army Special Services unit where he was the First Sergeant. Maurice Evans was the company commander and Carl Reiner and Werner […]

Howard Primrose Whidden (1871 - 1952)

Longest serving Chancellor (now called President) of McMaster University of Toronto when he began his term (1923) and Hamilton, Ontario at the end of his term (1941). He was a Baptist minister, writer, educator, editor, politician (MP, Brandon, Manitoba, Unionist party 1917). His son, Howard Primrose Whidden became senior editor of Business Week magazine. Cause […]

Howard Robard Hughes, Sr (1869 - 1924)

Inventor. The father of Howard Hughes Jr., he invented the 64 tooth drill bit used to cut through hard rock while drilling for oil, it is still used today. The wealth he accumulated went to his son. (bio by: mike)  Family links:  Parents:  Felix Turner Hughes (1837 – 1926)  Jean Amelia Summerlin Hughes (1842 – […]

Howard Unruh (1921 - 2009)

Howard Unruh was the son of Samuel Shipley Unruh and Freda E. Vollmer. He had a younger brother, James; they were raised by their mother after the parents separated. Unruh grew up in East Camden, attended Cramer Junior High School, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in January 1939. The Woodrow Wilson High School […]

Howard Vernon (1914 - 1996)

Howard Vernon (15 July 1914 — 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. Vernon was born Mario Lippert in Baden, Switzerland, to a Swiss father and an American mother, and was fluent in German, English, and French. Originally a stage and radio actor, he worked primarily in France and became a well-known supporting actor after 1945 […]

Hoyt Axton (1938 - 1999)

Hoyt Axton His mother, Mae Boren Axton, co-wrote the classic rock ‘n’ roll song “Heartbreak Hotel“, which became the first major hit for Elvis Presley. Some of Hoyt’s own songs were also later recorded by Elvis. Axton’s father, John T. Axton, was a Naval officer stationed in Jacksonville, Florida; the family joined him there in […]

Hubert Beuve-Mery (1902 - 1989)

He founded the great french Newspaper “Le Monde.”

Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832 - 1918)

Historian.  Authored 39 volumes of the history of the West, 11 volumes on California (containing 8,800 pages).  Banned from the Society of California Pioneers for reporting the truth about John Sutter, John C. Freemont and other paragons of the past.  Family links:  Parents:  Azariah Ashley Bancroft (1798 – 1885)  Lucy Damaris Howe Bancroft (1799 – […]

Hubert Humphrey (1911 - 1978)

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was […]

Hugh Beaumont (1909 - 1982)

Hugh Brannum (1910 - 1987)

During World War II, Hugh Brannum enlisted in the US Marine Corps and joined a Marine band led by Bob Crosby. After the war, he joined the Four Squires, later moving to Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians; Waring’s group had a regular radio show, where Hugh met fellow Marine Bob Keeshan, an employee at the […]

Hugh Buckler (1881 - 1936)

Actor. Buckler appeared in the films, “Lost Horizon” (1937), “The Jungle Princess (1936), “Crash Donovan” (1936), “Carry On sergeant” (1928), “Guy Fawkes” (1923), “Belongings” (1922), “Black Peter” (1922), “The Nonentity” (1922), “The Devil’s Foot” (1921), “A Gentleman Of France” (1921), “Duke’s Son” (1920), “The Lure Of Crooning Water” (1920), and “The Garden Of Construction” (1919). […]

Hugh Burden (1913 - 1985)

British actor and playwright. He appeared in Doctor Who (1970) and The Avengers (1963). (bio by: Natalia Danesi)

Hugh Chapman (1927 - 2015)

Actor. He appeared in several of Hal Roach’s ‘Our Gang’ one-reelers in 1937 and subsequently made a return to the ensemble in 1939 after the series had been sold to M-G-M. He also had roles in such films as ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ (1938), ‘My Son is Guilty’ (1939), ‘Belle Starr’ (1941). ‘Kid Glove […]

Hugh Downs (1921 - 2020)

Hugh Downs Hugh Downs, longtime anchor of ABC Television’s primetime news magazine 20/20, is one of the most familiar figures in the history of the medium.  He left the program and regular broadcasting in September of 1999 to write and lecture and to pursue other activities:  travel, flying, science studies, riding, sailing, and composing.  Downs […]

Hugh Edward “Yug” Bolton (1929 - 1999)

Professional Hockey Player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Bolton played the position of Defense for teams in the NHL, AHL, QHL, OHA-JR, OHA-SR, and the Al-Cup hockey leagues. At 6’03”, and 192lbs, Bolton played for the Toronto Young Rangers from 1945 to 1947, Toronto Marlboros from 1947 to 1950, Toronto Maple Leafs from 1949 to […]

Hugh Griffith (1912 - 1980)

Actor. Born in North Wales and a welsh speaker he appeared in many Hollywood films over four decades. He was best remembered as ‘Sheik Ilderim’ in the film epic “Ben-Hur” (1959), a role for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. His other films included, “Mutiny On The Bounty” (1962), “Oliver!”(1968),”Legend of the Werewolf” […]

Hugh Harman (1903 - 1982)

Cartoon Animator. A pioneer in animation, he helped to create ‘Daffy Duck’ and ‘Bugs Bunny’ among other Looney Tune characters. He began his career in 1922 when he got a job working for the Walt Disney, working on the Laugh-o-Gram toons. After Disney went bankrupt he and his partner, Rudolf Ising tried to start a […]

Hugh Hefner (1926 - 2017)

Hugh Hefner In January 1952, Hugh Hefner left his job as a copywriter for Esquire after he was denied a $5 raise. In 1953, he took out a mortgage, generating a bank loan of $600, and raised $8,000 from 45 investors, including $1,000 from his mother (“Not because she believed in the venture,” he told […]

Hugh Legaré (1797 - 1843)

Hugh Legaré was born in Charleston, South Carolina, of Huguenot and Scottish ancestry. Partly due to his inability to share in the amusements of his fellows as a result of a deformity due to a vaccine poisoning suffered before he was five (the poison permanently arresting the growth and development of his legs), Legaré was an […]

Hugh Marlowe (1911 - 1982)

Hugh Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in. In 1939-40, Marlowe was in two network radio programs. He was Jim Curtis in the soap opera […]

Hugh O Brian (1925 - 2016)

Hugh O Brian Hugh O Brian, who helped tame the Wild West as the star of TV’s “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” and was the founder of a long-running youth leadership development organization, has died. He was 91. Hugh O Brian, who had several health issues, died Monday morning with his wife nearby at […]

Hughie Green (1920 - 1997)

British TV personality; one of his most famous TV series was the show ‘Opportuntiy Knocks.’

Hughie Mack (1884 - 1927)

Actor. Born Hugh McGowan in New York City, he was a former undertaker when he was spotted one day sleeping on a park bench by producer J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph Pictures. Vitagraph’s biggest star at the time was roly-poly comedian John Bunny; Blackton thought another corpulent comic might be popular too, so he offered […]

Hugo Ball (1886 - 1927)

Artist. Regarded as the “Father of Dadaism”, he founded “Cabaret Voltaire”. He was the inventor of dadaist phonetic poetry, and wrote essays about “Siddhartha” author Hermann Hesse.  (bio by: Apats)  Family links:  Spouse:  Emmy Hennings (1885 – 1948)* *Calculated relationship

Hugo Ballin (1879 - 1956)

Artist, Director, Writer. As a painter his first ceiling mural was in the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison in 1913. In 1917 he received commissions for murals at the Los Angeles Times Building and the City Hall in Burbank, California. These caught the eye of film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who hired him as a […]

Hugo Ballin (1879 - 1956)

Artist, Director, Writer. As a painter his first ceiling mural was in the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison in 1913. In 1917 he received commissions for murals at the Los Angeles Times Building and the City Hall in Burbank, California. These caught the eye of film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who hired him as a […]

Hugo Bettauer (1872 - 1925)

Austrian novelist, journalist and playwright. One of his most famous novels is Die freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street), which was filmed by G. W. Pabst with Greta Garbo, and he was also famous for his anti-Nazi satire of anti-semitism Die Stadt ohne Juden (The State without Jews), which was subsequently made into a play and […]

Hugo Chávez (1954 - 2013)

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as]; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician and the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other […]

Hugo del Carril (1912 - 1989)

Actor. Born Piero Bruno Hugo Fontana, his career lasted more than 50 years, being one of the first idols of the Argentine cinema. (bio by: 380W)