Hugh Hurd(1925-1995)

Actor

Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

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Shadows (1958)

Hugh Hurd was born on 11 February 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Shadows (1958), Une femme sous influence (1974) and Who's the Man? (1993). He was married to Dr. Merlyn Sue Purdy. He died on 15 July 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Shadows

7.2

Hugh

1958

Une femme sous influence

8.0

Willie Johnson

1974

Who's the Man?

5.4

Mushmouth(as Hugh L. Hurd)

1993

Blade

5.3

Arttorney

1973

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Actor

Strapped
6.4
TV Movie
- Man in Hallway (as Hugh L. Hurd)
- 1993
Who's the Man?
5.4
- Mushmouth (as Hugh L. Hurd)
- 1993
Brothers in the Bronx
6.0
- Man At Coffee Shop
- 1991
Traumatismes
5.8
- Orderly #2
- 1991
Billions for Boris
5.4
- Detective
- 1984
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
6.4
TV Movie
- Horace Emory
- 1981
De plein fouet
5.9
- Ben Johnson
- 1980
Une femme sous influence
8.0
- Willie Johnson
- 1974
Blade
5.3
- Arttorney
- 1973
The Secret Storm
5.3
TV Series
- Isaac
- 1973
Mon homme
6.2
- Jerry
- 1968
Route 66
7.7
TV Series
- Thomboli
- 1964
Mafioso
7.6
- 1962
Le piège
6.8
- Black Soldier
- 1961
Shadows
7.2
- Hugh
- 1958

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Alternative name
- Hugh L. Hurd
Born
- February 11, 1925
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- July 15, 1995
- New York City, New York, USA(kidney failure)
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Other works
He acted in Ben Jonson's play, "Volpone," in a Philadelphia Drama Guild production at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Louise Sorel, Christine Carter, William Preston, Sue Farley, Don Kersey, Arnold Soboloff, Ed Flanders, Thomas Markus, Ted Thurston, Charles Hudson, Beverlee McKinsey, and Douglas Wing in the cast. Stefan Zweig adapted. Ruth Langner was translator. Daniel M. Petrie was director. Clarke Dunham was lighting designer. Joseph F. Bella was costume designer. William Ross was artistic director. John Randolph was artistic consultant. Sidney S. Bloom was producer.

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Trivia
Was very active in the civil rights movement. With Godfrey Cambridge, co-founded and headed the Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers in 1962.