
Robert Hughes
Actor · b. 1948 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Hughes (born 19 August 1948), is an Australian-born British former actor who appeared in ABBA: The Movie and the television sitcom Hey Dad..!. In May 2014, he was convicted of sexual offences against children and sentenced to ten years, nine months' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of six years.
Movies8
Movie4.8ActionRomanceA female Secret Service agent goes against protocol to save the U.S. president from an assassination attempt. She is reassigned to protect the president's daughter, which she considers a demotion. When the first daughter is kidnapped during a hiking trip, the agent and a river guide go to rescue her.
First Daughter
1999 · 25 votes
Movie6.7ComedyDramaA radio DJ in pursuit of an exclusive interview follows ABBA during their mega-successful tour of Australia.
ABBA: The Movie
1977 · 94 votes
Movie5.2AdventureComedyA bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia.
Race the Sun
1996 · 67 votes
Movie5.9ThrillerTV MovieA pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
Nowhere to Land
2000 · 17 votes
Movie9.0CrimeDramaThe true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.
The Great Gold Swindle
1984 · 1 votes
Movie6.2ThrillerTV MovieA journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail. With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.
Deadline
1982 · 4 votes
Movie5.5CrimeDramaThis Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor. Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll Dolly and works for bookie Henry Stokes before branching out on his own while being hounded by the police and courted by the press the whole time.
Squizzy Taylor
1982 · 4 votes
- Movie9.0DramaTV Movie
Holidaying in Asia, Australian backpackers Joanne and Richard are hauled off a train and taken as hostages by Cambodian rebels. A ransom demand is made on the Australian Government for their release. The Government refuses to pay. Also kidnapped is French couple Louise and Pierre who are confident a French mining company for whom Pierre works will pay the ransom. When Richard and Pierre are executed, Joanne and Louise know their days are numbered and plan their escape.
The Hostages
1997 · 1 votes
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TV6.2DramaMedical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
All Saints
1998 · 13 votes
TV6.0ComedyHey Dad..! was an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network.
Hey Dad..!
1987 · 3 votes
TV6.2DramaMysteryHalifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.
Halifax f.p.
1994 · 7 votes
- TV10.0Comedy
Daily at Dawn was an Australian sitcom that screened in 1981 on the Seven Network. The series was written and produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, the team behind other popular Australian comedy series such as Kingswood Country, Hey Dad..! and The Naked Vicar Show.
Daily at Dawn
1981 · 1 votes