---
name: "Howard Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-hughes"
fi1m_id: "howard-hughes"
imdb_id: "nm0400652"
tmdb_id: 13348
wikidata_id: "Q189081"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 December 1905"
died: "5 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:13:32.026347+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Howard Hughes

## Identity

Howard Hughes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-hughes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-hughes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400652
- **TMDB ID:** 13348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q189081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13348

Producer. Born 25 December 1905 in Humble, Texas, USA. Died 5 April 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 December 1905, Humble, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 5 April 1976
- **Active:** 1932–1948
- **Also known as:** Говард Робард Хьюз, Говард Робард Хьюз-младший, Говард Хьюз, Howard Robard Hughes Jr, Howard Robard Hughes
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Howard Hawks](https://film.one/person/howard-hawks.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 85 (1), 1940s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13348

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Red River*](https://film.one/film/red-river.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Howard Hughes (1905–1976) was an American film producer and director. He entered the film industry in the mid-1920s after inheriting his family's business interests and moved to Hollywood, where he founded the Caddo Company.

Hughes produced several notable films, including *Hell's Angels* (1930), which he also directed, *The Front Page* (1931), *Scarface* (1932) and *The Outlaw* (1943), which he both produced and directed. His productions were often marked by high budgets, technical innovation and conflicts with censors. He later acquired a controlling interest in RKO Pictures in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

*Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Scarface* (1932), Fi1m 85, Presenter, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cleavage* (2002), Actor
- *The World Is Round* (1994), as (archive footage)
- *Jet Pilot* (1957), Producer
- *The Conqueror* (1956), Producer, Presenter
- *Underwater!* (1955), Presenter, Executive Producer
- *The French Line* (1954), Executive Producer
- *Second Chance* (1953), Producer
- *Angel Face* (1953), Presenter
- *Macao* (1952), Executive Producer
- *The Las Vegas Story* (1952), Producer
- *Two Tickets to Broadway* (1951), Producer
- *Flying Leathernecks* (1951), Presenter
- *His Kind of Woman* (1951), as Additional Writing · Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Vendetta* (1950), Producer
- *Red River* (1948), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)
- *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), Producer
- *Behind the Rising Sun* (1943), Producer
- *The Outlaw* (1943), Director, Producer
- *King of the Texas Rangers* (1941), as Johnny Logan
- *Sailors on Leave* (1941), as Sailor (uncredited)
- *Scarface* (1932), Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)
- *Sky Devils* (1932), Producer
- *Cock of the Air* (1932), Producer
- *The Age for Love* (1931), Producer
- *The Front Page* (1931), Producer, Presenter
- *Hell's Angels* (1930), Director, Presenter, Producer
- *The Racket* (1928), Producer
- *The Mating Call* (1928), Producer
- *Two Arabian Knights* (1927), Producer
- *Swell Hogan* (1926), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Howard Hughes Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-2d2b8508ca91.jpg) Howard Hughes Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller (1938) — Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/L_to_R-_Howard_Huges%2C_Jesse_Jones%2C_Rene_St._Quentin_LCCN2016873814_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-L_to_R-_Howard_Huges%2C_Jesse_Jones%2C_Rene_St._Quentin_LCCN2016873814_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Howard Hughes in 1938](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-91a012ba284e.jpg) Howard Hughes in 1938 — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Howard-Hughes-1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Howard Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-5145d490944a.jpg) Howard Hughes — Acme Newspictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Howard_Hughes_1938_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Howard Hughes "standing in front of his new Boeing Army Pursuit Plane" (Boeing 100A) in Inglewood, California in the 1940s. The black "halo" is presumably inten](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-74ba3a2823fa.jpg) Howard Hughes "standing in front of his new Boeing Army Pursuit Plane" (Boeing 100A) in Inglewood, California in the 1940s. The black "halo" is presumably inten — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Howard_Hughes.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of gov (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-57633d2cc9c1.jpg) Title: Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of gov (1938) — Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Howard_Hughes_speaking_before_the_Press_Club._Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_July_21._Howard_Hughes%2C_speaking_at_the_National_Press_Club_today%2C_before_hundreds_of_government_officials_and_representatives_LCCN2016873815.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. Gen. Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Ho (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/3853314/gallery-3b5d3511d747.jpg) Title: Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. Gen. Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Ho (1938) — Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Chief_of_Army_Air_Corps_congratulates_Howard_Hughes._Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_July_21._Gen._Oscar_Westover%2C_Chief_of_the_Army_Air_Corps%2C_right%3B_Congratulates_Howard_on_his_round_the_world_flight%2C_LCCN2016873816.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- National Aviation Hall of Fame 1973: National Aviation Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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