Gareth Hughes
Acting
Biography
Gareth Hughes was a Welsh stage and silent screen actor born in the village of Dafen near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. He pursued his acting career in the USA and, by the end of 1915 he had become successful on Broadway which led to his involvement in the motion picture business.
Born: October 1, 1894
Place of Birth: Dafen, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Known For
Penrod and Sam
Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in because his parents are wealthy and prominent members of the town. Finally the boys agree to let Georgie join, but first they demand that he undergo an "initiation", and they're determined to make it one that Georgie won't soon forget.
The Eyes of the Totem
After selling out a mining claim in the desolate and frigid north, Miriam Hardy moves to Tacoma with her husband and young daughter to start a new life. Things don't go as planned when her husband is murdered by a mysterious sinister eyed stranger, leaving Ms. Hardy a destitute widow. With the police unable to help find the murderer, Ms. Hardy is rescued by a kindly elderly beggar and taken in by a beggar's society. Miriam enrolls her daughter in a private seminary and lives a double life as a street beggar and a member of polite society, until a chance encounter one day leads her back to the sinister eyed stranger she has been seeking for years.
Eyes of Youth
A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the roads, she makes her choice.
The Midnight Girl
A corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.
Enemies of Women
The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into disgrace and settles in Monte Carlo, where he resumes his life of debauchery while World War I ravages the fields of Europe… (Partially lost film; reels 3 and 9 of a total of 11 are missing.)
Mister Antonio
Antonio Camaradino, florist and street musician, befriends a man robbed of his overcoat and money in a disreputable bar. Tony recognizes the man as Jorny, mayor of Avalonia, a straitlaced town where Tony was once arrested for playing his hurdy-gurdy. After this meeting, Tony's travels take him again to Avalonia. Camped on the outskirts of town, he meets June Ramsey, a cousin of the mayor's wife, ejected from town by the mayor because his reelection campaign is jeopardized by her having been seen in a roadhouse. Under considerable pressure because he wishes to conceal his previous encounter with Tony from the opposition, Jorny returns Tony's favor by asking June's forgiveness and inviting her to return to Avalonia. June accepts his apologies; she then follows Tony, with whom she has fallen in love.
The Sky Rider
The disinherited nephew of an aviation magnate plots to get a share of his uncle’s millions. He causes the near-death of his cousin when a bomb placed in his plane explodes in mid-air. He then hires thugs to abduct the uncle in order to force him to give over part of his fortune, but is foiled by the arrival of a cousin and police.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs, a loving mother whose husband has abandoned her, supports her many children and lives in hope of her husband's return.
The Woman Under Oath
After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. The celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes the first woman juror in New York.
The Spanish Dancer
The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Maritana wishes to be a Countess. Her ambitions are realized when she meets the handsome Count Don Cesar de Bazán, if only the King of Spain would stay out of their way!
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Joe
as Dick Wilson
as Bob Dixon
as Lt. Fritz von Lang
as Tom Dugan
as Billy Morgan
as Bruce Huston
as Curley
as Richard Eagan
as Dick Foster
as Don Harmon
as Collie King
as Emile Boule
as Lazarillo
as Robert Williams
as Philip Spadoni
as Brother Paul
as Benny
as Jimmy, The Boy
as Roy St. George
as Lester Crope
as Clay Warwick
as Tommy Sandys
as Horace Tarbox
as Kenneth Ashling
as Jack Frazier
as Gwenne Stevens
as David Belkov
as Jim O'Neil
as Billy Wiggs