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3 unusual facts about John Hughes


Edie McClurg

Director John Hughes enjoyed casting her; she appears in four of his feature films.

John Hughes-Hallett

Captain Hughes-Hallett was a major character in the Canadian CBC miniseries Dieppe, in which he was played by actor Robert Joy.

Karl Probst

Around 1990, a crescent-shaped street in Caen (France) was named after Karl Probst, both extremities of which open on another street named after Commodore John Hughes-Hallett, in a district close to the Mémorial pour la Paix museum, where a majority of streets commemorate personalities linked with the Second World War, the Résistance, and the subsequent making of the European Community.


Antonio Bagioli

Teresa's family then relented and the couple married again, this time with John Hughes, Catholic Archbishop of New York City, presiding.

Dianogah

The group was one of about half-dozen performers that contributed to the soundtrack for 1998's Reach the Rock, a film directed by William Ryan and whose script was written by acclaimed director John Hughes.

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem

The Wild Palms is quoted in Jean-Luc Godard's 1959 film, Breathless ("À bout de souffle"), when Patricia claims to prefer to take "grief rather than nothing"; the same quote is cited in the 1986 John Hughes comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off, when Principal Rooney "consoles" Sloan while waiting in front of the school.

Jenniffer Weigel

In 1999, she played a television reporter in an episode of the series Early Edition, and in 2001, she played a news anchorwoman in the John Hughes movie New Port South.

Simon Keith

He went to Mount Douglas Secondary School 1981-83 where he played on a soccer team with notable teammates Jeff Mallett and John Hughes.

That Sinking Feeling

Ronnie (Robert Buchanan), Wal (Billy Greenlees), Andy (John Gordon Sinclair) and Vic (John Hughes) are four bored, unemployed teenagers from Glasgow.

The Psychedelic Furs

They scored several hits in their early career, but were launched to international attention in 1986 when the film director John Hughes used their song "Pretty in Pink" for his movie of the same name.

Thomas Britton

The most highly regarded musicians in the nation came to play at Britton's house, including J. C. Pepusch, John Banister, Philip Hart, Abel Whichelo and it is generally held even George Frideric Handel, as did amateurs including John Hughes, Henry Needler and J. Woolaston.


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1836 in New Zealand

26 December – John Hughes, W.I. Haberfield and others from the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou arrive in the Magnet and set up a whaling station on the north side of Moeraki Point.

Ann Griffiths

These were preserved and published by her mentor, the Calvinistic Methodist minister, John Hughes of Pontrobert, and his wife, Ruth, who had been maid at Ann Griffiths' farm and was a close confidante.

Dylan Hughes

Dylan John Hughes (born 23 January 1985 in Vancouver) is a former Canadian born Welsh footballer and current director of sport from Bayernliga side SC Fürstenfeldbruck.

James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett

James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, CMG, SBS (born 10 September 1949) is a British businessman and investor.

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship


Brett Wilson, John Hughes and Mark Rotblat, all MBA '07- The three entrepreneurs founded TubeMogul, a video advertising and analytics platform that connects advertisers with highly targeted audiences, and won the 2007 Bplan competition.

Lydia Dean Pilcher

After receiving an MFA at New York University Graduate Institute of Film and Television in 1983, Pilcher began her career making documentaries and working in the production department of feature films including After Hours (dir: Martin Scorsese); F/X (dir: Robert Mandel); Round Midnight (dir: Bertrand Tavernier); Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (dir: John Hughes); Mississippi Burning (dir: Alan Parker); and Quiz Show (dir: Robert Redford).

Tracie Thoms

From November 2010 through January 2011, Thoms starred in Show At Barre's For The Record: John Hughes, alongside Barrett Foa, Von Smith and Ty Taylor.

Victoria Vistas

Local Vancouver Island players in the 1990 team included John Hughes, David Ravenhill, Ian Bridge, Dallas Moen, Frank Woods, Ken Andrews, Rick Jaskens, and Ron Budisa, all of whom played at Royal Athletic Park in a four team tournament in either 1991 or 1992 against Vancouver 86ers, Dundee United FC, and a Chelsea FC line-up which included Welsh international and later actor Vinnie Jones.