14 Facts About Gareth Hughes

Gareth Hughes was a Welsh stage and silent screen actor.

Usually cast as a callow, sensitive hero in Hollywood silent films, Hughes got his start on stage during childhood and continued to play youthful leads on Broadway.

The group took a tour to the United States, and although not successful Gareth Hughes was spotted in Chicago, and stayed in America to pursue his acting career.

Gareth Hughes was teamed with Viola Dana in The Chorus Girl's Romance.

Gareth Hughes signed with Metro Pictures and was loaned to Famous Players Lasky for Sentimental Tommy, probably his best film role.

Gareth Hughes was the Welsh dialect coach on The Corn Is Green starring Bette Davis.

Gareth Hughes then decided to leave the world of film and return to theatre, which had always been his first love.

Gareth Hughes spent almost 14 years with his "children", as he called them.

In 1958, Gareth Hughes returned to Llanelli to spend his final years.

Later, Gareth Hughes moved into the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills where he had his own cottage.

Gareth Hughes baptised silent film actress Clara Kimball Young prior to her death.

Gareth Hughes died in 1965 of complications from byssinosis, a lint-born respiratory disease he contracted from years of sorting donated clothing at Pyramid Lake, and his cremated remains were buried at the Masonic Memorial Gardens cemetery in Reno, Nevada.

In 2000, the first TV documentary on Gareth Hughes's life was produced by Nant Films in collaboration with Stephen Lyons, Gareth Hughes's biographer.

In 2008, his relative Kelvin Guy made a film In Search of Gareth Hughes, which has received only limited release.