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About Rupert Hughes
Rupert Raleigh Hughes was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes Jr. His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.
Everything about Rupert Hughes →- Occupation
- historian, novelist, screenwriter, film director
- Position held
- composer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 31, 1872, 1872
- Died
- September 9, 1956, 1956