Hugh McPhillips
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Hugh McPhillips was an American
United States
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 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and Director.

Early life

McPhillips was born in Suffern, New York
Suffern, New York
Suffern is a village in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the State of New Jersey; east of Hillburn; south of Montebello and west of Airmont...

 to an Irish American
Irish American
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 Catholic
Catholic
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 family of three children.

Acting career

McPhillips was perhaps best known for winning a Daytime Emmy Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series
7th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year . The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo...

 for Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

 in the 1980 as Hugh Pearson. He played Andre, the restaurant host, in The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

 and also appeared in many soap operas & films in 1980's.

Filmography

The following credits, Awards & Nominations have been taken from
  1. Freddy's Nightmares
    Freddy's Nightmares
    Freddy's Nightmares is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger...

     ....Cabin Fever (1989) 1 TV episode .... Old Man
  2. Murder, She Wrote ....Murder Through the Looking Glass (1988) 1 TV episode .... Father Paul Kelly
  3. Kandyland (film) (1987) .... Minister
  4. The Young and the Restless .... Andre, Colonnade Room Patron / ... (4 episodes, 1986)... aka Y&R (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  5. Bachelor Party (1984) .... Father O'Donnell
  6. Joysticks (1983) .... Pope ... aka Joy Sticks (International: English title: video box title) ... aka Video Madness
  7. The Kid with the Broken Halo
    The Kid with the Broken Halo
    The Kid with the Broken Halo is a 1982 made-for-television movie starring Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, June Allyson, Mason Adams and Ray Walston about a wise-cracking "angel-in-training" who needs constant help from his frustrated heavenly teacher. The comedy was directed by Leslie H...

     (1982) (TV) .... Pierce
  8. The Jeffersons
    The Jeffersons
    The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...

     .... Not So Dearly Beloved (1981) 1 TV episode .... Old Man
  9. Days of Our Lives(1965) TV series .... Hugh Pearson (unknown episodes, 1979)
  10. All in the Family
    All in the Family
    All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...

     .... The Return of Stephanie's Father (1 TV episode, 1979)....Derelict

Awards and nominations

1980 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series
7th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year . The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo...

 for Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

 in the 1980 as Hugh Pearson

1976 Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series
for: "The Doctors (1963 TV series)"

1974 Nominated Daytime Emmy Best Individual Director for a Drama Series
for: "The Doctors (1963 TV series)" (1963)

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