Actor Barnard Hughes, winner of the Emmy and Tony awards, died at the age of 90 (here).
Hughes died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital, said Chris Boneau, a spokesman for Hughes’ family.
The actor, along with wife Helen Stenborg, were veterans of the New York stage. Hughes made his Broadway debut in “Herself Mrs. Patrick Crowley” in 1935, but it was “Da,” some 43 years later that made him a star and won him the best-actor Tony. He also starred in the 1988 film version of the Tony-winning play. (MSNBC)
I know of Hughes mostly by his role as "Grandpa" in the film The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys is one of those classic '80s films, much like The Breakfast Club and Say Anything. It's a keynote movie for several reasons: it's a combination of comedy and horror; it features the first - and best - pairing of "the Coreys" (Haim and Feldman); it was the first big role for Kiefer Sutherland (even though he was in Stand by Me, that film didn't put him on the map like Lost Boys).
Volunteeered in the church nusery on Sunday and they had "Playhouse Disney" on the radio. A song came on - I think called "1985" - that listed all sorts of pop culture aspects of the mid-eighties. One verse listed lots of eighties movies including "Breakfast Club". The other adult in there shot me a glance and we were caught up in a wave of nostalgia. The teenager-helper had no idea what was going on with those wacky grown-ups!
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