Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes was born on Dec 24, 1905 in USA. Howard Hughes's big-screen debut came with Two Arabian Knights directed by Lewis Milestone in 1927. Howard Hughes is known for Angel Face directed by Otto Preminger, Robert Mitchum stars as Frank Jessup and Jean Simmons as Diane Tremayne Jessup. The upcoming new movie Howard Hughes plays is Jet Pilot which will be released on Oct 01, 1957.

Billionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Humble, Texas just north of Houston. He studied at two prestigious institutions of higher learning: Rice University in Houston and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Inherited his father's machine tool company in 1923. In 1926 he ventured into films, producing Les anges de l'enfer (1930), Scarface (1932) and Le banni (1943). He also founded his own aircraft company, designed, built and flew his own aircraft, and broke several world air speed records (1935-1938). His most famous aircraft, the Hercules (nicknamed "The Spruce Goose"), which was as he discovered, an under-powered wooden seaplane designed to carry 750 passengers. That plane was completed in 1947, but flew only once over a distance of one mile despite having eight Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major engines, among the most powerful radial piston engines of the day. Throughout his life he shunned publicity, eventually becoming a recluse but still controlling his vast business interests from sealed-off hotel suites, and giving rise to endless rumors and speculation. In 1971 an "authorized" biography was announced, but the authors wound up in prison for fraud, and the mystery surrounding him continued until his death in Houston. He is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston