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Australian former actor

Robert Lindsay Hughes (born 19 August 1948) also billed variously as Bob Hughes and Robert Hughs, is an Australian born British former actor who appeared in ABBA: The Movie and the television sitcom Hey Dad !. In May 2014, he was convicted of sexual offences against children and sentenced to ten years, nine months' imprisonment with a minimum non parole period of six years. Hughes was briefly the bass player for the pop/country rock band the Flying Circus in 1967–68, billed as Bob Hughes, before they had hits with the songs "Hayride" and "La La".

Hughes has acted extensively in Australian theatre, film and television. He was a Sydney Theatre Company company artist from 1981. His theatre roles have included The War Horse and Great Big Adventure Book for Boys. His television roles include Chopper Squad, Cop Shop, The Sullivans, Skyways, Tickled Pink, The Paul Hogan Show, Dick Emery in Australia, Love Thy Neighbour in Australia, Daily at Dawn, The Timeless Land, Kingswood Country, The Flying Doctors, Halifax fp, A Country Practice, Learned Friends, Prisoner and The New Adventures of Blinky Bill. His film roles include Cathy's Child, Fatty Finn, ABBA: The Movie and Squizzy Taylor. Following this he played the lead role in Hey Dad ! from 1987 until leaving the series in 1993. Despite having been the lead star for twelve of the show's fourteen seasons, Hughes did not participate in two Hey Dad ! cast reunions: on the television series Where Are They Now? in 2006, or a radio reunion on Brisbane station B105 FM in 2009. His absences were later revealed to have arisen from animosity between him and the other actors to the point that most of them refused to partake in the latter reunion if he was involved.

In March 2010, Sarah Monahan alleged that Hughes, who then was living in Singapore, had engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour on the Hey Dad ! set. Fellow cast members Ben Oxenbould and Simone Buchanan spoke in support of her allegations. On 29 March, police announced the creation of a strike force to investigate Monahan's claims. Monahan said she spent more than 35 hours testifying to police. In September 2010, six months after the allegations were published, it was reported that more than 100 people had been interviewed. Police had not yet spoken to Hughes and were weighing up whether a formal interview would take place. In an interview broadcast on Channel Nine's A Current Affair on 14 March 2011, one of Hughes' nieces stated that he had molested her. Hughes' daughter rejected the allegations and questioned why these accusations had not been raised earlier. A mother of a victim later said: "We first went to [New South Wales] police about Hughes in 1988 when my daughter was nine years old" and says she was told by the investigating detective "I've tried to get this guy but every time I do someone covers for him." NSW Police had interviewed Hughes about claims of sexual abuse as early as 1985.

Hughes was arrested in London in August 2012, and the New South Wales government sought his extradition to Australia. He was granted bail and a hearing was held on 19 September 2012. At that hearing, Hughes indicated that he intended to return to Australia for questioning. After being extradited to Australia, Hughes was charged with 11 counts of child sexual abuse and released on bail. His trial started on 10 February 2014, at Downing Centre District Court, where he pleaded not guilty to eleven charges. In April 2014, the jury found Hughes guilty of two counts of sexual assault, seven counts of indecent assault and one count of committing an indecent act. A final charge, relating to an indecent act with a child under the age of sixteen, resulted in a hung jury. No outcome was recorded in relation to this charge. On 16 May 2014, Hughes was sentenced to 10 years and 9 months' imprisonment with a minimum non parole period of 6 years. His earliest date of eligibility for release was in April 2020 at age 71. After sentencing, Hughes was sent to Goulburn Correctional Centre, where inmates doused him in human excreta (urine/feces) upon his arrival, despite his being in protective custody. Prison officials constructed a wall of wire screening to deflect further attacks. Hughes appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal, but was rejected on 21 December 2015. The court did, however, mandate that Hughes' prison physical abuse allegations be referred to the Minister for Justice and the Commissioner for Corrective Services. and has since lost his High Court challenge to child sex convictions. Hughes requested an international prisoner transfer to the UK, due to holding dual British Australian citizenship. However, he later withdrew this application and instead renounced his Australian citizenship, meaning he would be deported to the United Kingdom once paroled or his sentence completed. As a result, the New South Wales State Parole Authority refused parole in March 2020 as he would be deported and not under supervision, thus presenting an 'unacceptable risk to community safety'. On 2 June 2022 Hughes was granted parole, to face deportation to the United Kingdom. On the morning of 14 June 2022, Hughes was released into the custody of Australian Border Force officers to ensure he would be flown straight out of the country.

+YearTitleRoleNotes1977ABBA: The MovieAshley Wallace Feature film 1978RipkinTV movie1979Cathy's ChildMike (billed as Bob Hughes) Feature film Fatty Finn Percy Feature film 1981Winter of Our DreamsMartin Harris Feature film 1982 Deadline FletcherTV movieSquizzy TaylorReg Harvey Feature film 1984The Great Gold SwindleBrian MickelbergTV movie1996Race the SunJudd Potter Feature film 1999First DaughterDan Feature film

Year Title RoleNotes 1975 Armchair Theatre Episode: Tully Lookout 1977 The Dick Emery Show in Australia Various Characters TV series1978 Tickled Pink Jethro TV series Chopper Squad The Photographer TV series 1979 Love Thy Neighbour in Australia Bernard Smith TV series 1980 The Timeless Land Captain Kemp TV series Home Sweet Home Policeman TV series 1980–1982 Kingswood Country Solicitor / Hamish McDingle TV series 1981 Cop Shop Bob Harvey / James Best TV series Daily at Dawn Gil James TV series 1984 City West TV series Sweet and Sour College Supervisor TV series 1984 1987 The New Adventures of Blinky Bill Ranger Barry TV series 1985 Prisoner Ram/Voice of TV Newscaster TV series 1986 Return to Eden Search Co ordinator TV series 1987 Flight into Hell Miniseries 1990 G. P. Alan Dean TV series 1991 Hampton Court Martin Kelly TV series 1983–1992 A Country Practice Tony West/Adrian/Andrew Baxter/Colin Warner TV series 1987–1994 Hey Dad ! Martin Kelly TV series 1994 The Ferals White Ant TV series Halifax f. p. TV seriesEpisode: My Lovely Girl(billed as Robert Hughs) 1997 State Coroner Dr. Nelson Grey TV series 1998All Saints Alan Fitzer TV series 2000 Tales of the South Seas Paul Cabot TV series Nowhere to Land AFP Bill Ryan TV series