January 31, 1872 [Lancaster, Missouri] – September 9, 1956 [Los Angeles, California]
[He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes Jr. In 1921 his novel The Old Nest (1912), based upon his family and early life, was adapted into a movie. Its success led Hughes to move to Hollywood and join the burgeoning motion picture industry in 1923. The behind-the-scenes goings on of show business provided ample fodder for Hughes’ novel Souls for Sale (1922), a scathing look at Hollywood scandals of the era. Hughes’ greatest success in Hollywood came in 1928 when he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Patent Leather Kid.[7] In the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.]
