Hugh Hefner (1926–2017)

Producer | Actor | Soundtrack

Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Hugh Marston Hefner. He was a ...

Born: April 9, 1926
Died: September 27, 2017 (age 91)

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Known For

Hop Voice at Playboy Mansion (2011)
Miss March Hugh Hefner (2009)
The Girls in the Band Producer (2011)
Known For

The House Bunny Hugh Hefner (2008)
Producer

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
The Girls in the Band (2011)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2009 (2008)
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Playboy: Girls of World Soccer (2006)
Playboy: Girls of Playboy TV (2006)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2007 (2006)
Playboy Playmate of the Year DVD Collection: The '90s (2006)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco (2006)
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (2006)
Playboy: The Ultimate Jenny McCarthy (2005)
Playboy: Women of Fear Factor (2005)
Bullets Over Hollywood (2005)
Playboy: No Boys Allowed, 100% Girls 3 (2005)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Tiffany Fallon (2005)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2006 (2005)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2005 (2004)
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare (2004)
Playboy Video Centerfold: 50th Anniversary Playmate Colleen Shannon (2003)
Playboy: Women of Starbucks (2003)
Playboy: The Ultimate Playmate Search (2003)
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2004 (2003)
Rita (2003)
Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart (2003)
Playboy: Girls of Reality TV (2003)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Christina Santiago (2003)
Playboy: Hot Lips, Hot Legs (2003)
Playboy: Playmates in Bed (2002)
Playboy: Prime Time Playmates (2002)
Playboy: Women of Enron (2002)
Playboy: Cyber Girls (2002)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Dalene Kurtis (2002)
Playboy: Barefoot Beauties (2002)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2003 (2002)
Playboy: Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? (2002)
Playboy: Roommates (2002)
Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson (2002)
Playboy: Joanie Laurer, Nude Wrestling Superstar (2002)
Playboy: Playmates Unwrapped (2001)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2002 (2001)
Playboy: Girls of the Hard Rock, Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (2001)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick (2001)
Playboy: Playmates on the Catwalk (2001)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)
Playboy: The Complete Anna Nicole Smith (2000)
Playboy: Girls of Hedonism, Runaway Bay Jamaica (2000)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins (2000)
Playboy: The Party Continues (2000)
Playboy: California Girls (2000)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
Playboy Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet (2000)
Playboy: Playmates Bustin' Out (2000)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2001 (2000)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Jodi Ann Paterson (2000)
Playboy: Lusty Latin Ladies (2000)
Playboy: Club Lingerie (2000)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss May 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss March 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss June 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss April 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss January 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss February 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990 (1999)
Playboy: How to Reawaken Your Sexual Powers (1999)
Playboy: Best Kept Sex Secrets (1999)
Playboy: Girls of Mardi Gras (1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Erotic Adventures (1999)
Playboy: Tales of Erotic Fantasies (1999)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Heather Kozar (1999)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2000 (1999)
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's (1999)
Playboy: Girlfriends 2 (1999)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999)
Playboy: Celebrities (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss September 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss October 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss November 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss July 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss January 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss December 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss August 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)
Playboy: Playmates Revisited (1998)
Playboy: Gen-X Girls (1998)
Playboy's Girlfriends (1998)
Playboy Video Centerfold: The Dahm Triplets (1998)
Playboy Video Centerfold: 45th Anniversary Playmate Jaime Bergman (1998)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal (1998)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1999 (1998)
Playboy: Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads (1998)
Playboy: Freshman Class (1998)
Playboy: Voluptuous Vixens II (1998)
Playboy: Babes of Baywatch (1998)
Playboy: Naturals (1998)
Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy (1998)
Playboy: Asian Exotica (1998)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss August 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 (1997)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss April 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 (1997)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss June 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 (1997)
Playboy: Biker Babes, Hot Wheels & High Heels (1997)
Playboy: Women Behaving Badly (1997)
Playboy: Girls Next Door, Naughty and Nice (1997)
Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years (1997)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Victoria Silvstedt (1997)
Playboy: Girls in Uniform (1997)
Playboy: Voluptuous Vixens (1997)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1998 (1997)
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Shannon Tweed (1997)
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997)
Playboy: Cheerleaders (1997)
Playboy: Spring Break (1996)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Julie Lynn Cialini (1996)
Playboy Wet & Wild VIII: Bottoms Up (1996)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss October 1996, 1993, 1990, 1987 (1996)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss November 1996, 1993, 1990, 1987 (1996)
Playboy: Fast Women (1996)
Playboy: Women of South Beach - Resorts (1996)
Playboy: Hard Bodies (1996)
Playboy: Twins & Sisters Too (1996)
Playboy Real Couples II: Best Sex Ever (1996)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Stacy Sanches (1996)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1997 (1996)
Playboy: Girls of the Internet (1996)
Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection (1996)
Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection Volume II (1996)
The Women of Playboy Multimedia Screen Saver (1995)
Playboy Wet & Wild: Hot Holidays (1995)
Playboy: Strip, Sexy Showgirls & Dirty Dancers (1995)
Playboy Real Couples: Sex in Dangerous Places (1995)
Playboy: Erotic Fantasies IV, Forbidden Liaisons (1995)
Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)
Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith (1995)
Playboy: Sisters (1995)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1996 (1995)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie VI, Dreams & Desire (1994)
Playboy: Fabulous Forties (1994)
Playboy Intimate Secrets: How Women Love to Be Loved (1994)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy (1994)
Playboy Wet & Wild: The Locker Room (1994)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1995 (1994)
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: La Toya Jackson (1994)
Playboy: Wet & Wild V (1993)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie V (1993)
Playboy: Erotic Fantasies III (1993)
Playboy: Secret Confessions (1993)
Playboy: Erotic Fantasies II (1993)
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Dian Parkinson (1993)
Playboy: Night Dreams (1993)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1994 (1993)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith (1993)
Playboy: Sexiest Home Videos (1992)
Playboy: The Best of Wet & Wild (1992)
Playboy's Playmate Bloopers (1992)
Playboy Video Centerfold: 1992 Playmate of the Year - Corinna Harney (1992)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie IV (1992)
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Jessica Hahn (1992)
Playboy: The Best of Sexy Lingerie (1992)
Playboy: Wet & Wild IV (1992)
Playboy Video Playmate Review 1991 (1992)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1993 (1992)
Playboy: Playmate Private Pleasures (1992)
Playboy: Erotic Fantasies (1992)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Pamela Anderson (1992)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Lisa Matthews (1991)
Playboy: Ultimate Sensual Massage (1991)
Playboy: 101 Ways to Excite Your Lover (1991)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Tawnni Cable (1991)
Playboy: Wet & Wild III (1991)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie III (1991)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1992 (1991)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Reneé Tenison (1990)
Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold (1990)
Playboy: Wet & Wild II (1990)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1991 (1990)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie II (1990)
Playboy: Playmates at Play (1990)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad (1989)
Playboy: Wet & Wild (1989)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1990 (1989)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Dutch Twins (1989)
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989)
The Tommy Chong Roast (1989)
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie (1989)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year India Allen (1988)
Playboy: The Very Best of Playboy's Playmates (1988)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989 (1988)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988 (1988)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Rebekka Armstrong (1986)
Playboy: Farmer's Daughters (1986)
Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1987 (1986)
Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985)
A Whale for the Killing (1981)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979)
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration (1979)
Saint Jack (1979)
Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
A Shadow in the Streets (1975)
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
A Summer Without Boys (1973)
The Third Girl from the Left (1973)
The Naked Ape (1973)
Producer

Macbeth (1971)
Actor

The Playboy Club Hugh Hefner (2011)
Hop Voice at Playboy Mansion (2011)
Miss March Hugh Hefner (2009)
The House Bunny Hugh Hefner (2008)
Shark Hugh Hefner (2008)
Family Guy Hugh Hefner (2007)
Robot Chicken Hugh Hefner (2006)
Weezer: Beverly Hills Hugh Hefner (2005)
Curb Your Enthusiasm Hugh Hefner (2005)
Entourage Hugh Hefner (2005)
The Bernie Mac Show Hugh Hefner (2004)
Comic Book: The Movie Hugh Hefner (2004)
Las Vegas Hugh Hefner - Justice of the Peace (2003)
Nelly feat. Justin Timberlake: Work It Hugh Hefner (2003)
Just Shoot Me! Hugh Hefner (2001)
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV President of the United States (2000)
Sex and the City Hugh Hefner (2000)
V.I.P. Hugh Hefner (1999)
Roseanne Hugh M. Hefner (1996)
Blossom Hugh Hefner (1993)
The Larry Sanders Show Hugh Hefner (1993)
The Simpsons Hugh Hefner (1993)
Laverne & Shirley Hugh Hefner (1982)
History of the World: Part I Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire (1981)
The Odd Couple Hugh Hefner (1974)
Get Smart Control Agent in Elevator (1969)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1968)
Actor

Burke's Law Manager (1965)
Soundtrack

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)
Pink Lady (1980)
Saturday Night Live (1977)
Soundtrack

Playboy's Penthouse (1961)
Writer

The Women of Playboy Multimedia Screen Saver (1995)
Archive footage

The '90s Greatest (2018)
Objectified (2018)
Hugh Hefner: The Big Bunny (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2017)
The Year in Memoriam (2017)
Media Buzz (2017)
Televisión registrada (2017)
Access Hollywood (2017)
Good Morning Britain (2017)
The Michael Knowles Show (2017)
The Andrew Klavan Show (2017)
Extra (2017)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene (2017)
The Seventies (2015)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Inside Edition (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014)
The O'Reilly Factor (2014)
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013)
Kendra on Top (2012)
Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (2011)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011)
Dateline NBC (2010)
Kendra (2009)
The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships (2008)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2007)
One for the Money: The Birth of Rock N' Roll (2006)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
Sex in the 70s (2005)
The Aristocrats (2005)
The Simple Life (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Cleavage (2002)
VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002)
Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues (2002)
Sex in the 20th Century (2001)
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's (1999)
American Pimp (1999)
The Fifties (1997)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1990 (1989)
Archive footage

Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989)
A Toast to Lenny (1984)
Miscellaneous Crew

Life Itself (2014)
How Playboy Changed the World (2012)
Miscellaneous Crew

Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie (2005)
Great Performances (1996)

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

Trivia

As a young boy, his most prized possession was a blanket covered with little bunnies. This provided the inspiration to name his magazine.

[on a personal critique of him by Gloria Steinem] Women are the major beneficiaries of getting rid of the hypocritical old notions about sex. Now some people are acting as if the sexual revolution was a male plot to get laid. One of the unintended ...