Hugh Hefner (1926–2017)

Producer | Actor | Additional Crew

Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known...

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

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Filmography

Known For

Hop Voice at Playboy Mansion (2011)
Miss March Hugh Hefner (2009)
History of the World: Part I Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire (1981)
Known For

Beverly Hills Cop II Self (1987)
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: No Boys Allowed, 100% Girls 3 (2006)
Playboy: The Ultimate Jenny McCarthy (2005)
Playboy: Women of Fear Factor (2005)
Bullets Over Hollywood (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 Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Dalene Kurtis (2002)
Playboy: Barefoot Beauties (2002)
Playboy: Cyber Girls (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)
The Complete Anna Nicole Smith (2000)
Playboy: Girls of Hedonism, Runaway Bay Jamaica (2000)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins (2000)
Playboy: California Girls (2000)
Playboy Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet (2000)
Playboy 2000: The Party Continues (2000)
Playboy's 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)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
Playboy: Lusty Latin Ladies (2000)
Playboy's 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)
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)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (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)
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)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (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's Fast Women (1996)
Playboy's Girls of South Beach (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's Strip (1995)
Playboy Real Couples I: 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)
The Celluloid Closet (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)
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)
Girls of Rock & Roll (1985)
Playboy Collector's Edition Volume 2 (1983)
Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 5 (1983)
Playboy Video Playmate Review (1983)
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)
Macbeth (1971)
Producer

And Now for Something Completely Different (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)
The Girls Next Door (2006)
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)
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)
The Offspring: The Kids Aren't Alright Rich Man (1999)
V.I.P. Hugh Hefner (1999)
Roseanne Hugh M. Hefner (1996)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Hugh Hefner (1993)
Blossom Hugh Hefner (1993)
The Larry Sanders Show Hugh Hefner (1993)
The Simpsons Hugh Hefner (1993)
Laverne & Shirley Hugh Hefner (1982)
The Comeback Trail Hugh Herner (1982)
History of the World: Part I Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire (1981)
Pink Lady Hugh Hefner (1980)
The Odd Couple Hugh Hefner (1974)
Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht Hugh Hefner (1970)
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

Secrets of Playboy (2022)
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2022)
We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022)
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
Curse of the Chippendales (2021)
Muhammad Ali (2021)
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
For Real: The Story of Reality TV (2021)
My Name Is Lopez (2021)
Satanism, Pornography & Sex Trafficking (2020)
Class Action Park (2020)
20/20 (2019)
This Is Farrah Fawcett (2019)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
The '90s Greatest (2018)
Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2018)
Objectified (2018)
Love, Gilda (2018)
Hugh Hefner: The Big Bunny (2018)
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2018)
The Year in Memoriam (2017)
The Best of Hollywood (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)
Gilbert (2017)
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene (2017)
Can We Take a Joke? (2015)
The Seventies (2015)
Pornland (2015)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Inside Edition (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014)
The Factor (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
Entrée Libre (2013)
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)
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989)
Archive footage

A Toast to Lenny (1984)
Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008)
Additional Crew

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

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

Videos

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

Trivia

Owned the burial vault next to Marilyn Monroe's. She is interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Corridor of Memories, crypt #24.

[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 ...