Ted Hughes(1930-1998)

Writer
Actor
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Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Iron Giant (1999), MultiVersus (2024) and Agamemnon (2025). He was married to Carol Orchard and Sylvia Plath. He died on 28 October 1998 in Devon, England, UK.

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Known for

The Iron Giant

8.1

Writer

1999

MultiVersus

6.1

Video Game

Writer

2024

Agamemnon

8.9

Writer

2025

Moon-Whales

Writer

Credits

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Writer

Agamemnon
8.9
- translator of the play
- 2025
MultiVersus
6.1
Video Game
- character: The Iron Giant
- 2024
Crow
6.8
Short
- writer
- 2014
The Colossus
4.5
Short
- writer
- 2010
The Rain Horse
6.2
Short
- story
- 2008
The Iron Giant
8.1
- based on the book "The Iron Man" by
- 1999
Jackanory
7.2
TV Series
- book
- 1972–1995
Beauty and the Beast
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1982
Jackanory Playhouse
8.2
TV Series
- writer
- 1972

Actor

Additional Crew

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Personal details

Official sites
- Encyclopedia
- France's national library catalogue
Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- August 17, 1930
- Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
- October 28, 1998
- Devon, England, UK(cancer)
Spouses
Children
- Frieda Hughes
Other works
Book of poetry: "Birthday Letters" - (a book of poems about his relationship with his wife, Sylvia Plath).
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Trivia
He wrote a book shortly after Sylvia Plath's suicide, to comfort his children, called "The Iron Man", which was later turned into an animated Warner Brother's film, The Iron Giant (1999).