"Oh Nice!"

Geoffrey Hughes is known to most American's as Onslow the bone idle brother-in-law of Hyacinth Bucket on the television series 'Keeping Up Appearances". Hughes had a long and successful television career in the UK. Like many British actors he started his career in repertory theater and pantomime then moving on to perform in West End shows. His first television role came in 1969 with a small role on a sitcom. Hughes worked off and on in sitcoms before landing the role of Eddie Yeats on the long running soap opera "Coronation Street". Eddie was from Liverpool and a bit a bounder working as a widow cleaner and builder as well as a petty thief. Hughes played Eddie for nearly ten years before leaving the show in 1983. He did return very briefly for one season in 1987. The next role he had was that of Onslow on "Keeping Up Appearances". Hughes played Onslow for the five year run of the show.

His next major role was that of Twiggy on the sitcom "The Royale Family". The series set in Manchester was about the television obsessed family living on state benefits. Twiggy was a petty criminal and friend of the family.
Hughes also had a role in one of  the very popular "Carry On" films. His was also the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film "Yellow Submarine".
When not acting Hughes lived on the Isle of Wright. In 2009 he was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant to the Isle of Wright which made him the official link between the island and royalty at official engagements.
Geoffrey Hughes had battled prostate cancer starting in 2010 and died at his home on the Isle of Wright in July of 2102.