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Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell

Actor · Born 1949-08-28 · Tufnell Park, London, England, UK

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Biography

Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live. Cornwell grew up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he played bass in a band with Richard Thompson, later a member of folk rock band Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, after earning a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Bristol, he embarked on post-graduate research at Lund University in Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed the band Johnny Sox. Cornwell returned to the UK in 1974 with Johnny Sox (minus Hans Wärmling). Drummer Jet Black then joined the band. At one stage it was just Cornwell and Black, who were then joined by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel. Guitarist, keyboardist and saxophonist Hans Wärmling, on holiday from Sweden, joined the line-up towards the end of 1974. The Johnny Sox name was dropped, with the band adopting the name the Guildford St…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) — Self
  2. Eat the Rich (1987) — Edgeley
  3. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self - The Stranglers
  4. Through the Night with... (2002) — Self
  5. Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love (1988) — Self
  6. My View: Clem Burke (2019) — Self
  7. Lucky Sunil (1988) — Charlie
  8. "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist (1978) — Self
  9. Somewhere (2005) — Man A
  10. The Stranglers - The Video Collection 1977-1982 (1984) — Self
  11. Ambitions (1986) — Self - The Stranglers
  12. Rockpalast (1974) — Self (guitar vocal)
  13. No Nukes! muziekfestival (1982) — Self - The Stranglers
  14. One For My Baby (1985) — Frank
  15. The Stranglers - Feline European Tour - Live in Hamburg (1983)
  16. The Stranglers: Live at Alexandra Palace (1990) — Self
  17. The Stranglers: Never To Look Back - The Video Collection 1983-2012 (2012) — Self (archive footage)
  18. The Stranglers - Live '78, SF (1978) — Self
  19. The Stranglers (2000) — Self
  20. The Colour Black (1982) — Presenter
  21. The Bleeding Star (1987) — The Traveller
  22. Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic (2015) — Self
  23. The Stranglers: Death + Night + Blood (2019) — Self - (Archival footage)
  24. Blueprint (2008) — Self
  25. The Stranglers - Live in Madrid (1986) — Self
  26. The Stranglers: Screentime (1986) — Self
  27. Rockstage: The Stranglers (1981) — Self
  28. Hugh Cornwell: Live in Paris at MCM Cafe (1996) — Self
  29. The Stranglers: The Raven Tour live in Paris (1979) — Self
  30. Hugh Cornwell Songbook (2008) — Self
  31. Stranglers in the Night (1985) — Self

Directed

  1. The Colour Black (1982) — Director
  2. Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic (2015) — Director
  3. Blueprint (2008) — Director