Tom Hughes is yet another British cutie who’s popping up in a lot of frock flicks. He often plays petulant and/or conniving men, and he does it well. Let’s run down his oeuvre!
Dr. Harry Ingrams in Casualty 1909 (2009)
The Duke of Aumerle in The Hollow Crown (2012)
Julian in Dancing on the Edge (2013)
Mike Rogers in Marple: “Endless Night” (2013)
Max Hare in The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Prince Albert in Victoria (2016-19)
Leon in Red Joan (2018)
Kit Marlowe in A Discovery of Witches (2021)
Robert Graves in The Laureate (2021)
Thomas Trafford in The English (2022)
Which is your favorite of Tom Hughes’s frock flick roles?
Very MCM.
Casualty 1909 is a great watch with not to many eposides, and solid plot. Great for a sick day where you can get through it all and still nap.
As a HYW reënactor, I also love the use of hood by Aumerle!
I think I’ve only ever seen him in Endless Night. Thanks for the heads up on The Laureate–I’m able to get the DVD from the library, and I was a Robert Graves fan at one time (Goodbye to All That, I Claudius).
How is it possible that I missed him in The English! Might have to watch it again.
He was an excellent Albert in Victoria. I guess we’re not getting anymore of that; it seems everyone has moved on. Albert had just collapsed after the Crystal Palace!
He is so hot!! I can’t even…. I first noticed him in Cemetery Junction (which to my mind is a FrockFlick, but isn’t by your standards ’cause it’s set in 1973). I also liked him in Silk (also not a Frock Flick). Anyway, he is SOOO gorgeous AND a good actor. To answer your question, for my fave of his FF roles is a tie between Albert in Victoria and Kit Marlowe in A Discovery of Witches. I was totally annoyed by his character in Dancing on the Edge! GREAT MCM choice!