- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Tufnell Park, London, England, UK
Hugh Cornwell
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. A…
Filmography
movieThe Stranglers: Death + Night + Blood
2019 · Self - (Archival footage)
movieMy View: Clem Burke
2019 · Self
movieHugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic
2015 · Self, Director
movieThe Stranglers: Never To Look Back - The Video Collection 1983-2012
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieBlueprint
2008 · Self, Director, Editor, Additional Camera, Executive Producer
movieHugh Cornwell Songbook
2008 · Self
movieSomewhere
2005 · Man A
tvThrough the Night with...
2002 · Self
movieMirrorball
2000 · Theme Song Performance
movieThe Stranglers
2000 · Self
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
movieHugh Cornwell: Live in Paris at MCM Cafe
1996 · Self
movieThe Stranglers: Live at Alexandra Palace
1990 · Self
movieLucky Sunil
1988 · Charlie
movieHugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love
1988 · Self
movieEat the Rich
1987 · Edgeley
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self - The Stranglers
movieThe Bleeding Star
1987 · The Traveller, Music
movieThe Stranglers - Live in Madrid
1986 · Self
tvAmbitions
1986 · Self - The Stranglers
movieThe Stranglers: Screentime
1986 · Self
movieOne For My Baby
1985 · Frank
movieStranglers in the Night
1985 · Self
movieThe Stranglers - The Video Collection 1977-1982
1984 · Self
movieThe Stranglers - Feline European Tour - Live in Hamburg
1983
movieNo Nukes! muziekfestival
1982 · Self - The Stranglers
movieThe Colour Black
1982 · Presenter, Director
movieRockstage: The Stranglers
1981 · Self
movieThe Stranglers: The Raven Tour live in Paris
1979 · Self
movieThe Stranglers - Live '78, SF
1978 · Self
movie"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
1978 · Self
tvRockpalast
1974 · Self (guitar vocal)