Glenn Hughes
Birthday
1950/07/18
Day of death
2001/03/04 (50 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Village People, Glenn M. Hughes
Biography
Glenn Michael Hughes (July 18, 1950 – March 4, 2001) was an American singer who was the original "Leatherman" character in the disco group Village People from 1977 to 1996. He graduated in 1968 from Chaminade High School, and then attended Manhattan College, where he was initiated as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1969. He was interested in motorcycles, and was working as a toll collector at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel when he responded to an advertisement by composer Jac...Read more
Acting
(1980) Can't Stop the Music
as Village People: Leatherman
(1980) The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self - Village People
(2022) Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979
as Self - Village People
(2012) The Joy Of Disco
as Self - Village People (archive footage)
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self - Village People
(1987) Married... with Children
as Leather Man - The Village People
(1977) The Love Boat
as Glenn Hughes - Leatherman from The Village People
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self - Village People
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as Self