
Known for
Acting
Born
July 18, 1950
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Died
March 4, 2001 (aged 50)
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 Jacques Morali seeking "macho" singers and dancers. Hughes and other members of the band were given a crash course in the synchronized dance choreography that later typified the group's live performances...
2026
as Self (archive)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2012
as Self - Village People (archive footage)
1996
1987
1987
1983
as The Village People
1980
as Village People: Leatherman
1980
as Self
1980
as Self - Village People
1979
1978
as Self - Village People
1977
1975