richard cordery played hugo in the vicar of dibley.
richard cordery played hugo in the vicar of dibley.
who plays hugo in the vicar of dibley?
richard cordery
james fleet









































james edward fleet (born 11 march 1952) is a british actor. he is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning tom in the 1994 british romantic comedy film "four weddings and a funeral" and the dim-witted but kind hugo horton in the bbc sitcom television series "the vicar of dibley".









































section::::personal life.
james fleet
councillor david francis matthew horton mbe, ma (cantab), frcs, born on september 3 (year unknown), chairman of the parish council, gentleman farmer, pillar of the community, district councillor for dibley and whitworth. he is the main opponent of the vicar, yet as the series progresses, he comes to respect her. a notorious town bully, he controlled the council without any opposition until the vicar's arrival, and is consequently disliked by many, being rigid, old-fashioned, efficient, callous and punctual, yet as the show progresses, becomes lovable and endearing. apart from the vicar, he is the only sane person in the village. despite regularly complaining about the council, he has never missed a meeting. in fact, in one episode jim and owen reminisce about when david's wife went into labour with hugo, and david held the meeting in the maternity ward. his wife left him prior to the show's beginning due to his obnoxious nature (although he mistakenly believes she left him because he was a bad cook.) in later episodes of the series, horton comes to fall for the vicar and even proposes to her (she accepts his proposal but later decides to back out). he is initially a conservative, but defects to the labour party in 2000 as part of his attempt to persuade geraldine to marry him, though by the 2004 episode "happy new year" he is a conservative party supporter again. his love for the vicar, however, is steadfast and true. he later supported the make poverty history campaign. he is a multi-millionaire. hugo mentions that people used to call him "dirty dave" due to his collection of victorian pornography. david was an unloving father to hugo, and even threatened to disinherit him if he married alice, whom david detests. however he changed his mind and later admitted to the vicar that alice and hugo are happy together.
list of characters in the vicar of dibley