Hey Dad! actor denies 'star' behaviour

Hey Dad! actor Robert Hughes has vehemently rejected suggestions he thought he was the "star" of the TV show and could therefore do anything he wanted to female co-workers.

Hughes became increasingly agitated on Monday as crown prosecutor Gina O'Rourke continued her cross examination at Sydney's District Court on Monday.

Hughes is facing 11 sexual and indecent assault charges in relation to claims he abused five girls during the 1980s and 1990s.

He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.

Hughes, who played father Martin Kelly on the show during the late 1980s and early 1990s, said he did not think of himself as the star.

"The show was called Hey Dad! And I was Dad," he said.

"Doesn't that make you the star of the show?" Ms O'Rourke asked.

"I never felt that I was a star of a show," he replied.

During the course of the trial, a number of women who worked in the show's wardrobe department gave evidence that the actor made them feel uncomfortable by lying naked in his dressing room.

One woman claimed in court he dropped his pants in front of her in order to expose himself.

Hughes has denied this.

He said he always wore a robe that his character donned on the show when asleep or "meditating" on set.

He also denied Ms O'Rourke's claims he steadily increased his level of undress in order to "gauge their reactions".

"I suggest to you Mr Hughes that you like females seeing your penis," Ms O'Rourke submitted.

"You are wrong," Hughes said in a raised voice.

"You believed you were the star of the show, which meant you were entitled to do anything you wanted," Ms O'Rourke put to Hughes.

"You are absolutely wrong," he said.

The trial before Judge Peter Zahra continues.