Name
Frank McHugh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-05-22
Deathday
1981-09-11 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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Francis Curray "Frank" McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American film and television actor.
Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and as a young child he performed on stage. His brother Matt and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was ten years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. Another brother, Ed, became a stage manager and agent in New York.
McHugh debuted on Broadway in The Fall Guy in 1925. Warner Bros. hired him as a contract player in 1930. McHugh played everything from lead actor to sidekick and would often provide comedy relief. He appeared in over 150 films and television productions and worked with almost every star at Warner Bros. He was a close friend of James Cagney and appeared in more Cagney movies than any other actor. He appeared with him in eleven movies between 1932 and 1953. Their friendship lasted until McHugh's death.
By the 1950s his film career had begun to decline, as evinced by his smaller role in Career (1959). From 1964 to 1965 he played the role of Willie Walters, a live-in handyman, on ABC's sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. His last television appearance was as Charlie Wingate in the episode "The Fix-It Man" on CBS's Lancer western series. McHugh played a handyman in that role too.
McHugh was married to Dorothy Spencer. He had three children and two grandchildren.
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- 1940 I Love You Again as 'Doc' Ryan
- 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business as Eddie Dugan
- 1941 Manpower as Omaha
- 1940 City for Conquest as 'Mutt'
- 1937 Ever Since Eve as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
- 1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum as Jim
- 1939 Dust Be My Destiny as Caruthers
- 1945 State Fair as McGee
- 1936 Bullets or Ballots as Herman
- 1932 One Way Passage as Skippy
- 1933 Footlight Parade as Francis
- 1948 The Velvet Touch as Ernie Boyle
- 1931 The Front Page as McCue
- 1942 All Through the Night as Barney
- 1932 Blessed Event as Reilly
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Kilcoyne
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties as Danny Green
- 1935 Gold Diggers of 1935 as Humbolt Prentiss
- 1934 Return of the Terror as Joe Hastings
- 1950 Paid in Full as Ben, Bartender
- 1967 Easy Come, Easy Go as Captain Jack
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Windy
- 1938 Four Daughters as Ben Crowley
- 1939 Dodge City as Joe Clemens
- 1944 Going My Way as Father Timothy O'Dowd
- 1932 High Pressure as Mike Donahey
- 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- 1930 The Dawn Patrol as Flaherty
- 1938 Swing Your Lady as Popeye Bronson
- 1952 My Son John as Father O'Dowd
- 1933 Ex-Lady as Hugo Van Hugh
- 1931 Corsair as 'Chub' Hopping
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint as Three Finger
- 1934 Fashions of 1934 as Snap
- 1932 Extra! Extra! as Peter Burke
- 1958 The Last Hurrah as Festus Garvey
- 1934 Here Comes the Navy as Droopy Mullins
- 1933 The Telegraph Trail as Corporal Tippy
- 1932 The Dark Horse as Joe
- 1933 Lilly Turner as David 'Dave' Dixon
- 1934 Merry Wives of Reno as Al
- 1942 Her Cardboard Lover as Chappie Champagne
- 1952 The Pace That Thrills as Rocket Anderson
- 1939 On Your Toes as Paddy Reilly
- 1947 Carnegie Hall as John Donovan
- 1939 Wings of the Navy as Scat Allen
- 1932 The Crowd Roars as Spud Connors
- 1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Frank McHugh
- 1941 Back Street as Ed Porter
- 1946 The Runaround as Wally Quayle
- 1953 A Lion Is in the Streets as Frank Rector
- 1930 Going Wild as 'Ricky' Freeman
- 1939 Daughters Courageous as George
- 1941 Four Mothers as Ben Crowley
- 1936 Three Men on a Horse as Erwin Trowbridge
- 1934 Happiness Ahead as Tom
- 1931 Millie as John Holmes
- 1934 6 Day Bike Rider as Clinton
- 1930 The Widow from Chicago as Slug O'Donnell
- 1940 'Til We Meet Again as Rockingham T. Rockingham
- 1932 Life Begins as Ringer Banks
- 1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Skeets, a Reporter
- 1933 Grand Slam as Philip 'Speed' McCann
- 1937 Submarine D-1 as "Lucky" Jones
- 1933 Parachute Jumper as Toodles Cooper
- 1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- 1961 The Spiral Staircase as Constable Williams
- 1933 Tomorrow at Seven as Clancy
- 1938 He Couldn't Say No as Lambert T. Hunkins
- 1935 Page Miss Glory as Ed Olson
- 1938 Valley of the Giants as 'Fingers' McCarthy
- 1935 Maybe It's Love as Willie Sands
- 1936 Moonlight Murder as William
- 1935 The Irish in Us as Mike O'Hara
- 1937 Marry the Girl as David Partridge
- 1936 Stage Struck as Sid
- 1959 Career as Charlie Gallagher
- 1933 Professional Sweetheart as Speed
- 1934 Smarty as George
- 1936 Snowed Under as Orlando Rowe
- 1944 Marine Raiders as Sgt. Louis Leary
- 1935 Stars Over Broadway as Offkey Cramer
- 1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Sniffer Sears
- 1933 Son of a Sailor as Gaga
- 1933 Havana Widows as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
- 1936 Freshman Love as Coach Hammond
- 1947 Easy Come, Easy Go as Carey
- 1939 Indianapolis Speedway as Spuds Connors
- 1933 Convention City as Will Goodwin
- 1933 Elmer, the Great as Healy High-Hips
- 1931 Traveling Husbands as Pinkie
- 1932 Union Depot as The Drunk
- 1931 The Great Junction Hotel as Peeping Tom
- 1930 College Lovers as Speed Haskins
- 1931 Kiss Me Again as Francois
- 1931 Up for Murder as Collins
- 1933 The House on 56th Street as Chester Hunt
- 1937 A Day at Santa Anita as Frank McHugh (uncredited)
- 1931 The Wide Open Spaces as Matt - a Gambler
- 1938 Boy Meets Girl as Rossetti
- 1930 Top Speed as Tad Jordan
- 1940 The Fighting 69th as "Crepe Hanger" Burke
- 1934 Heat Lightning as Frank
- 1930 Bright Lights as Fish
- 1945 A Medal for Benny as Edgar Lovekin
- 1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred as Tod Harrington
- 1940 Virginia City as Mr. Upjohn
- 1939 Four Wives as Ben Crowley
- 1935 Devil Dogs of the Air as Crash Kelly
- 1950 The Tougher They Come as Gig Rafferty
- 1934 Hollywood Newsreel as Himself
- 1964 A Tiger Walks as Bill Watkins
- 1944 Bowery to Broadway as Joe Kirby
- 1934 Let’s Be Ritzy as Bill Damroy Robert
- 1953 It Happens Every Thursday as Fred Hawley
- 1959 Say One for Me as Jim Dugan
- 1931 The Hot Spot as Peter Burke
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938 as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1935 A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
- 1933 Private Jones as 'Greasy' - the Cook
- 1940 Alex in Wonderland as Narrator (voice)
- 1931 Bad Company as Doc-Henchmen
- 1968 Way Down Cellar as Constable Seely
- 1931 Men of the Sky
- 1933 Hold Me Tight as Billy Wade
- 1946 Little Miss Big as Charlie Bryan
- 1957 Three Men on a Horse as Charlie
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Wilbur Morton
- 1965 F Troop ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Snowden
- 1960 Route 66 ( 2 episodes )
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Nobby Bishop
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Going My Way ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Charles N. Bradwell
- 1968 Lancer ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Tales of Tomorrow ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Bing Crosby Show ( 28 episodes ) as Willie Walters
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Henry Schell
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Barney
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Horace Potter
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Ben Ames
- 1958 The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen ( 1 episode )
- 1952 The Gulf Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Lefty
