Matt McHugh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-01-22
Day of Death
1971-02-22 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Matt McHugh
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew O. McHugh (January 22, 1894 – February 22, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 200 films between 1931 and 1955, primarily in small cameo parts.
McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and, as a young child, he performed on stage. His brother, Frank, who went on to become part of the Warner Bros. stock company in the 1930s and 1940s, and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was fourteen years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. His brother Ed became an agent in New York.
Matt made his Broadway debut in Elmer Rice's Street Scene in 1929, along with his brother Ed, and also appeared in Swing Your Lady in 1936.
Despite his actual origins, McHugh usually performed his roles with a Brooklyn accent, and was often cast as characters explicitly from Brooklyn. In Star Spangled Rhythm (1941), his one scene is a protracted monologue during the climactic "Old Glory" sequence, in which McHugh plays a character who literally embodies the spirit of Brooklyn.
Known For
Acting
(1955)
Wham-Bam-Slam!
as Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
(1951)
Home Town Story
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1951)
Tales of Robin Hood
as Tuck's Guard-Friend
(1949)
Arson, Inc.
as Hubbell
(1949)
Duke of Chicago
as Terry Shea
(1948)
An Innocent Affair
as Ted Burke
(1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Frank the Barber (uncredited)
(1948)
Shed No Tears
as First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
(1948)
Pardon My Clutch
as Claude Finkle
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
(1947)
(1947)
The Trouble with Women
as Herman
(1947)
Should Husbands Marry?
as Loud Friend
(1946)
The Blue Dahlia
as Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1946)
Nocturne
as Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
(1946)
Vacation in Reno
as Bill Dumont
(1946)
Deadline for Murder
as Johnny
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as Lafe
(1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
How DOooo You Do
as Deputy McNiel
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1944)
Secret Command
as Curly
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
(1944)
My Buddy
as Happy
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
(1943)
Quiet Please, Murder
as Taxi Driver
(1943)
Whispering Footsteps
as Cy Walsh, Boarder
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Mac (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Cab Driver
(1943)
So This Is Washington
as Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
(1943)
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Reporter #2 (uncredited)
(1943)
The West Side Kid
as The Worrier
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Detective Murtha
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as O'Doul
(1942)
Girl Trouble
as Driver
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Joe
(1942)
(1942)
Too Many Women
as Spike O'Reilly
(1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Sam
(1941)
Blues in the Night
as St Louis Jail Drunk
(1941)
The Perfect Snob
as Baggage Man
(1941)
So You Won't Squawk
as Louie the Wolf's Henchman
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Reporter on Train
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Drunk at Football Game
(1940)
They Drive by Night
as Repairman (uncredited)
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
(1940)
The Boys from Syracuse
as Bartender
(1940)
I Take This Woman
as Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
(1940)
You, the People
as Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Horatio Wells
(1940)
La Conga Nights
as Headwaiter
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Cabby
(1940)
His Ex Marks the Spot
as Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
(1940)
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as Charlie-the Cop
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1939)
At the Circus
as Cabbie (uncredited)
(1939)
The Escape
as Pete
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as 'All Over Town' Bus Driver
(1939)
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Brick Benson
(1939)
The Under-Pup
as Soda Jerk
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Joe
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Baseball Fan
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Charlie
(1939)
The Greener Hills
as Taxi Driver
(1938)
Holiday
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1938)
You and Me
as Newcomer (uncredited)
(1938)
Exposed
as Johnson
(1938)
The Mad Miss Manton
as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
(1938)
Mannequin
as Mike (Uncredited)
(1938)
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Divorced Man on Highway
(1938)
Tropic Holiday
as Joe
(1938)
While New York Sleeps
as Cab Driver
(1938)
No Time to Marry
as Abernathy
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Heckler
(1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Burt (uncredited)
(1936)
Anything Goes
as Detective
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Taxi Driver
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Steve Brodie
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Agent Shorty
(1936)
The Country Beyond
as Const. Weller
(1935)
Barbary Coast
as Broncho
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as 1st Mechanic
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Bartender
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Puggy
(1935)
The Good Fairy
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1935)
Party Wire
as Bert West
(1935)
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Madden
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Police Secretary
(1935)
Mister Dynamite
as Sunshine
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Pete
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1934)
Two Alone
as Counter Man (uncredited)
(1934)
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Matthew O'Toole
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Patrolman Gus Brown
(1934)
She Loves Me Not
as Andy, the Photographer
(1934)
Sing and Like It
as Junker - Hood
(1933)
Hard to Handle
as Joe Goetz (uncredited)
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
(1933)
The Devil's Brother
as The Prospective Groom
(1933)
From Headquarters
as Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Jim - a Prisoner
(1933)
The Man Who Dared
as Karel
(1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
(1933)
Night of Terror
as Detective Bailey
(1933)
The Last Trail
as Looney McGann
(1933)
Sailor's Luck
as Taxi Cab Driver
(1933)
The Mad Game
as Butts McGhee
(1933)
Sailor Beware!
as Dan
(1933)
A Man of Sentiment
as Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
(1933)
Bed of Roses
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
(1933)
The Plumber and the Lady
as Butch Mulinkovitch
(1932)
Freaks
as Rollo Brother
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Joe Skelli
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Chief Petty Officer Vincent
(1932)
(1932)
(1931)
Street Scene
as Vincent Jones
(1931)
Taxi!
as Joe Silva (uncredited)
(1931)
The Grand Dame
as (uncredited)