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)
Pardon My Clutch
as Claude Finkle
(1948)
An Innocent Affair
as Ted Burke
(1948)
Shed No Tears
as First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
(1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Frank the Barber (uncredited)
(1947)
The Trouble with Women
as Herman
(1947)
(1947)
Should Husbands Marry?
as Loud Friend
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
(1946)
Deadline for Murder
as Johnny
(1946)
The Blue Dahlia
as Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
(1946)
Nocturne
as Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1946)
Vacation in Reno
as Bill Dumont
(1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
How DOooo You Do
as Deputy McNiel
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as Lafe
(1944)
Secret Command
as Curly
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Drunk (uncredited)
(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
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1943)
Quiet Please, Murder
as Taxi Driver
(1943)
Whispering Footsteps
as Cy Walsh, Boarder
(1943)
So This Is Washington
as Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
(1943)
The West Side Kid
as The Worrier
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Mac (uncredited)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1943)
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Reporter #2 (uncredited)
(1943)
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Cab Driver
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as O'Doul
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Joe
(1942)
Too Many Women
as Spike O'Reilly
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Detective Murtha
(1942)
(1942)
Girl Trouble
as Driver
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Reporter on Train
(1941)
The Perfect Snob
as Baggage Man
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Drunk at Football Game
(1941)
Blues in the Night
as St Louis Jail Drunk
(1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Sam
(1941)
So You Won't Squawk
as Louie the Wolf's Henchman
(1940)
La Conga Nights
as Headwaiter
(1940)
The Boys from Syracuse
as Bartender
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Cabby
(1940)
They Drive by Night
as Repairman (uncredited)
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Horatio Wells
(1940)
I Take This Woman
as Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
(1940)
His Ex Marks the Spot
as Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
(1940)
You, the People
as Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
(1940)
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as Charlie-the Cop
(1939)
At the Circus
as Cabbie (uncredited)
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
The Escape
as Pete
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Charlie
(1939)
The Greener Hills
as Taxi Driver
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as 'All Over Town' Bus Driver
(1939)
The Under-Pup
as Soda Jerk
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Baseball Fan
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Joe
(1939)
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Brick Benson
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
(1938)
Tropic Holiday
as Joe
(1938)
The Mad Miss Manton
as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
Holiday
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1938)
You and Me
as Newcomer (uncredited)
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
(1938)
While New York Sleeps
as Cab Driver
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Divorced Man on Highway
(1938)
Mannequin
as Mike (Uncredited)
(1938)
(1938)
Exposed
as Johnson
(1938)
No Time to Marry
as Abernathy
(1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Burt (uncredited)
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Heckler
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Steve Brodie
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Agent Shorty
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Taxi Driver
(1936)
The Country Beyond
as Const. Weller
(1936)
Anything Goes
as Detective
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as 1st Mechanic
(1935)
Barbary Coast
as Broncho
(1935)
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Madden
(1935)
The Good Fairy
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Puggy
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Bartender
(1935)
Mister Dynamite
as Sunshine
(1935)
Party Wire
as Bert West
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Pete
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Police Secretary
(1934)
Two Alone
as Counter Man (uncredited)
(1934)
Sing and Like It
as Junker - Hood
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Taxi Driver (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
(1933)
Night of Terror
as Detective Bailey
(1933)
Hard to Handle
as Joe Goetz (uncredited)
(1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
(1933)
A Man of Sentiment
as Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
(1933)
The Last Trail
as Looney McGann
(1933)
Sailor's Luck
as Taxi Cab Driver
(1933)
Sailor Beware!
as Dan
(1933)
The Devil's Brother
as The Prospective Groom
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Jim - a Prisoner
(1933)
Bed of Roses
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
(1933)
The Man Who Dared
as Karel
(1933)
The Plumber and the Lady
as Butch Mulinkovitch
(1933)
The Mad Game
as Butts McGhee
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
(1933)
From Headquarters
as Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
(1932)
Freaks
as Rollo Brother
(1932)
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Joe Skelli
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Chief Petty Officer Vincent
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
(1932)
(1931)
Street Scene
as Vincent Jones
(1931)
Taxi!
as Joe Silva (uncredited)
(1931)
The Grand Dame
as (uncredited)