Frank McHugh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-05-22
Day of Death
1981-09-11 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Frank McHugh
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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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Known For
Acting
(1968)
Way Down Cellar
as Constable Seely
(1967)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Captain Jack
(1964)
A Tiger Walks
as Bill Watkins
(1961)
The Spiral Staircase
as Constable Williams
(1959)
Career
as Charlie Gallagher
(1959)
Say One for Me
as Jim Dugan
(1958)
The Last Hurrah
as Festus Garvey
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Eddie Dugan
(1953)
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Frank Rector
(1953)
It Happens Every Thursday
as Fred Hawley
(1952)
My Son John
as Father O'Dowd
(1952)
The Pace That Thrills
as Rocket Anderson
(1950)
The Tougher They Come
as Gig Rafferty
(1950)
Paid in Full
as Ben, Bartender
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Windy
(1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Kilcoyne
(1948)
The Velvet Touch
as Ernie Boyle
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Carey
(1947)
Carnegie Hall
as John Donovan
(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Three Finger
(1946)
Little Miss Big
as Charlie Bryan
(1946)
The Runaround
as Wally Quayle
(1945)
State Fair
as McGee
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Edgar Lovekin
(1944)
Marine Raiders
as Sgt. Louis Leary
(1944)
Bowery to Broadway
as Joe Kirby
(1944)
Going My Way
as Father Timothy O'Dowd
(1942)
All Through the Night
as Barney
(1942)
Her Cardboard Lover
as Chappie Champagne
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Ben Crowley
(1941)
Manpower
as Omaha
(1941)
Back Street
as Ed Porter
(1940)
I Love You Again
as 'Doc' Ryan
(1940)
Virginia City
as Mr. Upjohn
(1940)
City for Conquest
as 'Mutt'
(1940)
'Til We Meet Again
as Rockingham T. Rockingham
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as "Crepe Hanger" Burke
(1940)
Alex in Wonderland
as Narrator (voice)
(1939)
Dodge City
as Joe Clemens
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Danny Green
(1939)
Daughters Courageous
as George
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Caruthers
(1939)
Wings of the Navy
as Scat Allen
(1939)
On Your Toes
as Paddy Reilly
(1939)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Spuds Connors
(1939)
Four Wives
as Ben Crowley
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Four Daughters
as Ben Crowley
(1938)
Swing Your Lady
as Popeye Bronson
(1938)
He Couldn't Say No
as Lambert T. Hunkins
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as Rossetti
(1938)
Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Tod Harrington
(1938)
Valley of the Giants
as 'Fingers' McCarthy
(1937)
Submarine D-1
as "Lucky" Jones
(1937)
A Day at Santa Anita
as Frank McHugh (uncredited)
(1937)
Ever Since Eve
as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Sniffer Sears
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Frank McHugh
(1937)
Marry the Girl
as David Partridge
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Herman
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Coach Hammond
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Orlando Rowe
(1936)
Stage Struck
as Sid
(1936)
Three Men on a Horse
as Erwin Trowbridge
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as William
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Ed Olson
(1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Humbolt Prentiss
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
(1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Crash Kelly
(1935)
Stars Over Broadway
as Offkey Cramer
(1935)
The Irish in Us
as Mike O'Hara
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Willie Sands
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as Snap
(1934)
Hollywood Newsreel
as Himself
(1934)
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy Mullins
(1934)
Smarty
as George
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Frank
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Tom
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Joe Hastings
(1934)
Merry Wives of Reno
as Al
(1934)
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Bill Damroy Robert
(1934)
6 Day Bike Rider
as Clinton
(1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Editor Jim
(1933)
Footlight Parade
as Francis the Dance Director
(1933)
Parachute Jumper
as Toodles Cooper
(1933)
Ex-Lady
as Hugo Van Hugh
(1933)
Elmer, the Great
as Healy High-Hips
(1933)
Grand Slam
as Philip 'Speed' McCann
(1933)
Lilly Turner
as David 'Dave' Dixon
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
(1933)
The House on 56th Street
as Chester Hunt
(1933)
Convention City
as Will Goodwin
(1933)
Son of a Sailor
as Gaga
(1933)
Professional Sweetheart
as Speed Dennis
(1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
as Clancy
(1933)
Private Jones
as 'Greasy' - the Cook
(1933)
Hold Me Tight
as Billy Wade
(1933)
The Telegraph Trail
as Corporal Tippy
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Skeets, a Reporter
(1932)
Life Begins
as Ringer Banks
(1932)
Union Depot
as The Drunk
(1932)
Blessed Event
as Reilly
(1932)
One Way Passage
as Skippy
(1932)
The Crowd Roars
as Spud Connors
(1932)
The Dark Horse
as Joe
(1932)
High Pressure
as Mike Donahey
(1932)
Extra! Extra!
as Peter Burke
(1931)
The Front Page
as McCue
(1931)
Millie
as John Holmes
(1931)
(1931)
Kiss Me Again
as Francois
(1931)
The Wide Open Spaces
as Matt - a Gambler
(1931)
Corsair
as 'Chub' Hopping
(1931)
Up for Murder
as Collins
(1931)
Traveling Husbands
as Pinkie
(1931)
Bad Company
as Doc-Henchmen
(1931)
The Great Junction Hotel
as Peeping Tom
(1931)
The Hot Spot
as Peter Burke
(1930)
The Dawn Patrol
as Flaherty
(1930)
The Widow from Chicago
as Slug O'Donnell
(1930)
(1930)
Bright Lights
as Fish
(1930)
Going Wild
as 'Ricky' Freeman
(1930)
Top Speed
as Tad Jordan
(1930)
College Lovers
as Speed Haskins