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