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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 22, 1894
Place of Birth:
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Wham-Bam-Slam! | Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage) |
| 1951 | Home Town Story | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Tales of Robin Hood | Tuck's Guard-Friend |
| 1949 | Arson, Inc. | Hubbell |
| 1949 | Duke of Chicago | Terry Shea |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears | First Investigating Detective (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | Pardon My Clutch | Claude Finkle |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair | Ted Burke |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Frank the Barber (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Should Husbands Marry? | Loud Friend |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Third Man on Death Row (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women | Herman |
| 1946 | Deadline for Murder | Johnny |
| 1946 | Vacation in Reno | Bill Dumont |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Bartender at Gus' (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Coffee Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Milkman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Salome, Where She Danced | Lafe |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | |
| 1945 | The Bells of St. Mary's | Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | How DOooo You Do | Deputy McNiel |
| 1945 | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Curly |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Tom, Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1944 | My Buddy | Happy |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Drunk (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Cowboy in Manhattan | Cab Driver |
| 1943 | Whispering Footsteps | Cy Walsh, Boarder |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Mac (uncredited) |
| 1943 | So This Is Washington | Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms' |
| 1943 | The West Side Kid | The Worrier |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Quiet Please, Murder | Taxi Driver |
| 1943 | Hi Diddle Diddle | Reporter #2 (uncredited) |
| 1943 | True to Life | Taxicab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sappy Birthday | |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Man from Brooklyn (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Strength Machine Operator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Too Many Women | Spike O'Reilly |
| 1942 | The Man in the Trunk | Detective Murtha |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush | O'Doul |
| 1942 | Girl Trouble | Driver |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Joe |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | St Louis Jail Drunk |
| 1941 | So You Won't Squawk | Louie the Wolf's Henchman |
| 1941 | The Perfect Snob | Baggage Man |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Reporter on Train |
| 1941 | West Point Widow | Drunk at Football Game |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Sam |
| 1940 | His Ex Marks the Spot | Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend |
| 1940 | You, the People | Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins |
| 1940 | Rangers of Fortune | Horatio Wells |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited) |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Repairman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse | Bartender |
| 1940 | La Conga Nights | Headwaiter |
| 1940 | Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! | Charlie-the Cop |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Cabby |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Charlie |
| 1939 | The Escape | Pete |
| 1939 | At the Circus | Cabbie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | 'All Over Town' Bus Driver |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Joe |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Under-Pup | Soda Jerk |
| 1939 | 20,000 Men a Year | Baseball Fan |
| 1939 | $1,000 a Touchdown | Brick Benson |
| 1939 | The Greener Hills | Taxi Driver |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Mike (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Rage of Paris | Department Head (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | |
| 1938 | Tropic Holiday | Joe |
| 1938 | Exposed | Johnson |
| 1938 | While New York Sleeps | Cab Driver |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Divorced Man on Highway |
| 1938 | Holiday | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1938 | No Time to Marry | Abernathy |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Soda Jerk (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | You and Me | Newcomer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Burt (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Navy Blue and Gold | Heckler |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Detective |
| 1936 | The Phantom Rider | Agent Shorty |
| 1936 | The Country Beyond | Const. Weller |
| 1936 | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Steve Brodie |
| 1936 | To Mary - with Love | Taxi Driver |
| 1935 | The Glass Key | Puggy |
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark | 1st Mechanic |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | Madden |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Pete |
| 1935 | The Good Fairy | Moving Man (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Broncho |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Bert West |
| 1935 | Mister Dynamite | Sunshine |
| 1935 | Thunder in the Night | Police Secretary |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Bartender |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | Junker - Hood |
| 1934 | She Loves Me Not | Andy, the Photographer |
| 1934 | Two Alone | Counter Man (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Bridal Bail | Patrolman Gus Brown |
| 1934 | Lost in the Stratosphere | Matthew O'Toole |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Marcia's Agent (uncredited) |
| 1933 | From Headquarters | Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Plumber and the Lady | Butch Mulinkovitch |
| 1933 | Hard to Handle | Joe Goetz (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Night of Terror | Detective Bailey |
| 1933 | The Mad Game | Butts McGhee |
| 1933 | A Man of Sentiment | Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly |
| 1933 | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Man Who Dared | Karel |
| 1933 | Sailor's Luck | Taxi Cab Driver |
| 1933 | The Girl in 419 | Jim - a Prisoner |
| 1933 | The Last Trail | Looney McGann |
| 1933 | Sailor Beware! | Dan |
| 1933 | The Devil's Brother | The Prospective Groom |
| 1933 | Bed of Roses | Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Loud Mouth | |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Chief Petty Officer Vincent |
| 1932 | Hawkins & Watkins Inc. | |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Joe Skelli |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Freaks | Rollo Brother |
| 1931 | Street Scene | Vincent Jones |
| 1931 | The Grand Dame | (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Taxi! | Joe Silva (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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