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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 22, 1898
Place of Birth:
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Way Down Cellar | Constable Seely |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Captain Jack |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Bill Watkins |
| 1961 | The Spiral Staircase | Constable Williams |
| 1959 | Career | Charlie Gallagher |
| 1959 | Say One for Me | Jim Dugan |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Festus Garvey |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Eddie Dugan |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Frank Rector |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday | Fred Hawley |
| 1952 | My Son John | Father O'Dowd |
| 1952 | The Pace That Thrills | Rocket Anderson |
| 1950 | Paid in Full | Ben, Bartender |
| 1950 | The Tougher They Come | Gig Rafferty |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Kilcoyne |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Windy |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Ernie Boyle |
| 1947 | Carnegie Hall | John Donovan |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Carey |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Three Finger |
| 1946 | The Runaround | Wally Quayle |
| 1946 | Little Miss Big | Charlie Bryan |
| 1945 | State Fair | McGee |
| 1945 | A Medal for Benny | Edgar Lovekin |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Father Timothy O'Dowd |
| 1944 | Marine Raiders | Sgt. Louis Leary |
| 1944 | Bowery to Broadway | Joe Kirby |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Barney |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Chappie Champagne |
| 1941 | Manpower | Omaha |
| 1941 | Back Street | Ed Porter |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | Ben Crowley |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | 'Doc' Ryan |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | 'Mutt' |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again | Rockingham T. Rockingham |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | "Crepe Hanger" Burke |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Mr. Upjohn |
| 1940 | Alex in Wonderland | Narrator (voice) |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Caruthers |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Danny Green |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Joe Clemens |
| 1939 | On Your Toes | Paddy Reilly |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Scat Allen |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | George |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Spuds Connors |
| 1939 | Four Wives | Ben Crowley |
| 1938 | Four Daughters | Ben Crowley |
| 1938 | Swing Your Lady | Popeye Bronson |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No | Lambert T. Hunkins |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | 'Fingers' McCarthy |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Rossetti |
| 1938 | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Tod Harrington |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve | Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy |
| 1937 | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Frank McHugh |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 | "Lucky" Jones |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | David Partridge |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Sniffer Sears |
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Frank McHugh (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Herman |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse | Erwin Trowbridge |
| 1936 | Moonlight Murder | William |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Sid |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | Orlando Rowe |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Coach Hammond |
| 1935 | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Humbolt Prentiss |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Ed Olson |
| 1935 | Maybe It's Love | Willie Sands |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us | Mike O'Hara |
| 1935 | Stars Over Broadway | Offkey Cramer |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Crash Kelly |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Return of the Terror | Joe Hastings |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Snap |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Droopy Mullins |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | Al |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead | Tom |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike Rider | Clinton |
| 1934 | Smarty | George |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning | Frank |
| 1934 | Hollywood Newsreel | Himself |
| 1934 | Let’s Be Ritzy | Bill Damroy Robert |
| 1933 | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Editor Jim |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade | Francis the Dance Director |
| 1933 | Ex-Lady | Hugo Van Hugh |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail | Corporal Tippy |
| 1933 | Lilly Turner | David 'Dave' Dixon |
| 1933 | Grand Slam | Philip 'Speed' McCann |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Toodles Cooper |
| 1933 | Tomorrow at Seven | Clancy |
| 1933 | Professional Sweetheart | Speed |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | Gaga |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer |
| 1933 | Convention City | Will Goodwin |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great | Healy High-Hips |
| 1933 | The House on 56th Street | Chester Hunt |
| 1933 | Private Jones | 'Greasy' - the Cook |
| 1933 | Hold Me Tight | Billy Wade |
| 1932 | One Way Passage | Skippy |
| 1932 | Blessed Event | Reilly |
| 1932 | High Pressure | Mike Donahey |
| 1932 | Extra! Extra! | Peter Burke |
| 1932 | The Dark Horse | Joe |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Spud Connors |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Ringer Banks |
| 1932 | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Skeets, a Reporter |
| 1932 | Union Depot | The Drunk |
| 1931 | The Front Page | McCue |
| 1931 | Corsair | 'Chub' Hopping |
| 1931 | Millie | John Holmes |
| 1931 | Traveling Husbands | Pinkie |
| 1931 | The Great Junction Hotel | Peeping Tom |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again | Francois |
| 1931 | Up for Murder | Collins |
| 1931 | The Wide Open Spaces | Matt - a Gambler |
| 1931 | The Hot Spot | Peter Burke |
| 1931 | Bad Company | Doc-Henchmen |
| 1931 | Men of the Sky | |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol | Flaherty |
| 1930 | Going Wild | 'Ricky' Freeman |
| 1930 | The Widow from Chicago | Slug O'Donnell |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self |
| 1930 | College Lovers | Speed Haskins |
| 1930 | Top Speed | Tad Jordan |
| 1930 | Bright Lights | Fish |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1965 | F Troop | |
| 1964 | The Bing Crosby Show | Willie Walters |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Mr. Snowden |
| 1962 | Going My Way | |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Wilbur Morton |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Henry Schell |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1958 | The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Lefty |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Charles N. Bradwell |
| 1952 | The Gulf Playhouse | |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1950 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Nobby Bishop |
| 1948 | Studio One | Barney |
| 1948 | Studio One | Horace Potter |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ben Ames |