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