Frank McHugh
Biography
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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
1940
as'Doc' Ryan
1954
asEddie Dugan
1941
asOmaha
1940
as'Mutt'
1937
asMike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
1933
asEditor Jim
1939
asCaruthers
1945
asMcGee
1936
asHerman
1932
asSkippy
1933
asFrancis the Dance Director
1948
asErnie Boyle
1931
asMcCue
1942
asBarney
1932
asReilly
1949
asKilcoyne
1939
asDanny Green
1935
asHumbolt Prentiss
1934
asJoe Hastings
1950
asBen, Bartender
1967
asCaptain Jack
1949
asWindy
1938
asBen Crowley
1939
asJoe Clemens
1944
asFather Timothy O'Dowd
1932
asMike Donahey
1935
asQuince
1930
asFlaherty
1938
asPopeye Bronson
1952
asFather O'Dowd
1933
asHugo Van Hugh
1931
as'Chub' Hopping
1946
asThree Finger
1934
asSnap
1932
asPeter Burke
1958
asFestus Garvey
1934
asDroopy Mullins
1933
asCorporal Tippy
1932
asJoe
1933
asDavid 'Dave' Dixon
1934
asAl
1942
asChappie Champagne
1952
asRocket Anderson
1939
asPaddy Reilly
1947
asJohn Donovan
1939
asScat Allen
1932
asSpud Connors
1937
asFrank McHugh
1941
asEd Porter
1946
asWally Quayle
1953
asFrank Rector
1930
as'Ricky' Freeman
1939
asGeorge
1941
asBen Crowley
1936
asErwin Trowbridge
1934
asTom
1931
asJohn Holmes
1934
asClinton
1930
asSlug O'Donnell
1940
asRockingham T. Rockingham
1932
asRinger Banks
1932
asSkeets, a Reporter
1933
asPhilip 'Speed' McCann
1937
as"Lucky" Jones
1933
asToodles Cooper
1930
asSelf
1961
asConstable Williams
1933
asClancy
1938
asLambert T. Hunkins
1935
asEd Olson
1938
as'Fingers' McCarthy
1935
asWillie Sands
1936
asWilliam
1935
asMike O'Hara
1937
asDavid Partridge
1936
asSid
1959
asCharlie Gallagher
1933
asSpeed Dennis
1934
asGeorge
1936
asOrlando Rowe
1944
asSgt. Louis Leary
1935
asOffkey Cramer
1937
asSniffer Sears
1933
asGaga
1933
asMr. Duffy, the Lawyer
1936
asCoach Hammond
1947
asCarey
1939
asSpuds Connors
1933
asWill Goodwin
1933
asHealy High-Hips
1931
asPinkie
1932
asThe Drunk
1931
asPeeping Tom
1930
asSpeed Haskins
1931
asFrancois
1931
asCollins
1933
asChester Hunt
1937
asFrank McHugh (uncredited)
1931
asMatt - a Gambler
1938
asRossetti
1930
asTad Jordan
1940
as"Crepe Hanger" Burke
1934
asFrank
1930
asFish
1945
asEdgar Lovekin
1938
asTod Harrington
1940
asMr. Upjohn
1939
asBen Crowley
1935
asCrash Kelly
1950
asGig Rafferty
1934
asHimself
1964
asBill Watkins
1944
asJoe Kirby
1934
asBill Damroy Robert
1953
asFred Hawley
1959
asJim Dugan
1931
asPeter Burke
1938
asPopeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
asHimself (uncredited)
1933
as'Greasy' - the Cook
1940
asNarrator (voice)
1931
asDoc-Henchmen
1968
asConstable Seely
1931
as
1933
asBilly Wade
1946
asCharlie Bryan
asWilbur Morton
as
asMr. Snowden
as
asNobby Bishop
as
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asCharles N. Bradwell
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asWillie Walters
asHenry Schell
asBarney
asHorace Potter
asBen Ames
as
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asLefty
Production
Crew
Directing
