Frank McHugh

Acting

May 22, 1898 – September 11, 1981 (died at 83)

Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

Male

127 Movies

19 TV Shows

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.

Going My Way

1944 6.7

as Father Timothy O'Dowd

Age 45 (now 83)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 7.5

as Danny Green

Age 41 (now 83)

Mighty Joe Young

1949 6.4

as Windy

Age 51 (now 83)

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933 6.5

as Jim

Age 34 (now 83)

I Love You Again

1940 7.2

as 'Doc' Ryan

Age 42 (now 83)

Dodge City

1939 6.9

as Joe Clemens

Age 40 (now 83)

One Way Passage

1932 7.4

as Skippy

Age 34 (now 83)

Footlight Parade

1933 6.8

as Francis the Dance Director

Age 35 (now 83)

All Through the Night

1942 6.7

as Barney

Age 43 (now 83)

Bullets or Ballots

1936 6.6

as Herman

Age 38 (now 83)

The Dawn Patrol

1930 6.8

as Flaherty

Age 32 (now 83)

Fashions of 1934

1934 6.5

as Snap

Age 35 (now 83)

City for Conquest

1940 6.9

as 'Mutt'

Age 42 (now 83)

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954 6.1

as Eddie Dugan

Age 56 (now 83)

State Fair

1945 6.6

as McGee

Age 47 (now 83)

Ex-Lady

1933 6.2

as Hugo Van Hugh

Age 34 (now 83)

Way Down Cellar

1968 6.0

as Constable Seely

Age 69 (now 83)

Easy Come, Easy Go

1967 6.0

as Captain Jack

Age 69 (now 83)

A Tiger Walks

1964 5.8

as Bill Watkins

Age 65 (now 83)

The Spiral Staircase

1961 8.0

as Constable Williams

Age 63 (now 83)

Career

1959 6.7

as Charlie Gallagher

Age 61 (now 83)

Say One for Me

1959 5.4

as Jim Dugan

Age 61 (now 83)

The Last Hurrah

1958 7.2

as Festus Garvey

Age 60 (now 83)

Three Men on a Horse

1957

as Charlie

Age 58 (now 83)

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954 6.1

as Eddie Dugan

Age 56 (now 83)

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953 5.4

as Frank Rector

Age 55 (now 83)

It Happens Every Thursday

1953 6.3

as Fred Hawley

Age 54 (now 83)

My Son John

1952 5.8

as Father O'Dowd

Age 53 (now 83)

The Pace That Thrills

1952 6.0

as Rocket Anderson

Age 53 (now 83)

The Tougher They Come

1950 5.3

as Gig Rafferty

Age 52 (now 83)

Paid in Full

1950 6.9

as Ben, Bartender

Age 51 (now 83)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949 5.3

as Kilcoyne

Age 51 (now 83)

Mighty Joe Young

1949 6.4

as Windy

Age 51 (now 83)

The Velvet Touch

1948 6.3

as Ernie Boyle

Age 50 (now 83)

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 7.0

as Carey

Age 48 (now 83)

Carnegie Hall

1947 5.8

as John Donovan

Age 48 (now 83)

The Runaround

1946 6.5

as Wally Quayle

Age 48 (now 83)

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 5.5

as Three Finger

Age 47 (now 83)

Little Miss Big

1946 7.0

as Charlie Bryan

Age 47 (now 83)

State Fair

1945 6.6

as McGee

Age 47 (now 83)

A Medal for Benny

1945 5.6

as Edgar Lovekin

Age 46 (now 83)

Bowery to Broadway

1944 10.0

as Joe Kirby

Age 46 (now 83)

Marine Raiders

1944 6.8

as Sgt. Louis Leary

Age 46 (now 83)

Going My Way

1944 6.7

as Father Timothy O'Dowd

Age 45 (now 83)

Her Cardboard Lover

1942 4.9

as Chappie Champagne

Age 44 (now 83)

All Through the Night

1942 6.7

as Barney

Age 43 (now 83)

Manpower

1941 6.8

as Omaha

Age 43 (now 83)

Back Street

1941 7.3

as Ed Porter

Age 42 (now 83)

Four Mothers

1941 6.8

as Ben Crowley

Age 42 (now 83)

City for Conquest

1940 6.9

as 'Mutt'

Age 42 (now 83)

I Love You Again

1940 7.2

as 'Doc' Ryan

Age 42 (now 83)

'Til We Meet Again

1940 6.4

as Rockingham T. Rockingham

Age 41 (now 83)

Virginia City

1940 6.2

as Mr. Upjohn

Age 41 (now 83)

Alex in Wonderland

1940 9.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 41 (now 83)

The Fighting 69th

1940 5.8

as "Crepe Hanger" Burke

Age 41 (now 83)

Four Wives

1939 5.5

as Ben Crowley

Age 41 (now 83)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 7.5

as Danny Green

Age 41 (now 83)

On Your Toes

1939 4.5

as Paddy Reilly

Age 41 (now 83)

Dust Be My Destiny

1939 6.5

as Caruthers

Age 41 (now 83)

Indianapolis Speedway

1939 5.6

as Spuds Connors

Age 41 (now 83)

Daughters Courageous

1939 6.3

as George

Age 41 (now 83)

Dodge City

1939 6.9

as Joe Clemens

Age 40 (now 83)

Wings of the Navy

1939 6.2

as Scat Allen

Age 40 (now 83)

Breakdowns of 1938

1938 5.8

as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 83)

Valley of the Giants

1938 6.7

as 'Fingers' McCarthy

Age 40 (now 83)

Boy Meets Girl

1938 6.9

as Rossetti

Age 40 (now 83)

Four Daughters

1938 6.6

as Ben Crowley

Age 40 (now 83)

Little Miss Thoroughbred

1938 4.8

as Tod Harrington

Age 40 (now 83)

He Couldn't Say No

1938 7.0

as Lambert T. Hunkins

Age 39 (now 83)

Swing Your Lady

1938 4.6

as Popeye Bronson

Age 39 (now 83)

Submarine D-1

1937 5.0

as "Lucky" Jones

Age 39 (now 83)

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937 4.4

as Frank McHugh

Age 39 (now 83)

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937 5.6

as Sniffer Sears

Age 39 (now 83)

Ever Since Eve

1937 5.8

as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy

Age 39 (now 83)

Marry the Girl

1937 6.5

as David Partridge

Age 39 (now 83)

A Day at Santa Anita

1937 6.0

as Frank McHugh (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 83)

Three Men on a Horse

1936 6.3

as Erwin Trowbridge

Age 38 (now 83)

Stage Struck

1936 5.3

as Sid

Age 38 (now 83)

Bullets or Ballots

1936 6.6

as Herman

Age 38 (now 83)

Snowed Under

1936 7.4

as Orlando Rowe

Age 37 (now 83)

Moonlight Murder

1936 4.8

as William

Age 37 (now 83)

Freshman Love

1936 7.0

as Coach Hammond

Age 37 (now 83)

A Dream Comes True

1935 6.7

as Himself (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 83)

Stars Over Broadway

1935 5.6

as Offkey Cramer

Age 37 (now 83)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 6.4

as Quince

Age 37 (now 83)

Page Miss Glory

1935 6.7

as Ed Olson

Age 37 (now 83)

The Irish in Us

1935 7.5

as Mike O'Hara

Age 37 (now 83)

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 6.5

as Humbolt Prentiss

Age 36 (now 83)

Devil Dogs of the Air

1935 6.8

as Crash Kelly

Age 36 (now 83)

Maybe It's Love

1935 7.0

as Willie Sands

Age 36 (now 83)

Happiness Ahead

1934 6.6

as Tom

Age 36 (now 83)

6 Day Bike Rider

1934 7.0

as Clinton

Age 36 (now 83)

Here Comes the Navy

1934 6.0

as Droopy Mullins

Age 36 (now 83)

Return of the Terror

1934 6.5

as Joe Hastings

Age 36 (now 83)

Smarty

1934 4.6

as George

Age 35 (now 83)

Let’s Be Ritzy

1934 10.0

as Bill Damroy Robert

Age 35 (now 83)

Merry Wives of Reno

1934 4.4

as Al

Age 35 (now 83)

Hollywood Newsreel

1934 7.0

as Himself

Age 35 (now 83)

Heat Lightning

1934 7.2

as Frank

Age 35 (now 83)

Fashions of 1934

1934 6.5

as Snap

Age 35 (now 83)

The House on 56th Street

1933 5.3

as Chester Hunt

Age 35 (now 83)

Convention City

1933 4.2

as Will Goodwin

Age 35 (now 83)

Son of a Sailor

1933 6.0

as Gaga

Age 35 (now 83)

Havana Widows

1933 6.6

as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer

Age 35 (now 83)

Footlight Parade

1933 6.8

as Francis the Dance Director

Age 35 (now 83)

Professional Sweetheart

1933 6.0

as Speed

Age 35 (now 83)

Tomorrow at Seven

1933 6.2

as Clancy

Age 35 (now 83)

Hold Me Tight

1933 7.0

as Billy Wade

Age 34 (now 83)

Ex-Lady

1933 6.2

as Hugo Van Hugh

Age 34 (now 83)

Lilly Turner

1933 5.3

as David 'Dave' Dixon

Age 34 (now 83)

Elmer, the Great

1933 5.1

as Healy High-Hips

Age 34 (now 83)

Private Jones

1933 9.0

as 'Greasy' - the Cook

Age 34 (now 83)

The Telegraph Trail

1933 4.9

as Corporal Tippy

Age 34 (now 83)

Grand Slam

1933 4.6

as Philip 'Speed' McCann

Age 34 (now 83)

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933 6.5

as Jim

Age 34 (now 83)

Parachute Jumper

1933 5.8

as Toodles Cooper

Age 34 (now 83)

One Way Passage

1932 7.4

as Skippy

Age 34 (now 83)

Life Begins

1932 6.2

as Ringer Banks

Age 34 (now 83)

Blessed Event

1932 6.9

as Reilly

Age 34 (now 83)

The Dark Horse

1932 7.4

as Joe

Age 34 (now 83)

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932 6.1

as Skeets, a Reporter

Age 34 (now 83)

The Crowd Roars

1932 6.1

as Spud Connors

Age 33 (now 83)

Extra! Extra!

1932

as Peter Burke

Age 33 (now 83)

Union Depot

1932 6.0

as The Drunk

Age 33 (now 83)

High Pressure

1932 5.8

as Mike Donahey

Age 33 (now 83)

The Wide Open Spaces

1931 7.0

as Matt - a Gambler

Age 33 (now 83)

Corsair

1931 4.4

as 'Chub' Hopping

Age 33 (now 83)

The Great Junction Hotel

1931 8.0

as Peeping Tom

Age 33 (now 83)

Bad Company

1931 5.0

as Doc-Henchmen

Age 33 (now 83)

The Hot Spot

1931

as Peter Burke

Age 33 (now 83)

Traveling Husbands

1931 6.0

as Pinkie

Age 33 (now 83)

Men of the Sky

1931 10.0

Age 33 (now 83)

Up for Murder

1931 4.8

as Collins

Age 33 (now 83)

The Front Page

1931 6.5

as McCue

Age 32 (now 83)

Millie

1931 5.3

as John Holmes

Age 32 (now 83)

Kiss Me Again

1931 8.0

as Francois

Age 32 (now 83)

Going Wild

1930 7.0

as 'Ricky' Freeman

Age 32 (now 83)

The Widow from Chicago

1930 6.4

as Slug O'Donnell

Age 32 (now 83)

College Lovers

1930 10.0

as Speed Haskins

Age 32 (now 83)

Bright Lights

1930 5.2

as Fish

Age 32 (now 83)

Top Speed

1930 6.5

as Tad Jordan

Age 32 (now 83)

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930 4.5

as Self

Age 32 (now 83)

The Dawn Patrol

1930 6.8

as Flaherty

Age 32 (now 83)