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
Reporter (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Lafe
Salome, Where She Danced
Mike (Uncredited)
Mannequin
Waiter (uncredited)
Home Town Story
Puggy
The Glass Key
Cab Driver
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cy Walsh, Boarder
Whispering Footsteps
Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
Dancing Lady
Department Head (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Burt (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
Shed No Tears
1st Mechanic
Wings in the Dark
St Louis Jail Drunk
Blues in the Night
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
From Headquarters
Curly
Secret Command
Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
His Ex Marks the Spot
Louie the Wolf's Henchman
So You Won't Squawk
Hubbell
Arson, Inc.
Butch Mulinkovitch
The Plumber and the Lady
Sappy Birthday
Madden
Murder on a Honeymoon
Loud Friend
Should Husbands Marry?
Mac (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Pete
If You Could Only Cook
Charlie
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Johnny
Deadline for Murder
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
You, the People
Claude Finkle
Pardon My Clutch
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Joe Goetz (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
Detective Bailey
Night of Terror
Terry Shea
Duke of Chicago
Detective
Anything Goes
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
The Loud Mouth
Three Loves Has Nancy
Lady on a Train
Junker - Hood
Sing and Like It
Joe
Tropic Holiday
Johnson
Exposed
Agent Shorty
The Phantom Rider
Butts McGhee
The Mad Game
Chief Petty Officer Vincent
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Moving Man (uncredited)
The Good Fairy
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Cab Driver
While New York Sleeps
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
A Man of Sentiment
Baggage Man
The Perfect Snob
Spike O'Reilly
Too Many Women
Vincent Jones
Street Scene
(uncredited)
The Grand Dame
Broncho
Barbary Coast
Const. Weller
The Country Beyond
Bert West
Party Wire
Sunshine
Mister Dynamite
Pete
The Escape
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
So This Is Washington
Steve Brodie
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
They Won't Believe Me
Andy, the Photographer
She Loves Me Not
Heckler
Navy Blue and Gold
Cabbie (uncredited)
At the Circus
'All Over Town' Bus Driver
Miracles for Sale
Joe
Chicken Wagon Family
Divorced Man on Highway
Professor Beware
Ted Burke
An Innocent Affair
Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Soda Jerk
The Under-Pup
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Holiday
Horatio Wells
Rangers of Fortune
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Detective Murtha
The Man in the Trunk
Karel
The Man Who Dared
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
Primrose Path
O'Doul
It Happened in Flatbush
Taxi Cab Driver
Sailor's Luck
Abernathy
No Time to Marry
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Happy
My Buddy
The Worrier
The West Side Kid
Reporter on Train
The Lady from Cheyenne
Driver
Girl Trouble
Police Secretary
Thunder in the Night
Taxi Driver
To Mary - with Love
Baseball Fan
20,000 Men a Year
Repairman (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
That Certain Age
Drunk (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Bartender
The Boys from Syracuse
Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Joe Skelli
Afraid to Talk
Bartender
Diamond Jim
Headwaiter
La Conga Nights
Jim - a Prisoner
The Girl in 419
Counter Man (uncredited)
Two Alone
Tuck's Guard-Friend
Tales of Robin Hood
Looney McGann
The Last Trail
Deputy McNiel
How DOooo You Do
Joe Silva (uncredited)
Taxi!
Bill Dumont
Vacation in Reno
Patrolman Gus Brown
Bridal Bail
Taxi Driver
Quiet Please, Murder
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
The Blue Dahlia
Joe
A Gentleman at Heart
Brick Benson
$1,000 a Touchdown
Drunk at Football Game
West Point Widow
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Hi Diddle Diddle
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
True to Life
Charlie-the Cop
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Cabby
Sailor's Lady
Taxi Driver
The Greener Hills
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
My Favorite Brunette
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
Nocturne
Rollo Brother
Freaks
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Sam
The Devil and Miss Jones
Herman
The Trouble with Women
Dan
Sailor Beware!
The Prospective Groom
The Devil's Brother
Milkman (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Matthew O'Toole
Lost in the Stratosphere
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Sadie McKee
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Bed of Roses
Newcomer (uncredited)
You and Me
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-01-22
Place of Birth
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Mathew O. McHugh