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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McHugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
'Doc' Ryan
I Love You Again
Eddie Dugan
There's No Business Like Show Business
Omaha
Manpower
'Mutt'
City for Conquest
Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
Ever Since Eve
Editor Jim
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Caruthers
Dust Be My Destiny
McGee
State Fair
Herman
Bullets or Ballots
Skippy
One Way Passage
Francis the Dance Director
Footlight Parade
Ernie Boyle
The Velvet Touch
McCue
The Front Page
Barney
All Through the Night
Reilly
Blessed Event
Kilcoyne
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Danny Green
The Roaring Twenties
Humbolt Prentiss
Gold Diggers of 1935
Joe Hastings
Return of the Terror
Ben, Bartender
Paid in Full
Captain Jack
Easy Come, Easy Go
Windy
Mighty Joe Young
Ben Crowley
Four Daughters
Joe Clemens
Dodge City
Father Timothy O'Dowd
Going My Way
Mike Donahey
High Pressure
Quince
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Flaherty
The Dawn Patrol
Popeye Bronson
Swing Your Lady
Father O'Dowd
My Son John
Hugo Van Hugh
Ex-Lady
'Chub' Hopping
Corsair
Three Finger
The Hoodlum Saint
Snap
Fashions of 1934
Peter Burke
Extra! Extra!
Festus Garvey
The Last Hurrah
Droopy Mullins
Here Comes the Navy
Corporal Tippy
The Telegraph Trail
Joe
The Dark Horse
David 'Dave' Dixon
Lilly Turner
Al
Merry Wives of Reno
Chappie Champagne
Her Cardboard Lover
Rocket Anderson
The Pace That Thrills
Paddy Reilly
On Your Toes
John Donovan
Carnegie Hall
Scat Allen
Wings of the Navy
Spud Connors
The Crowd Roars
Frank McHugh
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Ed Porter
Back Street
Wally Quayle
The Runaround
Frank Rector
A Lion Is in the Streets
'Ricky' Freeman
Going Wild
George
Daughters Courageous
Ben Crowley
Four Mothers
Erwin Trowbridge
Three Men on a Horse
Tom
Happiness Ahead
John Holmes
Millie
Clinton
6 Day Bike Rider
Slug O'Donnell
The Widow from Chicago
Rockingham T. Rockingham
'Til We Meet Again
Ringer Banks
Life Begins
Skeets, a Reporter
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Philip 'Speed' McCann
Grand Slam
"Lucky" Jones
Submarine D-1
Toodles Cooper
Parachute Jumper
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Constable Williams
The Spiral Staircase
Clancy
Tomorrow at Seven
Lambert T. Hunkins
He Couldn't Say No
Ed Olson
Page Miss Glory
'Fingers' McCarthy
Valley of the Giants
Willie Sands
Maybe It's Love
William
Moonlight Murder
Mike O'Hara
The Irish in Us
David Partridge
Marry the Girl
Sid
Stage Struck
Charlie Gallagher
Career
Speed
Professional Sweetheart
George
Smarty
Orlando Rowe
Snowed Under
Sgt. Louis Leary
Marine Raiders
Offkey Cramer
Stars Over Broadway
Sniffer Sears
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Gaga
Son of a Sailor
Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
Havana Widows
Coach Hammond
Freshman Love
Carey
Easy Come, Easy Go
Spuds Connors
Indianapolis Speedway
Will Goodwin
Convention City
Healy High-Hips
Elmer, the Great
Pinkie
Traveling Husbands
The Drunk
Union Depot
Peeping Tom
The Great Junction Hotel
Speed Haskins
College Lovers
Francois
Kiss Me Again
Collins
Up for Murder
Chester Hunt
The House on 56th Street
Frank McHugh (uncredited)
A Day at Santa Anita
Matt - a Gambler
The Wide Open Spaces
Rossetti
Boy Meets Girl
Tad Jordan
Top Speed
"Crepe Hanger" Burke
The Fighting 69th
Frank
Heat Lightning
Fish
Bright Lights
Edgar Lovekin
A Medal for Benny
Tod Harrington
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Mr. Upjohn
Virginia City
Ben Crowley
Four Wives
Crash Kelly
Devil Dogs of the Air
Gig Rafferty
The Tougher They Come
Himself
Hollywood Newsreel
Bill Watkins
A Tiger Walks
Joe Kirby
Bowery to Broadway
Bill Damroy Robert
Let’s Be Ritzy
Fred Hawley
It Happens Every Thursday
Jim Dugan
Say One for Me
Peter Burke
The Hot Spot
Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Himself (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
'Greasy' - the Cook
Private Jones
Narrator (voice)
Alex in Wonderland
Doc-Henchmen
Bad Company
Constable Seely
Way Down Cellar
Men of the Sky
Billy Wade
Hold Me Tight
Charlie Bryan
Little Miss Big
Charlie
Three Men on a Horse
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
127
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-05-22
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Francis Curray McHugh