Frank McHugh
Age: 83 | From: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1898-05-23 22:00:24
Death: 1981-09-11 22:00:24
Aliases: Francis Curray McHugh
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 61
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Studio One
(1948) Barney
The Defenders
(1961) Henry Schell
Cain's Hundred
(1961) Wilbur Morton
The Millionaire
(1955) Charles N. Bradwell
The Bing Crosby Show
(1964) Willie Walters
Dodge City
(1939) Joe Clemens
The Roaring Twenties
(1939) Danny Green
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933) Editor JimActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Constable Seely | ||
| 1967 | Captain Jack | |
| 1965 | N/A | |
| 1964 | Willie Walters | |
| Bill Watkins | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Mr. Snowden | ||
| 1961 | Constable Williams | |
| Wilbur Morton | ||
| Henry Schell | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Charlie Gallagher | |
| Jim Dugan | ||
| 1958 | Festus Garvey | |
| 1955 | Charles N. Bradwell | |
| 1954 | Eddie Dugan | |
| 1953 | Frank Rector | |
| Fred Hawley | ||
| 1952 | Father O'Dowd | |
| N/A | ||
| Rocket Anderson | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Gig Rafferty | |
| N/A | ||
| Ben, Bartender | ||
| 1949 | Kilcoyne | |
| Windy | ||
| 1948 | Nobby Bishop | |
| Horace Potter | ||
| Ben Ames | ||
| Barney | ||
| Ernie Boyle | ||
| 1947 | Carey | |
| John Donovan | ||
| 1946 | Wally Quayle | |
| Three Finger | ||
| Charlie Bryan | ||
| 1945 | McGee | |
| Edgar Lovekin | ||
| 1944 | Joe Kirby | |
| Sgt. Louis Leary | ||
| Father Timothy O'Dowd | ||
| 1942 | Chappie Champagne | |
| Barney | ||
| 1941 | Omaha | |
| Ed Porter | ||
| Ben Crowley | ||
| 1940 | 'Mutt' | |
| 'Doc' Ryan | ||
| Rockingham T. Rockingham | ||
| Mr. Upjohn | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| "Crepe Hanger" Burke | ||
| 1939 | Ben Crowley | |
| Danny Green | ||
| Paddy Reilly | ||
| Caruthers | ||
| Spuds Connors | ||
| George | ||
| Joe Clemens | ||
| Scat Allen | ||
| 1938 | Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 'Fingers' McCarthy | ||
| Rossetti | ||
| Ben Crowley | ||
| Tod Harrington | ||
| Lambert T. Hunkins | ||
| Popeye Bronson | ||
| 1937 | "Lucky" Jones | |
| Frank McHugh | ||
| Sniffer Sears | ||
| Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy | ||
| David Partridge | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1936 | Erwin Trowbridge | |
| Sid | ||
| Herman | ||
| Orlando Rowe | ||
| William | ||
| Coach Hammond | ||
| 1935 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Offkey Cramer | ||
| Quince | ||
| Ed Olson | ||
| Mike O'Hara | ||
| Humbolt Prentiss | ||
| Crash Kelly | ||
| Willie Sands | ||
| 1934 | Tom | |
| Clinton | ||
| Droopy Mullins | ||
| Joe Hastings | ||
| George | ||
| Al | ||
| Himself | ||
| Frank | ||
| Snap | ||
| 1933 | Chester Hunt | |
| Will Goodwin | ||
| Gaga | ||
| Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer | ||
| Francis the Dance Director | ||
| Speed Dennis | ||
| Clancy | ||
| Billy | ||
| Hugo Van Hugh | ||
| David 'Dave' Dixon | ||
| Healy High-Hips | ||
| 'Greasy' - the Cook | ||
| Corporal Tippy | ||
| Philip 'Speed' McCann | ||
| Editor Jim | ||
| Toodles Cooper | ||
| 1932 | Skippy | |
| Ringer Banks | ||
| Reilly | ||
| Joe | ||
| Skeets, a Reporter | ||
| Spud Connors | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Drunk | ||
| Mike Donahey | ||
| 1931 | Matt - a Gambler | |
| 'Chub' Hopping | ||
| Peeping Tom | ||
| Doc-Henchmen | ||
| Peter Burke | ||
| Pinkie | ||
| N/A | ||
| Collins | ||
| McCue | ||
| John Holmes | ||
| Francois | ||
| 1930 | 'Ricky' Freeman | |
| Slug O'Donnell | ||
| Speed Haskins | ||
| Fish | ||
| Tad Jordan | ||
| Self | ||
| Flaherty | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
