Person Details
Birthday: 1894-01-22 17:48:51
Death: 1971-02-22 17:48:51
Aliases: Mathew O. McHugh , Mat McHugh
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Connellsville - Pennsylvania - USA
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Movie Involvements: 59
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Freaks
(1932) Rollo BrotherThey Drive by Night
(1940) Repairman (uncredited)The Pride of the Yankees
(1942) Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)The Blue Dahlia
(1946) Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)The Dark Corner
(1946) Milkman (uncredited)Phantom Lady
(1944) Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)Blues in the Night
(1941) St Louis Jail DrunkBarbary Coast
(1935) BronchoActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1955 | Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage) | |
1951 | Tuck's Guard-Friend | |
Waiter (uncredited) | ||
1949 | Hubbell | |
Terry Shea | ||
1948 | Ted Burke | |
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited) | ||
Frank the Barber (uncredited) | ||
Claude Finkle | ||
1947 | Loud Friend | |
Herman | ||
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited) | ||
1946 | Bill Dumont | |
Coffee Attendant | ||
Johnny | ||
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited) | ||
Milkman (uncredited) | ||
1945 | Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited) | |
Deputy McNiel | ||
N/A | ||
Lafe | ||
1944 | Happy | |
Tom, Reporter (uncredited) | ||
Curly | ||
Drunk (uncredited) | ||
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited) | ||
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited) | ||
1943 | Cy Walsh, Boarder | |
Taxicab Driver (uncredited) | ||
The Worrier | ||
Reporter #2 (uncredited) | ||
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms' | ||
Cab Driver | ||
Mac (uncredited) | ||
Taxi Driver | ||
1942 | Driver | |
Detective Murtha | ||
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited) | ||
O'Doul | ||
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited) | ||
Spike O'Reilly | ||
N/A | ||
Joe | ||
1941 | Baggage Man | |
St Louis Jail Drunk | ||
Drunk at Football Game | ||
Sam | ||
Reporter on Train | ||
Louie the Wolf's Henchman | ||
1940 | Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend | |
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins | ||
Horatio Wells | ||
Bartender | ||
Repairman (uncredited) | ||
Cabby | ||
Headwaiter | ||
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited) | ||
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited) | ||
Charlie-the Cop | ||
1939 | Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited) | |
Baseball Fan | ||
Cabbie (uncredited) | ||
Reporter (uncredited) | ||
Pete | ||
Brick Benson | ||
Soda Jerk | ||
Joe | ||
'All Over Town' Bus Driver | ||
Charlie | ||
Taxi Driver | ||
1938 | Cab Driver | |
Johnson | ||
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited) | ||
Soda Jerk (uncredited) | ||
N/A | ||
Divorced Man on Highway | ||
Joe | ||
Department Head (uncredited) | ||
Taxi Driver (uncredited) | ||
Abernathy | ||
Mike (Uncredited) | ||
1937 | Heckler | |
Burt (uncredited) | ||
1936 | Steve Brodie | |
Taxi Driver | ||
Agent Shorty | ||
Const. Weller | ||
Detective | ||
1935 | Pete | |
Broncho | ||
Police Secretary | ||
Bartender | ||
Puggy | ||
Bert West | ||
Sunshine | ||
Madden | ||
Moving Man (uncredited) | ||
1st Mechanic | ||
1934 | Matthew O'Toole | |
Andy, the Photographer | ||
Junker - Hood | ||
Patrolman Gus Brown | ||
Counter Man (uncredited) | ||
1933 | Marcia's Agent (uncredited) | |
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited) | ||
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited) | ||
Butts McGhee | ||
Dan | ||
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly | ||
Looney McGann | ||
Karel | ||
Jim - a Prisoner | ||
The Prospective Groom | ||
Detective Bailey | ||
Butch Mulinkovitch | ||
Taxi Cab Driver | ||
Joe Goetz (uncredited) | ||
1932 | Joe Skelli | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited) | ||
Rollo Brother | ||
Chief Petty Officer Vincent | ||
1931 | Joe Silva (uncredited) | |
Vincent Jones | ||
(uncredited) | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |