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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
Freaks
(1932)
Rollo Brother
Holiday
(1938)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Reporter (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (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)
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Repairman (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
(1945)
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Broncho
Lady on a Train
(1945)
The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
Sam
Primrose Path
(1940)
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Taxi!
(1931)
Joe Silva (uncredited)
Street Scene
(1931)
Vincent Jones
The Grand Dame
(1931)
(uncredited)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
(1932)
Chief Petty Officer Vincent
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
(1932)
The Loud Mouth
(1932)
Freaks
(1932)
Rollo Brother
The Wet Parade
(1932)
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
(1932)
Joe Skelli
The Last Trail
(1933)
Looney McGann
Dancing Lady
(1933)
Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
The Prospective Groom
Sailor Beware!
(1933)
Dan
A Man of Sentiment
(1933)
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
The Girl in 419
(1933)
Jim - a Prisoner
The Plumber and the Lady
(1933)
Butch Mulinkovitch
Sailor's Luck
(1933)
Taxi Cab Driver
From Headquarters
(1933)
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
(1933)
Joe Goetz (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
(1933)
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
The Mad Game
(1933)
Butts McGhee
The Man Who Dared
(1933)
Karel
Night of Terror
(1933)
Detective Bailey
Sing and Like it
(1934)
Junker - Hood
Lost in the Stratosphere
(1934)
Matthew O'Toole
Bridal Bail
(1934)
Patrolman Gus Brown
She Loves Me Not
(1934)
Andy, the Photographer
Two Alone
(1934)
Counter Man (uncredited)
Murder on a Honeymoon
(1935)
Madden
Thunder in the Night
(1935)
Police Secretary
The Glass Key
(1935)
Puggy
Wings in the Dark
(1935)
1st Mechanic
If You Could Only Cook
(1935)
Pete
Mister Dynamite
(1935)
Sunshine
The Good Fairy
(1935)
Moving Man (uncredited)
Party Wire
(1935)
Bert West
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Bartender
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Broncho
The Country Beyond
(1936)
Const. Weller
The Phantom Rider
(1936)
Agent Shorty
The Gentleman from Louisiana
(1936)
Steve Brodie
Anything Goes
(1936)
Detective
To Mary - with Love
(1936)
Taxi Driver
Navy Blue and Gold
(1937)
Heckler
Broadway Melody of 1938
(1937)
Burt (uncredited)
While New York Sleeps
(1938)
Cab Driver
Exposed
(1938)
Johnson
Tropic Holiday
(1938)
Joe
No Time To Marry
(1938)
Abernathy
Holiday
(1938)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
(1938)
Department Head (uncredited)
Mannequin
(1938)
Mike (Uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
That Certain Age
(1938)
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Professor Beware
(1938)
Divorced Man on Highway
The Greener Hills
(1939)
Taxi Driver
The Escape
(1939)
Pete
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Reporter (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
(1939)
Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
(1939)
'All Over Town' Bus Driver
At the Circus
(1939)
Cabbie (uncredited)
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Soda Jerk
$1,000 a Touchdown
(1939)
Brick Benson
The Jones Family in Hollywood
(1939)
Charlie
Chicken Wagon Family
(1939)
Joe
20,000 Men a Year
(1939)
Baseball Fan
I Take This Woman
(1940)
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
Primrose Path
(1940)
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
(1940)
Cabby
Rangers of Fortune
(1940)
Horatio Wells
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
(1940)
Charlie-the Cop
You, the People
(1940)
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
His Ex Marks the Spot
(1940)
Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Repairman (uncredited)
La Conga Nights
(1940)
Headwaiter
The Boys from Syracuse
(1940)
Bartender
The Lady from Cheyenne
(1941)
Reporter on Train
West Point Widow
(1941)
Drunk at Football Game
The Perfect Snob
(1941)
Baggage Man
So You Won't Squawk
(1941)
Louie the Wolf's Henchman
The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
Sam
Blues in the Night
(1941)
St Louis Jail Drunk
It Happened in Flatbush
(1942)
O'Doul
Girl Trouble
(1942)
Driver
Too Many Women
(1942)
Spike O'Reilly
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
Sappy Birthday
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
(1942)
Detective Murtha
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
A Gentleman at Heart
(1942)
Joe
The West Side Kid
(1943)
The Worrier
Cowboy in Manhattan
(1943)
Cab Driver
So This Is Washington
(1943)
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
Whispering Footsteps
(1943)
Cy Walsh, Boarder
Flight for Freedom
(1943)
Mac (uncredited)
True to Life
(1943)
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943)
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
(1943)
Taxi Driver
The Mark of the Whistler
(1944)
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
My Buddy
(1944)
Happy
And the Angels Sing
(1944)
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
Secret Command
(1944)
Curly
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Drunk (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
(1945)
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
Salome, Where She Danced
(1945)
Lafe
How DOooo You Do
(1945)
Deputy McNiel
Lady on a Train
(1945)
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Milkman (uncredited)
Nocturne
(1946)
Coffee Attendant
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
Vacation in Reno
(1946)
Bill Dumont
Deadline for Murder
(1946)
Johnny
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Herman
My Favorite Brunette
(1947)
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
(1947)
Should Husbands Marry?
(1947)
Loud Friend
Shed No Tears
(1948)
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
An Innocent Affair
(1948)
Ted Burke
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
(1948)
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
Pardon My Clutch
(1948)
Claude Finkle
Duke of Chicago
(1949)
Terry Shea
Arson, Inc.
(1949)
Hubbell
Tales of Robin Hood
(1951)
Tuck's Guard-Friend
Home Town Story
(1951)
Waiter (uncredited)
Wham-Bam-Slam!
(1955)
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)