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