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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.
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Known For
The Front Page
(1931)
McCue
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Windy
Dodge City
(1939)
Joe Clemens
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Eddie Dugan
Going My Way
(1944)
Father Timothy O'Dowd
Footlight Parade
(1933)
Francis the Dance Director
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Festus Garvey
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Danny Green
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Editor Jim
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1967)
Captain Jack
Full Filmography
Acting
Top Speed
(1930)
Tad Jordan
Bright Lights
(1930)
Fish
Going Wild
(1930)
'Ricky' Freeman
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Self
College Lovers
(1930)
Speed Haskins
The Dawn Patrol
(1930)
Flaherty
The Widow from Chicago
(1930)
Slug O'Donnell
The Great Junction Hotel
(1931)
Peeping Tom
The Hot Spot
(1931)
Peter Burke
The Wide Open Spaces
(1931)
Matt - a Gambler
Men of the Sky
(1931)
Up for Murder
(1931)
Collins
The Front Page
(1931)
McCue
Bad Company
(1931)
Doc-Henchmen
Corsair
(1931)
'Chub' Hopping
Millie
(1931)
John Holmes
Traveling Husbands
(1931)
Pinkie
Kiss Me Again
(1931)
Francois
One Way Passage
(1932)
Skippy
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
(1932)
Skeets, a Reporter
High Pressure
(1932)
Mike Donahey
The Crowd Roars
(1932)
Spud Connors
Union Depot
(1932)
The Drunk
The Dark Horse
(1932)
Joe
Blessed Event
(1932)
Reilly
Life Begins
(1932)
Ringer Banks
Extra! Extra!
(1932)
Hold Me Tight
(1933)
Billy
The House on 56th Street
(1933)
Chester Hunt
Havana Widows
(1933)
Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
Grand Slam
(1933)
Philip 'Speed' McCann
Footlight Parade
(1933)
Francis the Dance Director
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Editor Jim
Professional Sweetheart
(1933)
Speed Dennis
Convention City
(1933)
Will Goodwin
Son of a Sailor
(1933)
Gaga
The Telegraph Trail
(1933)
Corporal Tippy
Lilly Turner
(1933)
David 'Dave' Dixon
Private Jones
(1933)
'Greasy' - the Cook
Ex-Lady
(1933)
Hugo Van Hugh
Elmer, the Great
(1933)
Healy High-Hips
Tomorrow at Seven
(1933)
Clancy
Parachute Jumper
(1933)
Toodles Cooper
Merry Wives of Reno
(1934)
Al
Here Comes the Navy
(1934)
Droopy Mullins
Fashions of 1934
(1934)
Snap
Heat Lightning
(1934)
Frank
6 Day Bike Rider
(1934)
Clinton
Return of the Terror
(1934)
Joe Hastings
Smarty
(1934)
George
Hollywood Newsreel
(1934)
Himself
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Tom
Maybe It's Love
(1935)
Willie Sands
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Quince
Gold Diggers of 1935
(1935)
Humbolt Prentiss
A Dream Comes True
(1935)
Himself (uncredited)
Devil Dogs of the Air
(1935)
Crash Kelly
Stars Over Broadway
(1935)
Offkey Cramer
The Irish in Us
(1935)
Mike O'Hara
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Ed Olson
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Herman
Stage Struck
(1936)
Sid
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Erwin Trowbridge
Freshman Love
(1936)
Coach Hammond
Moonlight Murder
(1936)
William
Snowed Under
(1936)
Orlando Rowe
Submarine D-1
(1937)
"Lucky" Jones
Marry the Girl
(1937)
David Partridge
A Day at Santa Anita
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
(1937)
Frank McHugh
Ever Since Eve
(1937)
Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(1937)
Sniffer Sears
He Couldn't Say No
(1938)
Lambert T. Hunkins
Boy Meets Girl
(1938)
Rossetti
Valley of the Giants
(1938)
'Fingers' McCarthy
Swing Your Lady
(1938)
Popeye Bronson
Four Daughters
(1938)
Ben Crowley
Breakdowns of 1938
(1938)
Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Miss Thoroughbred
(1938)
Tod Harrington
Daughters Courageous
(1939)
George
On Your Toes
(1939)
Paddy Reilly
Wings of the Navy
(1939)
Scat Allen
Four Wives
(1939)
Ben Crowley
Dodge City
(1939)
Joe Clemens
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Danny Green
Dust Be My Destiny
(1939)
Caruthers
Indianapolis Speedway
(1939)
Spuds Connors
'Til We Meet Again
(1940)
Rockingham T. Rockingham
Alex in Wonderland
(1940)
Narrator (voice)
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
"Crepe Hanger" Burke
City for Conquest
(1940)
'Mutt'
I Love You Again
(1940)
'Doc' Ryan
Virginia City
(1940)
Mr. Upjohn
Four Mothers
(1941)
Ben Crowley
Back Street
(1941)
Ed Porter
Manpower
(1941)
Omaha
Her Cardboard Lover
(1942)
Chappie Champagne
All Through the Night
(1942)
Barney
Going My Way
(1944)
Father Timothy O'Dowd
Marine Raiders
(1944)
Sgt. Louis Leary
Bowery to Broadway
(1944)
Joe Kirby
A Medal for Benny
(1945)
Edgar Lovekin
State Fair
(1945)
McGee
The Runaround
(1946)
Wally Quayle
The Hoodlum Saint
(1946)
Three Finger
Little Miss Big
(1946)
Charlie Bryan
Carnegie Hall
(1947)
John Donovan
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1947)
Carey
The Velvet Touch
(1948)
Ernie Boyle
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Windy
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(1949)
Kilcoyne
The Tougher They Come
(1950)
Gig Rafferty
Paid in Full
(1950)
Ben, Bartender
My Son John
(1952)
Father O'Dowd
The Pace That Thrills
(1952)
Rocket Anderson
It Happens Every Thursday
(1953)
Fred Hawley
A Lion Is in the Streets
(1953)
Frank Rector
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Eddie Dugan
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Festus Garvey
Say One for Me
(1959)
Jim Dugan
Career
(1959)
Charlie Gallagher
The Spiral Staircase
(1961)
Constable Williams
A Tiger Walks
(1964)
Bill Watkins
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1967)
Captain Jack
Way Down Cellar
(1968)
Constable Seely