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