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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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Filmography (Movies)
Way Down Cellar
Character:Constable Seely
Release Date:07/01/1968
Easy Come, Easy Go
Character:Captain Jack
Release Date:28/05/1967
A Tiger Walks
Character:Bill Watkins
Release Date:12/04/1964
The Spiral Staircase
Character:Constable Williams
Release Date:04/10/1961
Career
Character:Charlie Gallagher
Release Date:08/10/1959
Say One for Me
Character:Jim Dugan
Release Date:19/06/1959
The Last Hurrah
Character:Festus Garvey
Release Date:31/12/1958
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Charlie
Release Date:18/04/1957
There's No Business Like Show Business
Character:Eddie Dugan
Release Date:16/12/1954
A Lion Is in the Streets
Character:Frank Rector
Release Date:23/09/1953
It Happens Every Thursday
Character:Fred Hawley
Release Date:22/04/1953
My Son John
Character:Father O'Dowd
Release Date:08/04/1952
The Pace That Thrills
Character:Rocket Anderson
Release Date:01/03/1952
The Tougher They Come
Character:Gig Rafferty
Release Date:16/11/1950
Paid in Full
Character:Ben, Bartender
Release Date:15/02/1950
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Character:Kilcoyne
Release Date:20/10/1949
Mighty Joe Young
Character:Windy
Release Date:13/07/1949
The Velvet Touch
Character:Ernie Boyle
Release Date:13/07/1948
Easy Come, Easy Go
Character:Carey
Release Date:07/03/1947
Carnegie Hall
Character:John Donovan
Release Date:28/02/1947
The Runaround
Character:Wally Quayle
Release Date:04/06/1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Character:Three Finger
Release Date:04/04/1946
Little Miss Big
Character:Charlie Bryan
Release Date:01/01/1946
State Fair
Character:McGee
Release Date:29/08/1945
A Medal for Benny
Character:Edgar Lovekin
Release Date:16/04/1945
Bowery to Broadway
Character:Joe Kirby
Release Date:03/11/1944
Marine Raiders
Character:Sgt. Louis Leary
Release Date:11/07/1944
Going My Way
Character:Father Timothy O'Dowd
Release Date:01/01/1944
Her Cardboard Lover
Character:Chappie Champagne
Release Date:16/07/1942
All Through the Night
Character:Barney
Release Date:10/01/1942
Manpower
Character:Omaha
Release Date:09/08/1941
Back Street
Character:Ed Porter
Release Date:07/02/1941
Four Mothers
Character:Ben Crowley
Release Date:04/01/1941
City for Conquest
Character:'Mutt'
Release Date:21/09/1940
I Love You Again
Character:'Doc' Ryan
Release Date:09/08/1940
'Til We Meet Again
Character:Rockingham T. Rockingham
Release Date:20/04/1940
Virginia City
Character:Mr. Upjohn
Release Date:23/03/1940
Alex in Wonderland
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/03/1940
The Fighting 69th
Character:"Crepe Hanger" Burke
Release Date:27/01/1940
Four Wives
Character:Ben Crowley
Release Date:22/12/1939
The Roaring Twenties
Character:Danny Green
Release Date:28/10/1939
On Your Toes
Character:Paddy Reilly
Release Date:14/10/1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Character:Caruthers
Release Date:16/09/1939
Indianapolis Speedway
Character:Spuds Connors
Release Date:05/08/1939
Daughters Courageous
Character:George
Release Date:23/06/1939
Dodge City
Character:Joe Clemens
Release Date:08/04/1939
Wings of the Navy
Character:Scat Allen
Release Date:11/02/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1938
Valley of the Giants
Character:'Fingers' McCarthy
Release Date:17/09/1938
Boy Meets Girl
Character:Rossetti
Release Date:27/08/1938
Four Daughters
Character:Ben Crowley
Release Date:09/08/1938
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Character:Tod Harrington
Release Date:04/06/1938
He Couldn't Say No
Character:Lambert T. Hunkins
Release Date:19/03/1938
Swing Your Lady
Character:Popeye Bronson
Release Date:08/01/1938
Submarine D-1
Character:"Lucky" Jones
Release Date:27/11/1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Character:Frank McHugh
Release Date:02/10/1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Character:Sniffer Sears
Release Date:11/08/1937
Ever Since Eve
Character:Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
Release Date:15/07/1937
Marry the Girl
Character:David Partridge
Release Date:13/07/1937
A Day at Santa Anita
Character:Frank McHugh (uncredited)
Release Date:22/05/1937
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Erwin Trowbridge
Release Date:21/11/1936
Stage Struck
Character:Sid
Release Date:12/09/1936
Bullets or Ballots
Character:Herman
Release Date:06/06/1936
Snowed Under
Character:Orlando Rowe
Release Date:29/03/1936
Moonlight Murder
Character:William
Release Date:27/03/1936
Freshman Love
Character:Coach Hammond
Release Date:18/01/1936
A Dream Comes True
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1935
Stars Over Broadway
Character:Offkey Cramer
Release Date:23/11/1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Quince
Release Date:09/10/1935
Page Miss Glory
Character:Ed Olson
Release Date:07/09/1935
The Irish in Us
Character:Mike O'Hara
Release Date:31/07/1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
Character:Humbolt Prentiss
Release Date:15/03/1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
Character:Crash Kelly
Release Date:09/02/1935
Maybe It's Love
Character:Willie Sands
Release Date:12/01/1935
Happiness Ahead
Character:Tom
Release Date:27/10/1934
6 Day Bike Rider
Character:Clinton
Release Date:20/10/1934
Here Comes the Navy
Character:Droopy Mullins
Release Date:21/07/1934
Return of the Terror
Character:Joe Hastings
Release Date:07/07/1934
Smarty
Character:George
Release Date:19/05/1934
Let’s Be Ritzy
Character:Bill Damroy Robert
Release Date:01/05/1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Character:Al
Release Date:18/04/1934
Hollywood Newsreel
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/03/1934
Heat Lightning
Character:Frank
Release Date:01/03/1934
Fashions of 1934
Character:Snap
Release Date:14/02/1934
The House on 56th Street
Character:Chester Hunt
Release Date:23/12/1933
Convention City
Character:Will Goodwin
Release Date:14/12/1933
Son of a Sailor
Character:Gaga
Release Date:29/11/1933
Havana Widows
Character:Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
Release Date:18/11/1933
Footlight Parade
Character:Francis the Dance Director
Release Date:21/10/1933
Professional Sweetheart
Character:Speed
Release Date:09/06/1933
Tomorrow at Seven
Character:Clancy
Release Date:01/06/1933
Hold Me Tight
Character:Billy Wade
Release Date:20/05/1933
Ex-Lady
Character:Hugo Van Hugh
Release Date:15/05/1933
Lilly Turner
Character:David 'Dave' Dixon
Release Date:13/05/1933
Elmer, the Great
Character:Healy High-Hips
Release Date:29/04/1933
Private Jones
Character:'Greasy' - the Cook
Release Date:25/03/1933
The Telegraph Trail
Character:Corporal Tippy
Release Date:18/03/1933
Grand Slam
Character:Philip 'Speed' McCann
Release Date:22/02/1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Character:Jim
Release Date:18/02/1933
Parachute Jumper
Character:Toodles Cooper
Release Date:28/01/1933
One Way Passage
Character:Skippy
Release Date:04/10/1932
Blessed Event
Character:Reilly
Release Date:10/09/1932
Life Begins
Character:Ringer Banks
Release Date:10/09/1932
The Dark Horse
Character:Joe
Release Date:16/06/1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Character:Skeets, a Reporter
Release Date:28/05/1932
The Crowd Roars
Character:Spud Connors
Release Date:16/04/1932
Extra! Extra!
Character:Peter Burke
Release Date:04/04/1932
Union Depot
Character:The Drunk
Release Date:14/01/1932
High Pressure
Character:Mike Donahey
Release Date:10/01/1932
The Wide Open Spaces
Character:Matt - a Gambler
Release Date:28/12/1931
Corsair
Character:'Chub' Hopping
Release Date:28/11/1931
The Great Junction Hotel
Character:Peeping Tom
Release Date:26/10/1931
Bad Company
Character:Doc-Henchmen
Release Date:16/10/1931
The Hot Spot
Character:Peter Burke
Release Date:14/09/1931
Traveling Husbands
Character:Pinkie
Release Date:15/08/1931
Men of the Sky
Character:
Release Date:20/06/1931
Up for Murder
Character:Collins
Release Date:26/05/1931
The Front Page
Character:McCue
Release Date:04/04/1931
Millie
Character:John Holmes
Release Date:06/02/1931
Kiss Me Again
Character:Francois
Release Date:07/01/1931
Going Wild
Character:'Ricky' Freeman
Release Date:21/12/1930
The Widow from Chicago
Character:Slug O'Donnell
Release Date:23/11/1930
College Lovers
Character:Speed Haskins
Release Date:05/10/1930
Bright Lights
Character:Fish
Release Date:21/09/1930
Top Speed
Character:Tad Jordan
Release Date:24/08/1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/1930
The Dawn Patrol
Character:Flaherty
Release Date:10/07/1930
Television Appearances
Lancer
Character:
F Troop
Character:
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Willie Walters
Going My Way
Character:
The Lucy Show
Character:Mr. Snowden
Cain's Hundred
Character:Wilbur Morton
The Defenders
Character:Henry Schell
Route 66
Character:
Outlaws
Character:
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Character:
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Lefty
The Millionaire
Character:Charles N. Bradwell
The Gulf Playhouse
Character:
Tales of Tomorrow
Character:
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Character:
Studio One
Character:Nobby Bishop
Studio One
Character:Barney
Studio One
Character:Horace Potter
Studio One
Character:Ben Ames
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