Frank McHugh
Acting
Born May 22, 1898 · Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McHugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Films (127)
Way Down Cellar
1968
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
A Tiger Walks
1964
The Spiral Staircase
1961
Career
1959
Say One for Me
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Three Men on a Horse
1957
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
My Son John
1952
The Pace That Thrills
1952
The Tougher They Come
1950
Paid in Full
1950
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Velvet Touch
1948
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Carnegie Hall
1947
The Runaround
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Little Miss Big
1946
State Fair
1945
A Medal for Benny
1945
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Marine Raiders
1944
Going My Way
1944
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
All Through the Night
1942
Manpower
1941
Back Street
1941
Four Mothers
1941
City for Conquest
1940
I Love You Again
1940
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Virginia City
1940
Alex in Wonderland
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
Four Wives
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
On Your Toes
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Daughters Courageous
1939
Dodge City
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Valley of the Giants
1938
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Four Daughters
1938
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Swing Your Lady
1938
Submarine D-1
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
Ever Since Eve
1937
Marry the Girl
1937
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
Three Men on a Horse
1936
Stage Struck
1936
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Snowed Under
1936
Moonlight Murder
1936
Freshman Love
1936
A Dream Comes True
1935
Stars Over Broadway
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
Page Miss Glory
1935
The Irish in Us
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
Maybe It's Love
1935
Happiness Ahead
1934
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
Here Comes the Navy
1934
Return of the Terror
1934
Smarty
1934
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
Heat Lightning
1934
Fashions of 1934
1934
The House on 56th Street
1933
Convention City
1933
Son of a Sailor
1933
Havana Widows
1933
Footlight Parade
1933
Professional Sweetheart
1933
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
Hold Me Tight
1933
Ex-Lady
1933
Lilly Turner
1933
Elmer, the Great
1933
Private Jones
1933
The Telegraph Trail
1933
Grand Slam
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Parachute Jumper
1933
One Way Passage
1932
Blessed Event
1932
Life Begins
1932
The Dark Horse
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
The Crowd Roars
1932
Extra! Extra!
1932
Union Depot
1932
High Pressure
1932
The Wide Open Spaces
1931
Corsair
1931
The Great Junction Hotel
1931
Bad Company
1931
The Hot Spot
1931
Traveling Husbands
1931
Men of the Sky
1931
Up for Murder
1931
The Front Page
1931
Millie
1931
Kiss Me Again
1931
Going Wild
1930
The Widow from Chicago
1930
College Lovers
1930
Bright Lights
1930
Top Speed
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
The Dawn Patrol
1930