Matt McHugh
Acting • Born 1894-01-22 – Died 1971-02-22
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
134 credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Reporter (uncredited)
Salome, Where She Danced
Movie • 1945
Lafe
Mannequin
Movie • 1938
Mike (Uncredited)
Home Town Story
Movie • 1951
Waiter (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Movie • 1935
Puggy
Cowboy in Manhattan
Movie • 1943
Cab Driver
Whispering Footsteps
Movie • 1943
Cy Walsh, Boarder
Dancing Lady
Movie • 1933
Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Movie • 1938
Department Head (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Burt (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
Movie • 1948
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
Wings in the Dark
Movie • 1935
1st Mechanic
Blues in the Night
Movie • 1941
St Louis Jail Drunk
Phantom Lady
Movie • 1944
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
From Headquarters
Movie • 1933
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
Secret Command
Movie • 1944
Curly
His Ex Marks the Spot
Movie • 1940
Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
So You Won't Squawk
Movie • 1941
Louie the Wolf's Henchman
Arson, Inc.
Movie • 1949
Hubbell
The Plumber and the Lady
Movie • 1933
Butch Mulinkovitch
Sappy Birthday
Movie • 1942
Murder on a Honeymoon
Movie • 1935
Madden
Should Husbands Marry?
Movie • 1947
Loud Friend
Flight for Freedom
Movie • 1943
Mac (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
Movie • 1935
Pete
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Movie • 1939
Charlie
Deadline for Murder
Movie • 1946
Johnny
You, the People
Movie • 1940
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
Pardon My Clutch
Movie • 1948
Claude Finkle
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Movie • 1955
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
Hard to Handle
Movie • 1933
Joe Goetz (uncredited)
Night of Terror
Movie • 1933
Detective Bailey
Duke of Chicago
Movie • 1949
Terry Shea
Anything Goes
Movie • 1936
Detective
The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
The Loud Mouth
Movie • 1932
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie • 1938
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Sing and Like It
Movie • 1934
Junker - Hood
Tropic Holiday
Movie • 1938
Joe
Exposed
Movie • 1938
Johnson
The Phantom Rider
Movie • 1936
Agent Shorty
The Mad Game
Movie • 1933
Butts McGhee
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Movie • 1932
Chief Petty Officer Vincent
The Good Fairy
Movie • 1935
Moving Man (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
While New York Sleeps
Movie • 1938
Cab Driver
A Man of Sentiment
Movie • 1933
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
The Perfect Snob
Movie • 1941
Baggage Man
Too Many Women
Movie • 1942
Spike O'Reilly
Street Scene
Movie • 1931
Vincent Jones
The Grand Dame
Movie • 1931
(uncredited)
Barbary Coast
Movie • 1935
Broncho
The Country Beyond
Movie • 1936
Const. Weller
Party Wire
Movie • 1935
Bert West
Mister Dynamite
Movie • 1935
Sunshine
The Escape
Movie • 1939
Pete
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Movie • 1933
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
Movie • 1943
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Movie • 1936
Steve Brodie
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
Movie • 1932
They Won't Believe Me
Movie • 1947
Tiny Old Man (uncredited)
She Loves Me Not
Movie • 1934
Andy, the Photographer
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Heckler
At the Circus
Movie • 1939
Cabbie (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
Movie • 1939
'All Over Town' Bus Driver
Chicken Wagon Family
Movie • 1939
Joe
Professor Beware
Movie • 1938
Divorced Man on Highway
An Innocent Affair
Movie • 1948
Ted Burke
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Soda Jerk
Holiday
Movie • 1938
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rangers of Fortune
Movie • 1940
Horatio Wells
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie • 1945
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk
Movie • 1942
Detective Murtha
The Man Who Dared
Movie • 1933
Karel
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Movie • 1948
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
Movie • 1940
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
Primrose Path
Movie • 1940
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie • 1942
O'Doul
Sailor's Luck
Movie • 1933
Taxi Cab Driver
No Time to Marry
Movie • 1938
Abernathy
The Mark of the Whistler
Movie • 1944
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
My Buddy
Movie • 1944
Happy
The West Side Kid
Movie • 1943
The Worrier
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Reporter on Train
Girl Trouble
Movie • 1942
Driver
Thunder in the Night
Movie • 1935
Police Secretary
To Mary - with Love
Movie • 1936
Taxi Driver
20,000 Men a Year
Movie • 1939
Baseball Fan
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Repairman (uncredited)
That Certain Age
Movie • 1938
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Movie • 1944
Drunk (uncredited)
The Boys from Syracuse
Movie • 1940
Bartender
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie • 1943
Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Joe Skelli
Diamond Jim
Movie • 1935
Bartender
La Conga Nights
Movie • 1940
Headwaiter
The Girl in 419
Movie • 1933
Jim - a Prisoner
Two Alone
Movie • 1934
Counter Man (uncredited)
Tales of Robin Hood
Movie • 1951
Tuck's Guard-Friend
The Last Trail
Movie • 1933
Looney McGann
How DOooo You Do
Movie • 1945
Deputy McNiel
Taxi!
Movie • 1932
Joe Silva (uncredited)
Vacation in Reno
Movie • 1946
Bill Dumont
Bridal Bail
Movie • 1934
Patrolman Gus Brown
Quiet Please, Murder
Movie • 1943
Taxi Driver
The Blue Dahlia
Movie • 1946
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Joe
$1,000 a Touchdown
Movie • 1939
Brick Benson
West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Drunk at Football Game
Hi Diddle Diddle
Movie • 1943
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Movie • 1940
Charlie-the Cop
Sailor's Lady
Movie • 1940
Cabby
The Greener Hills
Movie • 1939
Taxi Driver
My Favorite Brunette
Movie • 1947
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Movie • 1932
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
Nocturne
Movie • 1946
Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
Freaks
Movie • 1932
Rollo Brother
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie • 1938
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
The Devil and Miss Jones
Movie • 1941
Sam
The Trouble with Women
Movie • 1947
Herman
Sailor Beware!
Movie • 1933
Dan
The Devil's Brother
Movie • 1933
The Prospective Groom
The Dark Corner
Movie • 1946
Milkman (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie • 1934
Matthew O'Toole
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Movie • 1945
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bed of Roses
Movie • 1933
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
You and Me
Movie • 1938
Newcomer (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
Movie • 1933
Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
Yesterday's Heroes
Movie • 1940
Joe