Frank McHugh
Acting • Born 1898-05-22 – Died 1981-09-11
Biography
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.
Filmography
146 credits
I Love You Again
Movie • 1940
'Doc' Ryan
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie • 1954
Eddie Dugan
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Omaha
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
'Mutt'
Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Movie • 1933
Jim
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
Caruthers
State Fair
Movie • 1945
McGee
Bullets or Ballots
Movie • 1936
Herman
One Way Passage
Movie • 1932
Skippy
Footlight Parade
Movie • 1933
Francis the Dance Director
The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Ernie Boyle
The Front Page
Movie • 1931
McCue
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Barney
Blessed Event
Movie • 1932
Reilly
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie • 1949
Kilcoyne
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Danny Green
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie • 1935
Humbolt Prentiss
Return of the Terror
Movie • 1934
Joe Hastings
Paid in Full
Movie • 1950
Ben, Bartender
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1967
Captain Jack
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Windy
Four Daughters
Movie • 1938
Ben Crowley
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Joe Clemens
Going My Way
Movie • 1944
Father Timothy O'Dowd
High Pressure
Movie • 1932
Mike Donahey
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1935
Quince
The Dawn Patrol
Movie • 1930
Flaherty
Swing Your Lady
Movie • 1938
Popeye Bronson
My Son John
Movie • 1952
Father O'Dowd
Ex-Lady
Movie • 1933
Hugo Van Hugh
Corsair
Movie • 1931
'Chub' Hopping
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie • 1946
Three Finger
Fashions of 1934
Movie • 1934
Snap
Extra! Extra!
Movie • 1932
Peter Burke
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Festus Garvey
Here Comes the Navy
Movie • 1934
Droopy Mullins
The Telegraph Trail
Movie • 1933
Corporal Tippy
The Dark Horse
Movie • 1932
Joe
Lilly Turner
Movie • 1933
David 'Dave' Dixon
Merry Wives of Reno
Movie • 1934
Al
Her Cardboard Lover
Movie • 1942
Chappie Champagne
The Pace That Thrills
Movie • 1952
Rocket Anderson
On Your Toes
Movie • 1939
Paddy Reilly
Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1947
John Donovan
Wings of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Scat Allen
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1932
Spud Connors
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Movie • 1937
Frank McHugh
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Ed Porter
The Runaround
Movie • 1946
Wally Quayle
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie • 1953
Frank Rector
Going Wild
Movie • 1930
'Ricky' Freeman
Daughters Courageous
Movie • 1939
George
Four Mothers
Movie • 1941
Ben Crowley
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1936
Erwin Trowbridge
Happiness Ahead
Movie • 1934
Tom
Millie
Movie • 1931
John Holmes
6 Day Bike Rider
Movie • 1934
Clinton
The Widow from Chicago
Movie • 1930
Slug O'Donnell
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Rockingham T. Rockingham
Life Begins
Movie • 1932
Ringer Banks
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Movie • 1932
Skeets, a Reporter
Grand Slam
Movie • 1933
Philip 'Speed' McCann
Submarine D-1
Movie • 1937
"Lucky" Jones
Parachute Jumper
Movie • 1933
Toodles Cooper
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie • 1930
Self
The Spiral Staircase
Movie • 1961
Constable Williams
Tomorrow at Seven
Movie • 1933
Clancy
He Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1938
Lambert T. Hunkins
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Ed Olson
Valley of the Giants
Movie • 1938
'Fingers' McCarthy
Maybe It's Love
Movie • 1935
Willie Sands
Moonlight Murder
Movie • 1936
William
The Irish in Us
Movie • 1935
Mike O'Hara
Marry the Girl
Movie • 1937
David Partridge
Stage Struck
Movie • 1936
Sid
Career
Movie • 1959
Charlie Gallagher
Professional Sweetheart
Movie • 1933
Speed
Smarty
Movie • 1934
George
Snowed Under
Movie • 1936
Orlando Rowe
Marine Raiders
Movie • 1944
Sgt. Louis Leary
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Offkey Cramer
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Movie • 1937
Sniffer Sears
Son of a Sailor
Movie • 1933
Gaga
Havana Widows
Movie • 1933
Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
Freshman Love
Movie • 1936
Coach Hammond
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Carey
Indianapolis Speedway
Movie • 1939
Spuds Connors
Convention City
Movie • 1933
Will Goodwin
Elmer, the Great
Movie • 1933
Healy High-Hips
Traveling Husbands
Movie • 1931
Pinkie
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
The Drunk
The Great Junction Hotel
Movie • 1931
Peeping Tom
College Lovers
Movie • 1930
Speed Haskins
Kiss Me Again
Movie • 1931
Francois
Up for Murder
Movie • 1931
Collins
The House on 56th Street
Movie • 1933
Chester Hunt
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie • 1937
Frank McHugh (uncredited)
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 1931
Matt - a Gambler
Boy Meets Girl
Movie • 1938
Rossetti
Top Speed
Movie • 1930
Tad Jordan
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
"Crepe Hanger" Burke
Heat Lightning
Movie • 1934
Frank
Bright Lights
Movie • 1930
Fish
A Medal for Benny
Movie • 1945
Edgar Lovekin
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Movie • 1938
Tod Harrington
Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Mr. Upjohn
Four Wives
Movie • 1939
Ben Crowley
Devil Dogs of the Air
Movie • 1935
Crash Kelly
The Tougher They Come
Movie • 1950
Gig Rafferty
Hollywood Newsreel
Movie • 1934
Himself
A Tiger Walks
Movie • 1964
Bill Watkins
Bowery to Broadway
Movie • 1944
Joe Kirby
Let’s Be Ritzy
Movie • 1934
Bill Damroy Robert
It Happens Every Thursday
Movie • 1953
Fred Hawley
Say One for Me
Movie • 1959
Jim Dugan
The Hot Spot
Movie • 1931
Peter Burke
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
Movie • 1935
Himself (uncredited)
Private Jones
Movie • 1933
'Greasy' - the Cook
Alex in Wonderland
Movie • 1940
Narrator (voice)
Bad Company
Movie • 1931
Doc-Henchmen
Way Down Cellar
Movie • 1968
Constable Seely
Men of the Sky
Movie • 1931
Hold Me Tight
Movie • 1933
Billy Wade
Little Miss Big
Movie • 1946
Charlie Bryan
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1957
Charlie
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Wilbur Morton
F Troop
TV • 1965
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mr. Snowden
Route 66
TV • 1960
Studio One
TV • 1948
Nobby Bishop
Outlaws
TV • 1960
Going My Way
TV • 1962
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Charles N. Bradwell
Lancer
TV • 1968
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
The Bing Crosby Show
TV • 1964
Willie Walters
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Henry Schell
Studio One
TV • 1948
Barney
Studio One
TV • 1948
Horace Potter
Studio One
TV • 1948
Ben Ames
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TV • 1958
The Gulf Playhouse
TV • 1952
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Lefty