Frank McHugh
Biography
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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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Acting (124 movies)
I Love You Again
1940
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Manpower
1941
City for Conquest
1940
Ever Since Eve
1937
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
State Fair
1945
Bullets or Ballots
1936
One Way Passage
1932
Footlight Parade
1933
The Velvet Touch
1948
The Front Page
1931
All Through the Night
1942
Blessed Event
1932
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Return of the Terror
1934
Paid in Full
1950
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Four Daughters
1938
Dodge City
1939
Going My Way
1944
High Pressure
1932
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
The Dawn Patrol
1930
Swing Your Lady
1938
My Son John
1952
Ex-Lady
1933
Corsair
1931
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Fashions of 1934
1934
The Last Hurrah
1958
Here Comes the Navy
1934
The Telegraph Trail
1933
The Dark Horse
1932
Lilly Turner
1933
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
The Pace That Thrills
1952
On Your Toes
1939
Carnegie Hall
1947
Wings of the Navy
1939
The Crowd Roars
1932
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
Back Street
1941
The Runaround
1946
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
Going Wild
1930
Daughters Courageous
1939
Four Mothers
1941
Three Men on a Horse
1936
Happiness Ahead
1934
Millie
1931
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
The Widow from Chicago
1930
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Life Begins
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
Grand Slam
1933
Submarine D-1
1937
Parachute Jumper
1933
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
The Spiral Staircase
1961
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Page Miss Glory
1935
Valley of the Giants
1938
Maybe It's Love
1935
Moonlight Murder
1936
The Irish in Us
1935
Marry the Girl
1937
Stage Struck
1936
Career
1959
Professional Sweetheart
1933
Smarty
1934
Snowed Under
1936
Marine Raiders
1944
Stars Over Broadway
1935
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
Son of a Sailor
1933
Havana Widows
1933
Freshman Love
1936
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Convention City
1933
Elmer, the Great
1933
Traveling Husbands
1931
Union Depot
1932
The Great Junction Hotel
1931
College Lovers
1930
Kiss Me Again
1931
Up for Murder
1931
The House on 56th Street
1933
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Top Speed
1930
The Fighting 69th
1940
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