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.
Movie | Way Down Cellar | Constable Seely | 1968-01-07 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Captain Jack | 1967-05-28 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | A Tiger Walks | Bill Watkins | 1964-04-12 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Willie Walters | 1964-09-14 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Mr. Snowden | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Defenders | Henry Schell | 1961-09-16 |
Movie | The Spiral Staircase | Constable Williams | 1961-10-04 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Wilbur Morton | 1961-09-19 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | Say One for Me | Jim Dugan | 1959-06-19 |
Movie | Career | Charlie Gallagher | 1959-10-08 |
Series | The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1958-09-26 |
Movie | The Last Hurrah | Festus Garvey | 1958-12-31 |
Series | The Millionaire | Charles N. Bradwell | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | There's No Business Like Show Business | Eddie Dugan | 1954-12-16 |
Movie | It Happens Every Thursday | Fred Hawley | 1953-04-22 |
Movie | A Lion Is in the Streets | Frank Rector | 1953-09-23 |
Movie | The Pace That Thrills | Rocket Anderson | 1952-03-01 |
Movie | My Son John | Father O'Dowd | 1952-04-08 |
Series | The Gulf Playhouse | Unknown | 1952-03-10 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Movie | Paid in Full | Ben, Bartender | 1950-02-15 |
Series | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Unknown | 1950-06-06 |
Movie | The Tougher They Come | Gig Rafferty | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Mighty Joe Young | Windy | 1949-07-27 |
Movie | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Kilcoyne | 1949-10-20 |
Movie | The Velvet Touch | Ernie Boyle | 1948-07-13 |
Series | Studio One | Barney | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Carey | 1947-03-07 |
Movie | Carnegie Hall | John Donovan | 1947-02-28 |
Movie | Little Miss Big | Charlie Bryan | 1946-01-01 |
Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Three Finger | 1946-04-04 |
Movie | The Runaround | Wally Quayle | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | A Medal for Benny | Edgar Lovekin | 1945-04-16 |
Movie | State Fair | McGee | 1945-08-29 |
Movie | Going My Way | Father Timothy O'Dowd | 1944-05-15 |
Movie | Marine Raiders | Sgt. Louis Leary | 1944-07-11 |
Movie | Bowery to Broadway | Joe Kirby | 1944-11-03 |
Movie | All Through the Night | Barney | 1942-01-10 |
Movie | Her Cardboard Lover | Chappie Champagne | 1942-07-16 |
Movie | Back Street | Ed Porter | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Four Mothers | Ben Crowley | 1941-01-04 |
Movie | Manpower | Omaha | 1941-08-09 |
Movie | The Fighting 69th | "Crepe Hanger" Burke | 1940-01-27 |
Movie | Virginia City | Mr. Upjohn | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Alex in Wonderland | Narrator (voice) | 1940-03-09 |
Movie | 'Til We Meet Again | Rockingham T. Rockingham | 1940-04-20 |
Movie | I Love You Again | 'Doc' Ryan | 1940-08-09 |
Movie | City for Conquest | 'Mutt' | 1940-09-21 |
Movie | Daughters Courageous | George | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | Dodge City | Joe Clemens | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | Wings of the Navy | Scat Allen | 1939-02-11 |
Movie | Indianapolis Speedway | Spuds Connors | 1939-08-05 |
Movie | Four Wives | Ben Crowley | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Caruthers | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Danny Green | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | On Your Toes | Paddy Reilly | 1939-10-14 |
Movie | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Tod Harrington | 1938-06-04 |
Movie | Swing Your Lady | Popeye Bronson | 1938-01-08 |
Movie | He Couldn't Say No | Lambert T. Hunkins | 1938-03-19 |
Movie | Four Daughters | Ben Crowley | 1938-08-09 |
Movie | Boy Meets Girl | Rossetti | 1938-08-27 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Fingers' McCarthy | 1938-09-17 |
Movie | Ever Since Eve | Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy | 1937-07-15 |
Movie | A Day at Santa Anita | Unknown | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Marry the Girl | David Partridge | 1937-07-13 |
Movie | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Sniffer Sears | 1937-08-11 |
Movie | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Frank McHugh | 1937-10-02 |
Movie | Submarine D-1 | "Lucky" Jones | 1937-11-27 |
Movie | Freshman Love | Coach Hammond | 1936-01-18 |
Movie | Moonlight Murder | William | 1936-03-27 |
Movie | Snowed Under | Orlando Rowe | 1936-03-29 |
Movie | Stage Struck | Sid | 1936-09-12 |
Movie | Three Men on a Horse | Erwin Trowbridge | 1936-11-21 |
Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Herman | 1936-06-06 |
Movie | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Humbolt Prentiss | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | Devil Dogs of the Air | Crash Kelly | 1935-02-09 |
Movie | Maybe It's Love | Willie Sands | 1935-01-12 |
Movie | The Irish in Us | Mike O'Hara | 1935-07-31 |
Movie | Stars Over Broadway | Offkey Cramer | 1935-11-23 |
Movie | Page Miss Glory | Ed Olson | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince | 1935-10-09 |
Movie | Hollywood Newsreel | Himself | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Heat Lightning | Frank | 1934-03-01 |
Movie | Fashions of 1934 | Snap | 1934-02-14 |
Movie | Merry Wives of Reno | Al | 1934-04-18 |
Movie | Happiness Ahead | Tom | 1934-10-27 |
Movie | Smarty | George | 1934-05-19 |
Movie | Here Comes the Navy | Droopy Mullins | 1934-07-21 |
Movie | 6 Day Bike Rider | Clinton | 1934-10-20 |
Movie | Return of the Terror | Joe Hastings | 1934-07-07 |
Movie | Elmer, the Great | Healy High-Hips | 1933-04-29 |
Movie | Lilly Turner | David 'Dave' Dixon | 1933-05-13 |
Movie | Private Jones | 'Greasy' - the Cook | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Hold Me Tight | Billy | 1933-05-20 |
Movie | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Editor Jim | 1933-02-18 |
Movie | Parachute Jumper | Toodles Cooper | 1933-01-28 |
Movie | Grand Slam | Philip 'Speed' McCann | 1933-02-22 |
Movie | The Telegraph Trail | Corporal Tippy | 1933-03-18 |
Movie | Ex-Lady | Hugo Van Hugh | 1933-05-15 |
Movie | Convention City | Will Goodwin | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | The House on 56th Street | Chester Hunt | 1933-12-23 |
Movie | Tomorrow at Seven | Clancy | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | Havana Widows | Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | Son of a Sailor | Gaga | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | Footlight Parade | Francis the Dance Director | 1933-10-21 |
Movie | Professional Sweetheart | Speed Dennis | 1933-06-09 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Man picked up by police wagon | 1933-11-16 |
Movie | Extra! Extra! | Unknown | 1932-04-04 |
Movie | Union Depot | The Drunk | 1932-01-14 |
Movie | High Pressure | Mike Donahey | 1932-01-10 |
Movie | The Crowd Roars | Spud Connors | 1932-04-16 |
Movie | Blessed Event | Reilly | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Skeets, a Reporter | 1932-05-28 |
Movie | Life Begins | Ringer Banks | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | One Way Passage | Skippy | 1932-10-04 |
Movie | The Dark Horse | Joe | 1932-06-16 |
Movie | Up for Murder | Collins | 1931-05-26 |
Movie | The Front Page | McCue | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | Kiss Me Again | Francois | 1931-01-07 |
Movie | Men of the Sky | 1931-06-20 | |
Movie | Millie | John Holmes | 1931-02-06 |
Movie | The Wide Open Spaces | Matt - a Gambler | 1931-12-28 |
Movie | Traveling Husbands | Pinkie | 1931-08-15 |
Movie | Corsair | 'Chub' Hopping | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | The Great Junction Hotel | Peeping Tom | 1931-10-26 |
Movie | Bad Company | Doc-Henchmen | 1931-10-16 |
Movie | The Hot Spot | Peter Burke | 1931-09-14 |
Movie | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
Movie | The Dawn Patrol | Flaherty | 1930-07-10 |
Movie | Top Speed | Tad Jordan | 1930-08-24 |
Movie | Going Wild | 'Ricky' Freeman | 1930-12-21 |
Movie | The Widow from Chicago | Slug O'Donnell | 1930-11-23 |
Movie | College Lovers | Speed Haskins | 1930-10-05 |
Movie | Bright Lights | Fish | 1930-09-21 |