1898-05-22 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.
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Way Down Cellar | Constable Seely | 1968-01-07 |
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Easy Come, Easy Go | Captain Jack | 1967-05-28 |
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A Tiger Walks | Bill Watkins | 1964-04-12 |
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The Spiral Staircase | Constable Williams | 1961-10-04 |
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Say One for Me | Jim Dugan | 1959-06-19 |
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Career | Charlie Gallagher | 1959-10-08 |
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The Last Hurrah | Festus Garvey | 1958-12-31 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Charlie | 1957-04-18 |
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There's No Business Like Show Business | Eddie Dugan | 1954-12-16 |
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A Lion Is in the Streets | Frank Rector | 1953-09-23 |
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It Happens Every Thursday | Fred Hawley | 1953-04-22 |
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My Son John | Father O'Dowd | 1952-04-08 |
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The Pace That Thrills | Rocket Anderson | 1952-03-01 |
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The Tougher They Come | Gig Rafferty | 1950-11-16 |
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Paid in Full | Ben, Bartender | 1950-02-15 |
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Mighty Joe Young | Windy | 1949-07-27 |
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Kilcoyne | 1949-10-20 |
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The Velvet Touch | Ernie Boyle | 1948-07-13 |
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Carnegie Hall | John Donovan | 1947-02-28 |
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Easy Come, Easy Go | Carey | 1947-03-07 |
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The Runaround | Wally Quayle | 1946-06-04 |
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The Hoodlum Saint | Three Finger | 1946-04-04 |
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Little Miss Big | Charlie Bryan | 1946-01-01 |
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A Medal for Benny | Edgar Lovekin | 1945-04-16 |
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State Fair | McGee | 1945-08-29 |
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Marine Raiders | Sgt. Louis Leary | 1944-07-11 |
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Going My Way | Father Timothy O'Dowd | 1944-01-01 |
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Bowery to Broadway | Joe Kirby | 1944-11-03 |
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All Through the Night | Barney | 1942-01-10 |
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Her Cardboard Lover | Chappie Champagne | 1942-07-16 |
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Back Street | Ed Porter | 1941-02-07 |
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Four Mothers | Ben Crowley | 1941-01-04 |
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Manpower | Omaha | 1941-08-09 |
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'Til We Meet Again | Rockingham T. Rockingham | 1940-04-20 |
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Virginia City | Mr. Upjohn | 1940-03-23 |
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City for Conquest | 'Mutt' | 1940-09-21 |
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The Fighting 69th | "Crepe Hanger" Burke | 1940-01-27 |
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Alex in Wonderland | Narrator (voice) | 1940-03-09 |
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I Love You Again | 'Doc' Ryan | 1940-08-09 |
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Wings of the Navy | Scat Allen | 1939-02-11 |
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Dust Be My Destiny | Caruthers | 1939-09-16 |
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On Your Toes | Paddy Reilly | 1939-10-14 |
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Indianapolis Speedway | Spuds Connors | 1939-08-05 |
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Dodge City | Joe Clemens | 1939-04-08 |
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The Roaring Twenties | Danny Green | 1939-10-28 |
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Daughters Courageous | George | 1939-06-23 |
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Four Wives | Ben Crowley | 1939-12-22 |
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He Couldn't Say No | Lambert T. Hunkins | 1938-03-19 |
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Valley of the Giants | 'Fingers' McCarthy | 1938-09-17 |
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Swing Your Lady | Popeye Bronson | 1938-01-08 |
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Four Daughters | Ben Crowley | 1938-08-09 |
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Breakdowns of 1938 | Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
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Little Miss Thoroughbred | Tod Harrington | 1938-06-04 |
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Boy Meets Girl | Rossetti | 1938-08-27 |
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Sniffer Sears | 1937-08-11 |
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A Day at Santa Anita | Frank McHugh (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Marry the Girl | David Partridge | 1937-07-13 |
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Submarine D-1 | "Lucky" Jones | 1937-11-27 |
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Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Frank McHugh | 1937-10-02 |
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Ever Since Eve | Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy | 1937-07-15 |
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Moonlight Murder | William | 1936-03-27 |
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Stage Struck | Sid | 1936-09-12 |
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Bullets or Ballots | Herman | 1936-06-06 |
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Snowed Under | Orlando Rowe | 1936-03-29 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Erwin Trowbridge | 1936-11-21 |
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Freshman Love | Coach Hammond | 1936-01-18 |
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The Irish in Us | Mike O'Hara | 1935-07-31 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince | 1935-10-09 |
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Stars Over Broadway | Offkey Cramer | 1935-11-23 |
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A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
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Devil Dogs of the Air | Crash Kelly | 1935-02-09 |
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Maybe It's Love | Willie Sands | 1935-01-12 |
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Gold Diggers of 1935 | Humbolt Prentiss | 1935-03-15 |
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Page Miss Glory | Ed Olson | 1935-09-07 |
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Let’s Be Ritzy | Bill Damroy Robert | 1934-05-01 |
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6 Day Bike Rider | Clinton | 1934-10-20 |
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Here Comes the Navy | Droopy Mullins | 1934-07-21 |
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Merry Wives of Reno | Al | 1934-04-18 |
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Heat Lightning | Frank | 1934-03-01 |
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Return of the Terror | Joe Hastings | 1934-07-07 |
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Happiness Ahead | Tom | 1934-10-27 |
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Fashions of 1934 | Snap | 1934-02-14 |
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Hollywood Newsreel | Himself | 1934-03-24 |
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Smarty | George | 1934-05-19 |
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Private Jones | 'Greasy' - the Cook | 1933-03-25 |
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Ex-Lady | Hugo Van Hugh | 1933-05-15 |
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Footlight Parade | Francis the Dance Director | 1933-10-21 |
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The House on 56th Street | Chester Hunt | 1933-12-23 |
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Elmer, the Great | Healy High-Hips | 1933-04-29 |
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Lilly Turner | David 'Dave' Dixon | 1933-05-13 |
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Son of a Sailor | Gaga | 1933-11-29 |
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Grand Slam | Philip 'Speed' McCann | 1933-02-22 |
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Convention City | Will Goodwin | 1933-12-14 |
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Professional Sweetheart | Speed | 1933-06-09 |
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Havana Widows | Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer | 1933-11-18 |
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Parachute Jumper | Toodles Cooper | 1933-01-28 |
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Tomorrow at Seven | Clancy | 1933-06-01 |
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Mystery of the Wax Museum | Editor Jim | 1933-02-18 |
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The Telegraph Trail | Corporal Tippy | 1933-03-18 |
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Hold Me Tight | Billy Wade | 1933-05-20 |
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Blessed Event | Reilly | 1932-09-10 |
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High Pressure | Mike Donahey | 1932-01-10 |
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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Skeets, a Reporter | 1932-05-28 |
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Life Begins | Ringer Banks | 1932-09-10 |
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One Way Passage | Skippy | 1932-10-04 |
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Union Depot | The Drunk | 1932-01-14 |
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Extra! Extra! | Peter Burke | 1932-04-04 |
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The Dark Horse | Joe | 1932-06-16 |
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The Crowd Roars | Spud Connors | 1932-04-16 |
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Men of the Sky | 1931-06-20 | |
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The Hot Spot | Peter Burke | 1931-09-14 |
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Bad Company | Doc-Henchmen | 1931-10-16 |
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The Front Page | McCue | 1931-04-04 |
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The Great Junction Hotel | Peeping Tom | 1931-10-26 |
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Up for Murder | Collins | 1931-05-26 |
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Traveling Husbands | Pinkie | 1931-08-15 |
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Millie | John Holmes | 1931-02-06 |
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The Wide Open Spaces | Matt - a Gambler | 1931-12-28 |
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Kiss Me Again | Francois | 1931-01-07 |
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Corsair | 'Chub' Hopping | 1931-11-28 |
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Going Wild | 'Ricky' Freeman | 1930-12-21 |
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
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Bright Lights | Fish | 1930-09-21 |
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The Widow from Chicago | Slug O'Donnell | 1930-11-23 |
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The Dawn Patrol | Flaherty | 1930-07-10 |
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College Lovers | Speed Haskins | 1930-10-05 |
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Top Speed | Tad Jordan | 1930-08-24 |
