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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1898
Died
September 11, 1981
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Francis Curray McHugh
Frank McHugh
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.7
Lancer
1968
6.0
Constable Seely
Way Down Cellar
1968
5.9
Captain Jack
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
6.2
F Troop
1965
5.0
Willie Walters
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
5.7
Bill Watkins
A Tiger Walks
1964
5.7
Going My Way
1962
7.0
Mr. Snowden
The Lucy Show
1962
6.0
Constable Williams
The Spiral Staircase
1961
4.7
Wilbur Morton
Cain's Hundred
1961
Credits
Lancer
1968
4.7
Way Down Cellar
as Constable Seely
1968
6.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Captain Jack
1967
5.9
F Troop
1965
6.2
The Bing Crosby Show
as Willie Walters
1964
5.0
A Tiger Walks
as Bill Watkins
1964
5.7
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Mr. Snowden
1962
7.0
The Spiral Staircase
as Constable Williams
1961
6.0
Cain's Hundred
as Wilbur Morton
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as Henry Schell
1961
6.2
Route 66
1960
6.3
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Career
as Charlie Gallagher
1959
6.5
Say One for Me
as Jim Dugan
1959
4.8
The Last Hurrah
as Festus Garvey
1958
7.1
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
0.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Lefty
1957
6.8
The Millionaire
as Charles N. Bradwell
1955
5.0
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Eddie Dugan
1954
6.1
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Frank Rector
1953
5.5
It Happens Every Thursday
as Fred Hawley
1953
6.2
My Son John
as Father O'Dowd
1952
5.2
The Gulf Playhouse
1952
0.0
The Pace That Thrills
as Rocket Anderson
1952
5.3
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
The Tougher They Come
as Gig Rafferty
1950
3.0
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
3.0
Paid in Full
as Ben, Bartender
1950
6.6
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Kilcoyne
1949
5.4
Mighty Joe Young
as Windy
1949
6.3
Studio One
as Nobby Bishop
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Barney
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Horace Potter
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Ben Ames
1948
5.0
The Velvet Touch
as Ernie Boyle
1948
6.2
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Carey
1947
0.0
Carnegie Hall
as John Donovan
1947
5.2
The Runaround
as Wally Quayle
1946
0.0
The Hoodlum Saint
as Three Finger
1946
5.2
Little Miss Big
as Charlie Bryan
1946
6.0
State Fair
as McGee
1945
6.6
A Medal for Benny
as Edgar Lovekin
1945
4.5
Bowery to Broadway
as Joe Kirby
1944
0.0
Marine Raiders
as Sgt. Louis Leary
1944
6.8
Going My Way
as Father Timothy O'Dowd
1944
6.7
Her Cardboard Lover
as Chappie Champagne
1942
5.1
All Through the Night
as Barney
1942
7.0
Manpower
as Omaha
1941
6.7
Back Street
as Ed Porter
1941
7.2
Four Mothers
as Ben Crowley
1941
6.2
City for Conquest
as 'Mutt'
1940
6.8
I Love You Again
as 'Doc' Ryan
1940
7.2
'Til We Meet Again
as Rockingham T. Rockingham
1940
6.2
Virginia City
as Mr. Upjohn
1940
6.1
Alex in Wonderland
as Narrator (voice)
1940
0.0
The Fighting 69th
as "Crepe Hanger" Burke
1940
5.4
Four Wives
as Ben Crowley
1939
5.3
The Roaring Twenties
as Danny Green
1939
7.5
On Your Toes
as Paddy Reilly
1939
3.9
Dust Be My Destiny
as Caruthers
1939
6.2
Indianapolis Speedway
as Spuds Connors
1939
5.0
Daughters Courageous
as George
1939
6.2
Dodge City
as Joe Clemens
1939
6.9
Wings of the Navy
as Scat Allen
1939
6.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
5.0
Valley of the Giants
as 'Fingers' McCarthy
1938
6.0
Boy Meets Girl
as Rossetti
1938
6.5
Four Daughters
as Ben Crowley
1938
6.6
Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Tod Harrington
1938
4.0
He Couldn't Say No
as Lambert T. Hunkins
1938
5.5
Swing Your Lady
as Popeye Bronson
1938
4.2
Submarine D-1
as "Lucky" Jones
1937
4.7
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Frank McHugh
1937
3.8
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Sniffer Sears
1937
5.4
Ever Since Eve
as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
1937
5.8
Marry the Girl
as David Partridge
1937
5.0
A Day at Santa Anita
as Frank McHugh (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Three Men on a Horse
as Erwin Trowbridge
1936
6.2
Stage Struck
as Sid
1936
4.0
Bullets or Ballots
as Herman
1936
6.6
Snowed Under
as Orlando Rowe
1936
7.0
Moonlight Murder
as William
1936
5.0
Freshman Love
as Coach Hammond
1936
6.0
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
1935
5.5
Stars Over Broadway
as Offkey Cramer
1935
5.2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
1935
6.4
Page Miss Glory
as Ed Olson
1935
6.3
The Irish in Us
as Mike O'Hara
1935
7.6
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Humbolt Prentiss
1935
6.4
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Crash Kelly
1935
6.4
Maybe It's Love
as Willie Sands
1935
6.0
Happiness Ahead
as Tom
1934
6.0
6 Day Bike Rider
as Clinton
1934
5.5
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy Mullins
1934
5.9
Return of the Terror
as Joe Hastings
1934
6.0
Smarty
as George
1934
4.4
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Bill Damroy Robert
1934
0.0
Merry Wives of Reno
as Al
1934
4.8
🎬
Hollywood Newsreel
as Himself
1934
4.0
Heat Lightning
as Frank
1934
6.7
Fashions of 1934
as Snap
1934
6.4
The House on 56th Street
as Chester Hunt
1933
5.2
Convention City
as Will Goodwin
1933
3.7
Son of a Sailor
as Gaga
1933
5.0
Havana Widows
as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
1933
5.8
Footlight Parade
as Francis the Dance Director
1933
6.9
Professional Sweetheart
as Speed Dennis
1933
5.0
Tomorrow at Seven
as Clancy
1933
6.0
Hold Me Tight
as Billy Wade
1933
0.0
Ex-Lady
as Hugo Van Hugh
1933
6.3
Lilly Turner
as David 'Dave' Dixon
1933
5.6
Elmer, the Great
as Healy High-Hips
1933
4.9
Private Jones
as 'Greasy' - the Cook
1933
0.0
The Telegraph Trail
as Corporal Tippy
1933
4.7
Grand Slam
as Philip 'Speed' McCann
1933
3.7
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Editor Jim
1933
6.5
Parachute Jumper
as Toodles Cooper
1933
6.1
One Way Passage
as Skippy
1932
7.3
Life Begins
as Ringer Banks
1932
6.0
Blessed Event
as Reilly
1932
6.5
The Dark Horse
as Joe
1932
7.2
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Skeets, a Reporter
1932
5.9
The Crowd Roars
as Spud Connors
1932
5.9
🎬
Extra! Extra!
as Peter Burke
1932
0.0
Union Depot
as The Drunk
1932
6.1
High Pressure
as Mike Donahey
1932
6.0
🎬
The Wide Open Spaces
as Matt - a Gambler
1931
0.0
Corsair
as 'Chub' Hopping
1931
4.4
The Great Junction Hotel
as Peeping Tom
1931
0.0
Bad Company
as Doc-Henchmen
1931
4.6
The Hot Spot
as Peter Burke
1931
0.0
Traveling Husbands
as Pinkie
1931
4.0
Men of the Sky
1931
0.0
Up for Murder
as Collins
1931
3.5
The Front Page
as McCue
1931
6.5
Millie
as John Holmes
1931
5.4
Kiss Me Again
as Francois
1931
6.0
Going Wild
as 'Ricky' Freeman
1930
6.0
The Widow from Chicago
as Slug O'Donnell
1930
6.1
College Lovers
as Speed Haskins
1930
0.0
Bright Lights
as Fish
1930
4.0
Top Speed
as Tad Jordan
1930
6.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
The Dawn Patrol
as Flaherty
1930
6.7