Matt McHugh
Acting
- Born:
- 1894-01-22
- Died:
- 1971-02-22
- Place of birth:
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matthew O. McHugh (January 22, 1894 – February 22, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 200 films between 1931 and 1955, primarily in small cameo parts. McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and, as a young child, he performed on stage. His brother, Frank, who went on to become part of the Warner Bros. stock company in the 1930s and 1940s, and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was fourteen years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. His brother Ed became an agent in New York. Matt made his Broadway debut in Elmer Rice's Street Scene in 1929, along with his brother Ed, and also appeared in Swing Your Lady in 1936. Despite his actual origins, McHugh usually performed his roles with a Brooklyn accent, and was often cast as characters explicitly from Brooklyn. In Star Spangled Rhythm (1941), his one scene is a protracted monologue during the climactic "Old Glory" sequence, in which McHugh plays a character who literally embodies the spirit of Brooklyn.
Known For
Filmography
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Tales of Robin Hood
Home Town Story
Arson, Inc.
Duke of Chicago
An Innocent Affair
Shed No Tears
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Pardon My Clutch
Should Husbands Marry?
They Won't Believe Me
The Trouble with Women
My Favorite Brunette
Vacation in Reno
Nocturne
Deadline for Murder
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Corner
The Bells of St. Mary's
How DOooo You Do
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Lady on a Train
Salome, Where She Danced
My Buddy
The Mark of the Whistler
Secret Command
Mr. Skeffington
And the Angels Sing
Phantom Lady
Whispering Footsteps
True to Life
Thank Your Lucky Stars
The West Side Kid
Hi Diddle Diddle
So This Is Washington
Cowboy in Manhattan
Flight for Freedom
Quiet Please, Murder
Girl Trouble
The Man in the Trunk
The Pride of the Yankees
It Happened in Flatbush
Star Spangled Rhythm
Too Many Women
Sappy Birthday
A Gentleman at Heart
The Perfect Snob
Blues in the Night
West Point Widow
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Devil and Miss Jones
So You Won't Squawk
His Ex Marks the Spot
You, the People
Rangers of Fortune
Yesterday's Heroes
The Boys from Syracuse
They Drive by Night
Sailor's Lady
La Conga Nights
Primrose Path
I Take This Woman
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
20,000 Men a Year
At the Circus
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Escape
$1,000 a Touchdown
The Under-Pup
Miracles for Sale
Chicken Wagon Family
The Jones Family in Hollywood
The Greener Hills
While New York Sleeps
Exposed
The Mad Miss Manton
That Certain Age
Three Loves Has Nancy
Professor Beware
Tropic Holiday
The Rage of Paris
You and Me
Holiday
No Time to Marry
Mannequin
Navy Blue and Gold
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Gentleman from Louisiana
To Mary - with Love
The Phantom Rider
The Country Beyond
Anything Goes
If You Could Only Cook
Barbary Coast
Thunder in the Night
Diamond Jim
The Glass Key
Party Wire
Mister Dynamite
Murder on a Honeymoon
The Good Fairy
Wings in the Dark
Lost in the Stratosphere
She Loves Me Not
Sadie McKee
Sing and Like It
Bridal Bail
Two Alone
Dancing Lady
From Headquarters
The Prizefighter and the Lady
The Mad Game
A Man of Sentiment
Sailor Beware!
The Last Trail
The Man Who Dared
Bed of Roses
The Girl in 419
Picture Snatcher
The Devil's Brother
Night of Terror
The Plumber and the Lady
Sailor's Luck
Hard to Handle
Hypnotized
Afraid to Talk
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
The Loud Mouth
The Wet Parade
Taxi!
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Freaks
Street Scene
The Grand Dame