Frank McHugh
Acting
- Born:
- 1898-05-22
- Died:
- 1981-09-11
- Place of birth:
- Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Filmography
Lancer
Way Down Cellar
Easy Come, Easy Go
F Troop
The Bing Crosby Show
A Tiger Walks
Going My Way
The Lucy Show
The Spiral Staircase
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
Route 66
Outlaws
Career
Say One for Me
The Last Hurrah
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
DuPont Show of the Month
Three Men on a Horse
The Millionaire
There's No Business Like Show Business
A Lion Is in the Streets
It Happens Every Thursday
My Son John
The Gulf Playhouse
The Pace That Thrills
Tales of Tomorrow
The Tougher They Come
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Paid in Full
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Mighty Joe Young
Studio One
The Velvet Touch
Easy Come, Easy Go
Carnegie Hall
The Runaround
The Hoodlum Saint
Little Miss Big
State Fair
A Medal for Benny
Bowery to Broadway
Marine Raiders
Going My Way
Her Cardboard Lover
All Through the Night
Manpower
Back Street
Four Mothers
City for Conquest
I Love You Again
'Til We Meet Again
Virginia City
Alex in Wonderland
The Fighting 69th
Four Wives
The Roaring Twenties
On Your Toes
Dust Be My Destiny
Indianapolis Speedway
Daughters Courageous
Dodge City
Wings of the Navy
Breakdowns of 1938
Valley of the Giants
Boy Meets Girl
Four Daughters
Little Miss Thoroughbred
He Couldn't Say No
Swing Your Lady
Submarine D-1
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Ever Since Eve
Marry the Girl
A Day at Santa Anita
Three Men on a Horse
Stage Struck
Bullets or Ballots
Snowed Under
Moonlight Murder
Freshman Love
A Dream Comes True
Stars Over Broadway
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Page Miss Glory
The Irish in Us
Gold Diggers of 1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
Maybe It's Love
Happiness Ahead
6 Day Bike Rider
Here Comes the Navy
Return of the Terror
Smarty
Let’s Be Ritzy
Merry Wives of Reno
Hollywood Newsreel
Heat Lightning
Fashions of 1934
The House on 56th Street
Convention City
Son of a Sailor
Havana Widows
Footlight Parade
Professional Sweetheart
Tomorrow at Seven
Hold Me Tight
Ex-Lady
Lilly Turner
Elmer, the Great
Private Jones
The Telegraph Trail
Grand Slam
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Parachute Jumper
One Way Passage
Blessed Event
Life Begins
The Dark Horse
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Crowd Roars
Extra! Extra!
Union Depot
High Pressure
The Wide Open Spaces
Corsair
The Big Scoop
The Great Junction Hotel
Bad Company
The Hot Spot
Traveling Husbands
Men of the Sky
Up for Murder
The Front Page
Millie
Kiss Me Again
Going Wild
The Widow from Chicago
College Lovers
Bright Lights
Top Speed
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
The Dawn Patrol