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.
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Way Down Cellar | Constable Seely | 1968-01-07 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Captain Jack | 1967-05-28 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Willie Walters | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | A Tiger Walks | Bill Watkins | 1964-04-12 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 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 |
Movie | The Last Hurrah | Festus Garvey | 1958-12-31 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 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 | 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 | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Carnegie Hall | John Donovan | 1947-02-28 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Carey | 1947-03-07 |
Movie | The Runaround | Wally Quayle | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Three Finger | 1946-04-04 |
Movie | A Medal for Benny | Edgar Lovekin | 1945-04-16 |
Movie | State Fair | McGee | 1945-08-29 |
Movie | Bowery to Broadway | Joe Kirby | 1944-11-03 |
Movie | Going My Way | Father Timothy O'Dowd | 1944-05-15 |
Movie | Marine Raiders | Sgt. Louis Leary | 1944-07-11 |
Movie | All Through the Night | Barney | 1942-01-10 |
Movie | Her Cardboard Lover | Chappie Champagne | 1942-07-16 |
Movie | Four Mothers | Ben Crowley | 1941-01-04 |
Movie | Manpower | Omaha | 1941-08-09 |
Movie | Back Street | Ed Porter | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Alex in Wonderland | Narrator (voice) | 1940-03-09 |
Movie | Virginia City | Mr. Upjohn | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | The Fighting 69th | "Crepe Hanger" Burke | 1940-01-27 |
Movie | City for Conquest | 'Mutt' | 1940-09-21 |
Movie | 'Til We Meet Again | Rockingham T. Rockingham | 1940-04-20 |
Movie | I Love You Again | 'Doc' Ryan | 1940-08-09 |
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 | The Roaring Twenties | Danny Green | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Caruthers | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | Four Wives | Ben Crowley | 1939-12-22 |
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 | Marry the Girl | David Partridge | 1937-07-13 |
Movie | A Day at Santa Anita | 1937-05-22 | |
Movie | Ever Since Eve | Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy | 1937-07-15 |
Movie | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Frank McHugh | 1937-10-02 |
Movie | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Sniffer Sears | 1937-08-11 |
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 | Three Men on a Horse | Erwin Trowbridge | 1936-11-21 |
Movie | Stage Struck | Sid | 1936-09-12 |
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 | The Irish in Us | Mike O'Hara | 1935-07-31 |
Movie | Maybe It's Love | Willie Sands | 1935-01-12 |
Movie | Page Miss Glory | Ed Olson | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Stars Over Broadway | Offkey Cramer | 1935-11-23 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince | 1935-10-09 |
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 | Hollywood Newsreel | Himself | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Smarty | George | 1934-05-19 |
Movie | 6 Day Bike Rider | Clinton | 1934-10-20 |
Movie | Happiness Ahead | Tom | 1934-10-27 |
Movie | Here Comes the Navy | Droopy Mullins | 1934-07-21 |
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 | Ex-Lady | Hugo Van Hugh | 1933-05-15 |
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 | Tomorrow at Seven | Clancy | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | The House on 56th Street | Chester Hunt | 1933-12-23 |
Movie | Professional Sweetheart | Speed Dennis | 1933-06-09 |
Movie | Convention City | Will Goodwin | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | Son of a Sailor | Gaga | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | Footlight Parade | Francis the Dance Director | 1933-10-21 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Man picked up by police wagon | 1933-11-16 |
Movie | Havana Widows | Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | The Crowd Roars | Spud Connors | 1932-04-16 |
Movie | Union Depot | The Drunk | 1932-01-14 |
Movie | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Skeets, a Reporter | 1932-05-28 |
Movie | High Pressure | Mike Donahey | 1932-01-10 |
Movie | The Dark Horse | Joe | 1932-06-16 |
Movie | Blessed Event | Reilly | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | One Way Passage | Skippy | 1932-10-04 |
Movie | Life Begins | Ringer Banks | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | The Front Page | McCue | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | Millie | John Holmes | 1931-02-06 |
Movie | Kiss Me Again | Francois | 1931-01-07 |
Movie | Men of the Sky | 1931-06-20 | |
Movie | Up for Murder | Collins | 1931-05-26 |
Movie | Traveling Husbands | Pinkie | 1931-08-15 |
Movie | Bad Company | Doc-Henchmen | 1931-10-16 |
Movie | Corsair | 'Chub' Hopping | 1931-11-28 |
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 | Bright Lights | Fish | 1930-09-21 |