Matt McHugh
Acting
Born 1894-01-22
Died 1971-02-22
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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57 credits
Freaks
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Skeffington
The Blue Dahlia
Holiday
They Drive by Night
The Bells of St. Mary's
They Won't Believe Me
My Favorite Brunette
At the Circus
The Dark Corner
The Pride of the Yankees
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Shed No Tears
The Devil's Brother
Phantom Lady
You and Me
Barbary Coast
Girl Trouble
The Good Fairy
The Mad Miss Manton
Tales of Robin Hood
If You Could Only Cook
Picture Snatcher
Dancing Lady
Star Spangled Rhythm
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bed of Roses
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Wet Parade
Pardon My Clutch
The Devil and Miss Jones
Exposed
Sailor's Lady
The Mark of the Whistler
Hypnotized
Primrose Path
That Certain Age
Murder on a Honeymoon
Home Town Story
Navy Blue and Gold
True to Life
Street Scene
The Girl in 419
Nocturne
Sadie McKee
Two Alone
The Boys from Syracuse
And the Angels Sing
Hard to Handle
Salome, Where She Danced
Diamond Jim
Secret Command
Taxi!
Night of Terror
You, the People
Tropic Holiday
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