Frank McHugh
Acting
Born 1898-05-22
Died 1981-09-11
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Acting
51 credits
The Lucy Show
The Defenders
Studio One
The Millionaire
Cain's Hundred
DuPont Show of the Month
Mighty Joe Young
The Bing Crosby Show
Footlight Parade
The Roaring Twenties
The Last Hurrah
There's No Business Like Show Business
Going My Way
Dodge City
All Through the Night
Virginia City
Back Street
Lilly Turner
The Front Page
A Midsummer Night's Dream
I Love You Again
Bullets or Ballots
A Tiger Walks
Convention City
Professional Sweetheart
City for Conquest
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Hollywood Newsreel
Easy Come, Easy Go
The Fighting 69th
Manpower
State Fair
One Way Passage
Paid in Full
Swing Your Lady
Page Miss Glory
Four Mothers
Breakdowns of 1938
Union Depot
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
On Your Toes
Four Wives
Son of a Sailor
The Dawn Patrol
College Lovers
A Lion Is in the Streets
Valley of the Giants
Four Daughters
Daughters Courageous
The Velvet Touch
Elmer, the Great
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9 credits
Route 66
Tales of Tomorrow
F Troop
Lancer
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Outlaws
Going My Way
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
The Gulf Playhouse
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