Frank McHugh

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-05-22 (83 years old)

Deathday

1981-09-11

Place of Birth

Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

Frank McHugh

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 lea...

Acting

1940

I Love You Again

as 'Doc' Ryan

1941

Manpower

as Omaha

1940

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy

1933

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Caruthers

1945

State Fair

as McGee

1936

1932

1933

Footlight Parade

as Francis the Dance Director

1948

The Velvet Touch

as Ernie Boyle

1931

1932

Blessed Event

as Reilly

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Danny Green

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

as Humbolt Prentiss

1934

Return of the Terror

as Joe Hastings

1950

Paid in Full

as Ben, Bartender

1967

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Captain Jack

1949

1938

Four Daughters

as Ben Crowley

1939

Dodge City

as Joe Clemens

1944

Going My Way

as Father Timothy O'Dowd

1932

High Pressure

as Mike Donahey

1930

The Dawn Patrol

as Flaherty

1938

Swing Your Lady

as Popeye Bronson

1952

My Son John

as Father O'Dowd

1933

Ex-Lady

as Hugo Van Hugh

1931

Corsair

as 'Chub' Hopping

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Three Finger

1934

1932

Extra! Extra!

as Peter Burke

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Festus Garvey

1934

Here Comes the Navy

as Droopy Mullins

1933

The Telegraph Trail

as Corporal Tippy

1932

1933

Lilly Turner

as David 'Dave' Dixon

1942

Her Cardboard Lover

as Chappie Champagne

1952

The Pace That Thrills

as Rocket Anderson

1939

On Your Toes

as Paddy Reilly

1947

Carnegie Hall

as John Donovan

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Scat Allen

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Spud Connors

1941

Back Street

as Ed Porter

1946

The Runaround

as Wally Quayle

1953

1930

Going Wild

as 'Ricky' Freeman

1941

Four Mothers

as Ben Crowley

1936

Three Men on a Horse

as Erwin Trowbridge

1934

1931

Millie

as John Holmes

1934

1930

The Widow from Chicago

as Slug O'Donnell

1940

'Til We Meet Again

as Rockingham T. Rockingham

1932

Life Begins

as Ringer Banks

1932

1933

Grand Slam

as Philip 'Speed' McCann

1937

Submarine D-1

as "Lucky" Jones

1933

Parachute Jumper

as Toodles Cooper

1961

The Spiral Staircase

as Constable Williams

1933

1938

He Couldn't Say No

as Lambert T. Hunkins

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Ed Olson

1938

Valley of the Giants

as 'Fingers' McCarthy

1935

Maybe It's Love

as Willie Sands

1936

1935

The Irish in Us

as Mike O'Hara

1937

Marry the Girl

as David Partridge

1936

1959

Career

as Charlie Gallagher

1934

Smarty

as George

1936

Snowed Under

as Orlando Rowe

1944

Marine Raiders

as Sgt. Louis Leary

1935

Stars Over Broadway

as Offkey Cramer

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Sniffer Sears

1933

1933

Havana Widows

as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer

1936

Freshman Love

as Coach Hammond

1947

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

as Spuds Connors

1933

Convention City

as Will Goodwin

1933

Elmer, the Great

as Healy High-Hips

1931

1932

Union Depot

as The Drunk

1931

1930

College Lovers

as Speed Haskins

1931

Kiss Me Again

as Francois

1931

Up for Murder

as Collins

1933

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

as Frank McHugh (uncredited)

1931

The Wide Open Spaces

as Matt - a Gambler

1938

Boy Meets Girl

as Rossetti

1930

Top Speed

as Tad Jordan

1940

The Fighting 69th

as "Crepe Hanger" Burke

1934

1930

1945

A Medal for Benny

as Edgar Lovekin

1938

Little Miss Thoroughbred

as Tod Harrington

1940

Virginia City

as Mr. Upjohn

1939

Four Wives

as Ben Crowley

1935

Devil Dogs of the Air

as Crash Kelly

1950

The Tougher They Come

as Gig Rafferty

1934

1964

A Tiger Walks

as Bill Watkins

1944

Bowery to Broadway

as Joe Kirby

1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

as Bill Damroy Robert

1953

1959

Say One for Me

as Jim Dugan

1931

The Hot Spot

as Peter Burke

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1933

Private Jones

as 'Greasy' - the Cook

1940

Alex in Wonderland

as Narrator (voice)

1931

Bad Company

as Doc-Henchmen

1968

Way Down Cellar

as Constable Seely

1933

Hold Me Tight

as Billy Wade

1946

Little Miss Big

as Charlie Bryan

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