Frank McHugh
Known for: Acting
Born: May 22, 1898
Died: September 11, 1981
Place of birth: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
127 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
5.6
Lancer
1968
6.0
Way Down Cellar
1968
6.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
6.3
F Troop
1965
6.0
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
5.8
A Tiger Walks
1964
5.8
Going My Way
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
8.0
The Spiral Staircase
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.7
Career
1959
5.4
Say One for Me
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
9.0
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
NR
Three Men on a Horse
1957
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
6.1
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
5.4
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
6.3
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
5.8
My Son John
1952
NR
The Gulf Playhouse
1952
6.0
The Pace That Thrills
1952
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
5.3
The Tougher They Come
1950
4.5
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
6.9
Paid in Full
1950
5.6
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.2
The Velvet Touch
1948
7.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
5.8
Carnegie Hall
1947
6.5
The Runaround
1946
5.5
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
7.0
Little Miss Big
1946
6.6
State Fair
1945
5.6
A Medal for Benny
1945
10.0
Bowery to Broadway
1944
6.8
Marine Raiders
1944
6.7
Going My Way
1944
4.9
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
6.7
All Through the Night
1942
6.5
Manpower
1941
7.3
Back Street
1941
6.8
Four Mothers
1941
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
6.4
'Til We Meet Again
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
9.0
Alex in Wonderland
1940
5.8
The Fighting 69th
1940
5.5
Four Wives
1939
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
4.5
On Your Toes
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
5.6
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
6.3
Daughters Courageous
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
6.2
Wings of the Navy
1939
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
6.9
Boy Meets Girl
1938
6.6
Four Daughters
1938
4.8
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
6.5
He Couldn't Say No
1938
4.6
Swing Your Lady
1938
5.0
Submarine D-1
1937
4.5
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
5.6
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
5.8
Ever Since Eve
1937
6.5
Marry the Girl
1937
6.0
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
6.4
Three Men on a Horse
1936
5.3
Stage Struck
1936
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
7.4
Snowed Under
1936
4.8
Moonlight Murder
1936
7.0
Freshman Love
1936
6.3
A Dream Comes True
1935
5.6
Stars Over Broadway
1935
6.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935
7.5
The Irish in Us
1935
6.5
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
6.8
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
7.0
Maybe It's Love
1935
6.6
Happiness Ahead
1934
7.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
6.0
Here Comes the Navy
1934
6.5
Return of the Terror
1934
4.6
Smarty
1934
10.0
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934
4.4
Merry Wives of Reno
19347.0
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
7.2
Heat Lightning
1934
6.6
Fashions of 1934
1934
5.3
The House on 56th Street
1933
4.2
Convention City
1933
6.0
Son of a Sailor
1933
6.6
Havana Widows
1933
6.8
Footlight Parade
1933
6.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933
6.2
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
7.0
Hold Me Tight
1933
6.3
Ex-Lady
1933
5.5
Lilly Turner
1933
5.1
Elmer, the Great
1933
9.0
Private Jones
1933
4.7
The Telegraph Trail
1933
4.6
Grand Slam
1933
6.5
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
5.9
Parachute Jumper
1933
7.3
One Way Passage
1932
6.8
Blessed Event
1932
6.2
Life Begins
1932
7.4
The Dark Horse
1932
6.1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
6.1
The Crowd Roars
1932
NR
Extra! Extra!
1932
6.1
Union Depot
1932
5.8
High Pressure
1932
7.0
The Wide Open Spaces
1931
4.4
Corsair
1931
8.0
The Great Junction Hotel
1931
5.0
Bad Company
1931
NR
The Hot Spot
1931
6.0
Traveling Husbands
1931
10.0
Men of the Sky
1931
4.8
Up for Murder
1931
6.5
The Front Page
1931
5.3
Millie
1931
8.0
Kiss Me Again
1931
7.0
Going Wild
1930
6.4
The Widow from Chicago
1930
10.0
College Lovers
1930
5.2
Bright Lights
1930
6.0
Top Speed
1930
4.5
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
6.6
The Dawn Patrol
1930