Personal Info
Birth date
1898-05-22 (127 Years)
Day of death
1981-09-11
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Francis Curray McHugh
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 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.
Filmography
Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.The Defenders
5.9
Overview:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.The Lucy Show
7
Overview:
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Life Begins
6
Overview:
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.F Troop
6.2
Overview:
F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 and concluded its run on April 6, 1967 with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was filmed in black-and-white, but the show switched to color for its second season.Lancer
4.7
Overview:
Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.Going My Way
6.7
Overview:
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.Four Mothers
6.2
Overview:
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.DuPont Show of the Month
6.8
Overview:
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.The Last Hurrah
7.167
Overview:
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.Tales of Tomorrow
6
Overview:
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.Here Comes the Navy
5.9
Overview:
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.Gold Diggers of 1935
6.462
Overview:
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.Cain's Hundred
4.7
Overview:
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
3.4
Overview:
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.The Roaring Twenties
7.5
Overview:
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.Stage Struck
4
Overview:
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.Outlaws
6.2
Overview:
Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma Territory about Stillwater. The program aired 50 one-hour episodes from September 29, 1960, to May 10, 1962. The first season was shot in black-and-white, the second in color. Co-starring with MacLane in the 1960–1961 season was Don Collier as deputy marshal Will Foreman. In the second season, MacLane left the program, and Collier was promoted to full marshal, with Bruce Yarnell joining the cast as deputy marshal Chalk Breeson. Jock Gaynor appeared in the first season as deputy Heck Martin, the on-screen nephew of Will Foreman. Slim Pickens appeared as "Slim" in the second season. Judy Lewis also appeared the second season as Connie Masters, an employee of the Wells Fargo office in Stillwater. The dog who appeared in Walt Disney's Old Yeller was also cast in The Outlaws. Others who appeared on the program on at least three occasions were Vic Morrow, Cliff Robertson, Pippa Scott, and Harry Townes. In addition, John Anderson, Edgar Buchanan, Jackie Coogan, Bruce Gordon, Robert Harland, Robert Lansing Cloris Leachman, Robert Karnes, Brian Keith, Larry Pennell, Chris Robinson, William Shatner, Ray Walston, Jack Warden, and David Wayne each appeared twice in the series.The Hoodlum Saint
5.2
Overview:
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.Armstrong Circle Theatre
3
Overview:
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.The Telegraph Trail
4.7
Overview:
A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.Up for Murder
4.3
Overview:
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
5.9
Overview:
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.Alex in Wonderland
NYR
Overview:
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He decides to crash a swank party given by railroad tycoon J.D. Swinnerton and his wife. Alex has his own zany way of getting an introduction to the man. Mayhem ensues when several of the guests come as Robin Hood and one of them is a jewel thief.Acting
1968Lancer (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Way Down Cellar as Constable Seely
1967Easy Come, Easy Go as Captain Jack
1965F Troop (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964The Bing Crosby Show (28 Episodes) as Willie Walters
1964A Tiger Walks as Bill Watkins
1962Going My Way (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Lucy Show (1 Episode) as Mr. Snowden
1961The Spiral Staircase as Constable Williams
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as Wilbur Morton
1961The Defenders (1 Episode) as Henry Schell
1960Route 66 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960Outlaws (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Career as Charlie Gallagher
1959Say One for Me as Jim Dugan
1958The Last Hurrah as Festus Garvey
1958The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957DuPont Show of the Month (1 Episode) as Lefty
1957Three Men on a Horse as Charlie
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Charles N. Bradwell
1954There's No Business Like Show Business as Eddie Dugan
1953A Lion Is in the Streets as Frank Rector
1953It Happens Every Thursday as Fred Hawley
1952My Son John as Father O'Dowd
1952The Gulf Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952The Pace That Thrills as Rocket Anderson
1951Tales of Tomorrow (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950The Tougher They Come as Gig Rafferty
1950Armstrong Circle Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950Paid in Full as Ben, Bartender
1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Kilcoyne
1949Mighty Joe Young as Windy
1948Studio One (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Nobby Bishop, Barney, Horace Potter, Ben Ames
1948The Velvet Touch as Ernie Boyle
1947Easy Come, Easy Go as Carey
1947Carnegie Hall as John Donovan
1946The Runaround as Wally Quayle
1946The Hoodlum Saint as Three Finger
1946Little Miss Big as Charlie Bryan
1945State Fair as McGee
1945A Medal for Benny as Edgar Lovekin
1944Bowery to Broadway as Joe Kirby
1944Marine Raiders as Sgt. Louis Leary
1944Going My Way as Father Timothy O'Dowd
1942Her Cardboard Lover as Chappie Champagne
1942All Through the Night as Barney
1941Manpower as Omaha
1941Back Street as Ed Porter
1941Four Mothers as Ben Crowley
1940City for Conquest as 'Mutt'
1940I Love You Again as 'Doc' Ryan
1940'Til We Meet Again as Rockingham T. Rockingham
1940Virginia City as Mr. Upjohn
1940Alex in Wonderland as Narrator (voice)
1940The Fighting 69th as "Crepe Hanger" Burke
1939Four Wives as Ben Crowley
1939The Roaring Twenties as Danny Green
1939On Your Toes as Paddy Reilly
1939Dust Be My Destiny as Caruthers
1939Indianapolis Speedway as Spuds Connors
1939Daughters Courageous as George
1939Dodge City as Joe Clemens
1939Wings of the Navy as Scat Allen
1938Breakdowns of 1938 as Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938Valley of the Giants as 'Fingers' McCarthy
1938Boy Meets Girl as Rossetti
1938Four Daughters as Ben Crowley
1938Little Miss Thoroughbred as Tod Harrington
1938He Couldn't Say No as Lambert T. Hunkins
1938Swing Your Lady as Popeye Bronson
1937Submarine D-1 as "Lucky" Jones
1937Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Frank McHugh
1937Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Sniffer Sears
1937Ever Since Eve as Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy
1937Marry the Girl as David Partridge
1937A Day at Santa Anita as Frank McHugh (uncredited)
1936Three Men on a Horse as Erwin Trowbridge
1936Stage Struck as Sid
1936Bullets or Ballots as Herman
1936Snowed Under as Orlando Rowe
1936Moonlight Murder as William
1936Freshman Love as Coach Hammond
1935A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
1935Stars Over Broadway as Offkey Cramer
1935A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
1935Page Miss Glory as Ed Olson
1935The Irish in Us as Mike O'Hara
1935Gold Diggers of 1935 as Humbolt Prentiss
1935Devil Dogs of the Air as Crash Kelly
1935Maybe It's Love as Willie Sands
1934Happiness Ahead as Tom
19346 Day Bike Rider as Clinton
1934Here Comes the Navy as Droopy Mullins
1934Return of the Terror as Joe Hastings
1934Smarty as George
1934Let’s Be Ritzy as Bill Damroy Robert
1934Merry Wives of Reno as Al
1934Hollywood Newsreel as Himself
1934Heat Lightning as Frank
1934Fashions of 1934 as Snap
1933The House on 56th Street as Chester Hunt
1933Convention City as Will Goodwin
1933Son of a Sailor as Gaga
1933Havana Widows as Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
1933Footlight Parade as Francis the Dance Director
1933Professional Sweetheart as Speed
1933Tomorrow at Seven as Clancy
1933Hold Me Tight as Billy Wade
1933Ex-Lady as Hugo Van Hugh
1933Lilly Turner as David 'Dave' Dixon
1933Elmer, the Great as Healy High-Hips
1933Private Jones as 'Greasy' - the Cook
1933The Telegraph Trail as Corporal Tippy
1933Grand Slam as Philip 'Speed' McCann
1933Mystery of the Wax Museum as Editor Jim
1933Parachute Jumper as Toodles Cooper
1932One Way Passage as Skippy
1932Blessed Event as Reilly
1932Life Begins as Ringer Banks
1932The Dark Horse as Joe
1932The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Skeets, a Reporter
1932The Crowd Roars as Spud Connors
1932Extra! Extra! as Peter Burke
1932Union Depot as The Drunk
1932High Pressure as Mike Donahey
1931The Wide Open Spaces as Matt - a Gambler
1931Corsair as 'Chub' Hopping
1931The Great Junction Hotel as Peeping Tom
1931Bad Company as Doc-Henchmen
1931The Hot Spot as Peter Burke
1931Traveling Husbands as Pinkie
1931Men of the Sky as Unknown
1931Up for Murder as Collins
1931The Front Page as McCue
1931Millie as John Holmes
1931Kiss Me Again as Francois
1930Going Wild as 'Ricky' Freeman
1930The Widow from Chicago as Slug O'Donnell
1930College Lovers as Speed Haskins
1930Bright Lights as Fish
1930Top Speed as Tad Jordan
1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930The Dawn Patrol as Flaherty