Matt McHugh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
135 acting credits
Acting · 135
Freaks
1932
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Holiday
1938
Mr. Skeffington
1944
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Dancing Lady
1933
They Drive by Night
1940
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Taxi!
1932
At the Circus
1939
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Nocturne
1946
Thunder in the Night
1935
The Dark Corner
1946
Secret Command
1944
Sadie McKee
1934
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
The Devil's Brother
1933
Mannequin
1938
That Certain Age
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Hard to Handle
1933
Lady on a Train
1945
Street Scene
1931
Primrose Path
1940
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
They Won't Believe Me
1947
You and Me
1938
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
Phantom Lady
1944
Barbary Coast
1935
Home Town Story
1951
Diamond Jim
1935
The Good Fairy
1935
You, the People
1940
Tropic Holiday
1938
My Favorite Brunette
1947
I Take This Woman
1940
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Shed No Tears
1948
Sailor's Lady
1940
If You Could Only Cook
1935
Two Alone
1934
Miracles for Sale
1939
Sailor's Luck
1933
Rangers of Fortune
1940
Flight for Freedom
1943
And the Angels Sing
1944
The Perfect Snob
1941
Anything Goes
1936
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Blues in the Night
1941
Afraid to Talk
1932
The Escape
1939
True to Life
1943
The Rage of Paris
1938
Too Many Women
1942
Professor Beware
1938
The Trouble with Women
1947
The Grand Dame
1931
My Buddy
1944
From Headquarters
1933
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
The Girl in 419
1933
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
La Conga Nights
1940
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
The Under-Pup
1939
While New York Sleeps
1938
Exposed
1938
The Wet Parade
1932
Girl Trouble
1942
So This Is Washington
1943
Party Wire
1935
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Tales of Robin Hood
1951
Bed of Roses
1933
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Mister Dynamite
1935
The Glass Key
1935
Picture Snatcher
1933
An Innocent Affair
1948
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
Vacation in Reno
1946
20,000 Men a Year
1939
Whispering Footsteps
1943
The Mad Game
1933
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
Wings in the Dark
1935
No Time to Marry
1938
How DOooo You Do
1945
Sailor Beware!
1933
Night of Terror
1933
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
To Mary - with Love
1936
The Man in the Trunk
1942
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
The Greener Hills
1939
The Phantom Rider
1936
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
Sing and Like It
1934
The West Side Kid
1943
Bridal Bail
1934
West Point Widow
1941
Deadline for Murder
1946
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
She Loves Me Not
1934
A Man of Sentiment
1933
Hypnotized
1932
Duke of Chicago
1949
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940
Arson, Inc.
1949
The Man Who Dared
1933
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940
Should Husbands Marry?
1947
Wham-Bam-Slam!
1955
Pardon My Clutch
1948
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
The Loud Mouth
1932
The Last Trail
1933
Yesterday's Heroes
1940
So You Won't Squawk
1941
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
1932
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
The Country Beyond
1936
Sappy Birthday
1942