Frank McHugh
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.
143 acting credits
Acting · 143
Route 66
1960
The Lucy Show
1962
Studio One
1948
The Defenders
1961
Lancer
1968
The Millionaire
1955
F Troop
1965
Cain's Hundred
1961
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Outlaws
1960
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Going My Way
1962
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Going My Way
1944
Dodge City
1939
Manpower
1941
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Last Hurrah
1958
Union Depot
1932
State Fair
1945
The Fighting 69th
1940
Life Begins
1932
Millie
1931
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
All Through the Night
1942
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Ex-Lady
1933
Virginia City
1940
The Crowd Roars
1932
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Footlight Parade
1933
Corsair
1931
Four Mothers
1941
Valley of the Giants
1938
I Love You Again
1940
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
City for Conquest
1940
The Velvet Touch
1948
The Front Page
1931
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Here Comes the Navy
1934
Smarty
1934
Marry the Girl
1937
The Gulf Playhouse
1952
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Submarine D-1
1937
Elmer, the Great
1933
Four Wives
1939
Fashions of 1934
1934
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Blessed Event
1932
The Dark Horse
1932
Back Street
1941
Daughters Courageous
1939
A Tiger Walks
1964
Carnegie Hall
1947
Paid in Full
1950
Ever Since Eve
1937
Bright Lights
1930
The House on 56th Street
1933
Bad Company
1931
Grand Slam
1933
Freshman Love
1936
Career
1959
Parachute Jumper
1933
Page Miss Glory
1935
Marine Raiders
1944
The Dawn Patrol
1930
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Heat Lightning
1934
A Dream Comes True
1935
Four Daughters
1938
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Kiss Me Again
1931
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
One Way Passage
1932
Professional Sweetheart
1933
My Son John
1952
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
Snowed Under
1936
The Pace That Thrills
1952
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
Wings of the Navy
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Hold Me Tight
1933
Traveling Husbands
1931
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Alex in Wonderland
1940
High Pressure
1932
Swing Your Lady
1938
Up for Murder
1931
Convention City
1933
The Tougher They Come
1950
Moonlight Murder
1936
Lilly Turner
1933
The Spiral Staircase
1961
Private Jones
1933
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
Stars Over Broadway
1935
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
The Telegraph Trail
1933
Say One for Me
1959
A Medal for Benny
1945
Maybe It's Love
1935
Son of a Sailor
1933
The Wide Open Spaces
1931
The Runaround
1946
Havana Widows
1933
Happiness Ahead
1934
The Irish in Us
1935
Way Down Cellar
1968
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Return of the Terror
1934
Top Speed
1930
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
On Your Toes
1939
Extra! Extra!
1932
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
Going Wild
1930
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
The Great Junction Hotel
1931
Stage Struck
1936
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
Little Miss Big
1946
The Widow from Chicago
1930
College Lovers
1930
Three Men on a Horse
1936
The Hot Spot
1931
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Men of the Sky
1931
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934
Three Men on a Horse
1957