Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 22, 1894
Died
Feb 22, 1971
Place of Birth
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
135 titles
Matt McHugh
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
Tales of Robin Hood
Tuck's Guard-Friend
Home Town Story
Waiter (uncredited)
Arson, Inc.
Hubbell
Duke of Chicago
Terry Shea
An Innocent Affair
Ted Burke
Shed No Tears
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
Pardon My Clutch
Claude Finkle
Should Husbands Marry?
Loud Friend
They Won't Believe Me
Tiny Old Man (uncredited)
The Trouble with Women
Herman
My Favorite Brunette
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
Vacation in Reno
Bill Dumont
Nocturne
Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder
Johnny
The Blue Dahlia
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Milkman (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
How DOooo You Do
Deputy McNiel
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Lady on a Train
Salome, Where She Danced
Lafe
My Buddy
Happy
The Mark of the Whistler
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
Secret Command
Curly
Mr. Skeffington
Drunk (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Whispering Footsteps
Cy Walsh, Boarder
True to Life
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
The West Side Kid
The Worrier
Hi Diddle Diddle
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cab Driver
Flight for Freedom
Mac (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
Taxi Driver
Girl Trouble
Driver
The Man in the Trunk
Detective Murtha
The Pride of the Yankees
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
O'Doul
Star Spangled Rhythm
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
Too Many Women
Spike O'Reilly
Sappy Birthday
A Gentleman at Heart
Joe
The Perfect Snob
Baggage Man
Blues in the Night
St Louis Jail Drunk
West Point Widow
Drunk at Football Game
The Devil and Miss Jones
Sam