Known For
Acting
Born
May 22, 1898
Died
Sep 11, 1981
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
143 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Lancer
Way Down Cellar
Constable Seely
Easy Come, Easy Go
Captain Jack
F Troop
The Bing Crosby Show
Willie Walters
A Tiger Walks
Bill Watkins
Going My Way
The Lucy Show
Mr. Snowden
The Spiral Staircase
Constable Williams
Cain's Hundred
Wilbur Morton
The Defenders
Henry Schell
Route 66
Outlaws
Career
Charlie Gallagher
Say One for Me
Jim Dugan
The Last Hurrah
Festus Garvey
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
DuPont Show of the Month
Lefty
Three Men on a Horse
Charlie
The Millionaire
Charles N. Bradwell
There's No Business Like Show Business
Eddie Dugan
A Lion Is in the Streets
Frank Rector
It Happens Every Thursday
Fred Hawley
My Son John
Father O'Dowd
The Gulf Playhouse
The Pace That Thrills
Rocket Anderson
Tales of Tomorrow
The Tougher They Come
Gig Rafferty
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Paid in Full
Ben, Bartender
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Kilcoyne
Mighty Joe Young
Windy
Studio One
Nobby Bishop
The Velvet Touch
Ernie Boyle
Easy Come, Easy Go
Carey
Carnegie Hall
John Donovan
The Runaround
Wally Quayle
The Hoodlum Saint
Three Finger
Little Miss Big
Charlie Bryan
State Fair
McGee
A Medal for Benny
Edgar Lovekin
Bowery to Broadway
Joe Kirby
Marine Raiders
Sgt. Louis Leary
Going My Way
Father Timothy O'Dowd
Her Cardboard Lover
Chappie Champagne
All Through the Night
Barney
Manpower
Omaha
Back Street
Ed Porter
Four Mothers
Ben Crowley
City for Conquest
'Mutt'