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Frank McHugh

Born · May 22, 1898

Died · September 11, 1981 (83 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

Bio

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

Lancer

(1 episode)

4.7

1968

Way Down Cellar

Constable Seely

6.0

1968

Easy Come, Easy Go

Captain Jack

5.9

1967

F Troop

(1 episode)

6.1

1965

The Bing Crosby Show

Willie Walters · (28 episodes)

5.0

1964

A Tiger Walks

Bill Watkins

5.7

1964

Going My Way

(1 episode)

5.7

1962

The Lucy Show

Mr. Snowden · (1 episode)

7.0

1962

The Spiral Staircase

Constable Williams

6.0

1961

Cain's Hundred

Wilbur Morton · (1 episode)

4.7

1961

The Defenders

Henry Schell · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

Route 66

(2 episodes)

6.3

1960

Outlaws

(1 episode)

6.2

1960

Career

Charlie Gallagher

6.5

1959

Say One for Me

Jim Dugan

4.8

1959

The Last Hurrah

Festus Garvey

7.1

1958

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

(1 episode)

0.0

1958

DuPont Show of the Month

Lefty · (1 episode)

6.7

1957

The Millionaire

Charles N. Bradwell · (1 episode)

5.0

1955

There's No Business Like Show Business

Eddie Dugan

6.1

1954

A Lion Is in the Streets

Frank Rector

5.5

1953

It Happens Every Thursday

Fred Hawley

6.2

1953

My Son John

Father O'Dowd

5.2

1952

The Gulf Playhouse

(1 episode)

0.0

1952

The Pace That Thrills

Rocket Anderson

5.3

1952

Tales of Tomorrow

(1 episode)

6.0

1951

The Tougher They Come

Gig Rafferty

3.0

1950

Armstrong Circle Theatre

(1 episode)

3.0

1950

Paid in Full

Ben, Bartender

6.6

1950

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Kilcoyne

5.4

1949

Mighty Joe Young

Windy

6.3

1949

Studio One

Nobby Bishop · (1 episode)

4.7

1948

Studio One

Barney · (1 episode)

4.7

1948

Studio One

Horace Potter · (1 episode)

4.7

1948

Studio One

Ben Ames · (1 episode)

4.7

1948

The Velvet Touch

Ernie Boyle

6.1

1948

Easy Come, Easy Go

Carey

0.0

1947

Carnegie Hall

John Donovan

5.2

1947

The Runaround

Wally Quayle

0.0

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

Three Finger

5.2

1946

Little Miss Big

Charlie Bryan

6.0

1946

State Fair

McGee

6.6

1945

A Medal for Benny

Edgar Lovekin

4.5

1945

Bowery to Broadway

Joe Kirby

0.0

1944

Marine Raiders

Sgt. Louis Leary

6.8

1944

Going My Way

Father Timothy O'Dowd

6.7

1944

Her Cardboard Lover

Chappie Champagne

5.1

1942

All Through the Night

Barney

7.0

1942

Manpower

Omaha

6.7

1941

Back Street

Ed Porter

7.2

1941

Four Mothers

Ben Crowley

5.7

1941

City for Conquest

'Mutt'

6.8

1940

I Love You Again

'Doc' Ryan

7.2

1940

'Til We Meet Again

Rockingham T. Rockingham

6.2

1940

Virginia City

Mr. Upjohn

6.1

1940

Alex in Wonderland

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1940

The Fighting 69th

"Crepe Hanger" Burke

5.4

1940

Four Wives

Ben Crowley

5.1

1939

The Roaring Twenties

Danny Green

7.5

1939

On Your Toes

Paddy Reilly

3.9

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

Caruthers

6.2

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

Spuds Connors

5.0

1939

Daughters Courageous

George

6.2

1939

Dodge City

Joe Clemens

6.9

1939

Wings of the Navy

Scat Allen

6.0

1939

Breakdowns of 1938

Popeye Bronson (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

1938

Valley of the Giants

'Fingers' McCarthy

6.0

1938

Boy Meets Girl

Rossetti

6.2

1938

Four Daughters

Ben Crowley

6.5

1938

Little Miss Thoroughbred

Tod Harrington

4.0

1938

He Couldn't Say No

Lambert T. Hunkins

5.5

1938

Swing Your Lady

Popeye Bronson

4.2

1938

Submarine D-1

"Lucky" Jones

4.7

1937

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Frank McHugh

3.8

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Sniffer Sears

5.3

1937

Ever Since Eve

Mike 'Mabel DeCraven' McGillicuddy

5.8

1937

Marry the Girl

David Partridge

5.0

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

Frank McHugh (uncredited)

5.0

1937

Three Men on a Horse

Erwin Trowbridge

6.2

1936

Stage Struck

Sid

4.0

1936

Bullets or Ballots

Herman

6.6

1936

Snowed Under

Orlando Rowe

7.0

1936

Moonlight Murder

William

5.0

1936

Freshman Love

Coach Hammond

6.0

1936

A Dream Comes True

Himself (uncredited)

5.5

1935

Stars Over Broadway

Offkey Cramer

5.2

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Quince

6.5

1935

Page Miss Glory

Ed Olson

6.3

1935

The Irish in Us

Mike O'Hara

7.6

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

Humbolt Prentiss

6.4

1935

Devil Dogs of the Air

Crash Kelly

6.4

1935

Maybe It's Love

Willie Sands

6.0

1935

Happiness Ahead

Tom

6.0

1934

6 Day Bike Rider

Clinton

5.5

1934

Here Comes the Navy

Droopy Mullins

5.8

1934

Return of the Terror

Joe Hastings

6.0

1934

Smarty

George

4.0

1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

Bill Damroy Robert

0.0

1934

Merry Wives of Reno

1933

Grand Slam

5.9

1932

Extra! Extra!

Peter Burke

0.0

1932

Union Depot

The Drunk

6.1

1932

High Pressure

4.0

1931

Self

3.4

1930

The Dawn Patrol

Flaherty

6.7

1930