Born
22 May 1898 (127)
Place of Birth
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Francis Curray 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...
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.
Way Down Cellar
1968
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
A Tiger Walks
1964
The Spiral Staircase
1961
Career
1959
Say One for Me
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Three Men on a Horse
1957
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
My Son John
1952
The Pace That Thrills
1952
The Tougher They Come
1950
Paid in Full
1950
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Velvet Touch
1948
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Carnegie Hall
1947
The Runaround
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Little Miss Big
1946
State Fair
1945
A Medal for Benny
1945
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Marine Raiders
1944
Going My Way
1944
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
All Through the Night
1942
Manpower
1941
Back Street
1941
Four Mothers
1941
City for Conquest
1940
I Love You Again
1940
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Virginia City
1940
Alex in Wonderland
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
Four Wives
1939