Frank McHugh

Known for ActingBorn 1898-05-22Died 1981-09-11Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bowery to Broadway

Let’s Be Ritzy

Men of the Sky

College Lovers

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Alex in Wonderland

Private Jones

The Spiral Staircase

The Great Junction Hotel

Kiss Me Again

DuPont Show of the Month

The Roaring Twenties

The Irish in Us

Snowed Under

The Last Hurrah

The Dark Horse

The Lucy Show

One Way Passage

Back Street

I Love You Again

Heat Lightning

Easy Come, Easy Go

Little Miss Big

Paid in Full

He Couldn't Say No

Freshman Love

Maybe It's Love

6 Day Bike Rider

Hollywood Newsreel

City for Conquest

Hold Me Tight

Dodge City

Route 66

The Wide Open Spaces

Going Wild

Marine Raiders

Outlaws

Career

Four Mothers

Boy Meets Girl

Manpower

Blessed Event

Devil Dogs of the Air

Footlight Parade

All Through the Night

Going My Way

Going My Way

The Dawn Patrol