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Frank McHugh(1898-1981)

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Dorothy Dare and Frank McHugh in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
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The parents of Frank McHugh ran their own stock company and he was on the stage as a child. When he was 10 he was part of an act that include his brother Matt McHugh and sister Kitty McHugh. After vaudeville and other stock companies, Frank debuted on Broadway "The Fall Guy" (1925). In 1930 he was hired at Warner Brothers as a contract player. Frank would usually play the sidekick to the lead actor and would provide the comedy relief in tense situations - if it were called for. With his nervous laugh and hangdog look, he appeared in over 90 movies in the first dozen years he worked at Warners. He would also appear with another very busy character actor, Allen Jenkins, in a dozen or so films. McHugh would be a mechanic, a song plugger, a pilot, a baseball player or a newspaperman, and would either be married or get the girl only if the girl was not the one the hero was interested in. Over the years he would work with most of the stars that Warners employed. By the early 1950s his film career started winding down. From 1964 to 1965 he played the role of Willis Walter on The Bing Crosby Show (1964).
BornMay 23, 1898
DiedSeptember 11, 1981(83)
BornMay 23, 1898
DiedSeptember 11, 1981(83)
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Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Frank McHugh in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Bing Crosby and Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)
Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)
William Frawley, Frank McHugh, George McKay, and Jack Norton in Going My Way (1944)
Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)
Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, and Risë Stevens in Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby and Frank McHugh in Going My Way (1944)

Known for

Humphrey Bogart in All Through the Night (1942)
All Through the Night
7.1
  • Barney
  • 1942
Monica Bannister in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
6.8
  • Jim
  • 1933
Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, and Adolphe Menjou in The Front Page (1931)
The Front Page
6.7
  • McCue
  • 1931
Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh, Chester Morris, and Vivienne Osborne in Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
5.7
  • Clancy
  • 1933

Credits

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Actor

  • Lancer (1968)
    Lancer
  • NBC Experiment in Television (1967)
    NBC Experiment in Television
  • The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
  • The Lucy Show (1962)
    The Lucy Show
  • Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, and Pat Priest in Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
    Easy Come, Easy Go
  • Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in F Troop (1965)
    F Troop
  • The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
    The Bing Crosby Show
  • Brian Keith, Kevin Corcoran, and Pamela Franklin in A Tiger Walks (1964)
    A Tiger Walks
  • Inside Danny Baker
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
    • ...
  • Zina Bethune and Shirl Conway in The Doctors and the Nurses (1962)
    The Doctors and the Nurses
  • Going My Way (1962)
    Going My Way
  • George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66 (1960)
    Route 66
  • Walter Matthau and Frank McGee in The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
    The DuPont Show of the Week
  • Cain's Hundred (1961)
    Cain's Hundred

Soundtrack

  • Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Risë Stevens in Going My Way (1944)
    Going My Way
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer in Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
    Her Cardboard Lover
    • (uncredited)
  • Humphrey Bogart in All Through the Night (1942)
    All Through the Night
    • (uncredited)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Louise Fazenda, Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh, Nat Pendleton, Penny Singleton, June Weaver, Frank Weaver, and Leon Weaver in Swing Your Lady (1938)
    Swing Your Lady
    • (uncredited)
  • Pat O'Brien, George Brent, and Wayne Morris in Submarine D-1 (1937)
    Submarine D-1
    • (uncredited)
  • Joan Blondell, George Kelly, James V. Kern, Jeanne Madden, Billy Mann, Frank McHugh, Dick Powell, Warren William, The Yacht Club Boys, and Charles Adler in Stage Struck (1936)
    Stage Struck
    • (uncredited)
  • Warren Hull in Freshman Love (1935)
    Freshman Love
    • (uncredited)
  • Stars Over Broadway (1935)
    Stars Over Broadway
    • (uncredited)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • (uncredited)
  • James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Margaret Lindsay in Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
    Devil Dogs of the Air
    • (uncredited)
  • Maybe It's Love (1935)
    Maybe It's Love
    • (uncredited)
  • Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
    Happiness Ahead
    • (uncredited)
  • Here Comes the Navy (1934)
    Here Comes the Navy
    • (uncredited)
  • James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell in Footlight Parade (1933)
    Footlight Parade
    • (uncredited)
  • George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Lilly Turner (1933)
    Lilly Turner
    • (uncredited)

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A Tiger Walks
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A Tiger Walks
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Restoration Preview
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Restoration Preview
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The Telegraph Trail
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The Telegraph Trail
Virginia City
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Virginia City
Footlight Parade
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Footlight Parade
The Roaring Twenties
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The Roaring Twenties

Personal details

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    • May 23, 1898
    • Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
    • September 11, 1981
    • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA(undisclosed)
    • July 25, 1933 - September 11, 1981 (his death, 3 children)
    • Matt McHugh(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Scraggs"; Broadway debut) in "Fog" on Broadway. Written by John Willard. Directed by Arthur Hurley. National Theatre: 7 Feb 1927-May 1927 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Charles Dow Clark (as "Eph Kelly"), Alexander Clarke, Edward Colebrook (as "Jeelo"), Ben Hendricks Jr. (as "Olaf"), Wilfred Jessop [credited as Wilfred Jessup] (as "Lord Jim"), Robert Keith (as "Charlie"), Hugh O'Connell (as "Darcy"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Eunice"). Produced by Lorton Productions Inc.
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    Made 11 movies with his close friend James Cagney, more than any other actor. These were The Crowd Roars (1932), Footlight Parade (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), City for Conquest (1940), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953).
    • High-pitched squeaky laugh

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