Frank McHugh

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Francis Curray McHugh (May 23, 1898 to September 11, 1981) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actor.

Early years

McHugh, who is of Irish descent, was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and he comes from a theatrical family. Edward A.'s parents, and he has two children. The McHugh stock theater company in Braddock, Pennsylvania, was run by "Cutie" McHugh and Katherine Curry "Katie" McHugh. He appeared on stage as a young boy. By the time Matt and his sister Kitty were ten years old, they appeared in an act with him, but the family disregarded it about 1930. Ed Wood, Ed's brother, became a stage manager and agent in New York.

Personal life and death

McHugh was married to Dorothy Spencer from 1933 to his death. They had three children and two grandchildren. Matt McHugh and his sister Kitty McHugh were both actors in several films.

McHugh died in Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, at the age of 83 on September 11, 1981.

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Career

McHugh, who left the family theater company at the age of 17, moved to Pittsburgh as the company's lead man and stage manager. He spent nine years in stock companies and road plays before he appeared on Broadway.

McHugh appeared in The Fall Guy, written by George Abbott and James Gleason in 1925, on Broadway. He appeared in Show Girl (1929), a musical. If Men Played Cards as Women Do, a short film by He made his first film, If Men Played Cards As Women Do, in the same year. In January 1930, First National Pictures hired him as a contract actor.

McHugh went from leading man to sidekick in a variety of roles. He provided amusing — or obnoxious — inebriates. His trademark was a wheezy, drawn-out mocking gig, accompanied by a waving, admonitory finger. He appeared in more than 150 films and television series and worked with almost every actor at Warner Bros. He appeared in more Cagney films than any other actor—eleven films between 1932 and 1953. They stayed friends until McHugh's death.

In the 1944 Bing Crosby film "Going My Way," McHugh played William Jennings Depew. The film, which was loosely based on the older version, was loosely based on the previous film.

He appeared in the radio program Hotel For Pets from 1954 to 1956. His film career had begun to decline by the 1950s, as shown by his small part in the 1959 film Career.

He appeared in Willie Walters, a live-in handyman in the 27-episode ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show, which reunited him with Bing Crosby once more on film. Beverly Garland appeared on the show as a co-star. In the 1967 Elvis Presley caper film Easy Come, Easy Go, McHugh's last film role was as a comedic "sea captain" from "Elegy Come, Easy Go." In "The Fix-It Man," an episode of CBS's Lancer Western series, which starred Andrew Duggan, McHugh's last television appearance was as handyman Charlie Wingate.

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McHugh was one of a group of friends known in Hollywood as the "Irish Mafia," which included James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Spencer Tracy, as well as fellow actor Allen Jenkins, Ralph Bellamy, Lynne Overman, and Frank Morgan.

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