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Frank McHugh

Highest Rated: 100% One Way Passage (1932)

Lowest Rated: 40% My Son John (1952)

Birthday: May 23, 1898

Birthplace: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

Longtime actor Frank McHugh was practically born on stage, and amassed an amazing amount of screen credits throughout his career. Born into a theatrical family, McHugh began acting in vaudeville with his siblings and parents when he was a child, then later graduated to Broadway. He was hired by Warners in 1930 as a contract player, and appeared in a dizzying amount of titles in the '30s and '40s, often as comic relief. He played a supporting role to Edward G. Robinson in the crime film "The Widow from Chicago," appeared in the classic romantic comedy "The Front Page," and portrayed a dance director alongside good friend James Cagney in the Busby Berkeley production "Footlight Parade" in 1933. He had supporting roles in some of the era's most celebrated pictures, appearing in the Raoul Walsh thriller "The Roaring Twenties" and co-starring with Bing Crosby in his spiritually-themed musical "Going My Way

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100% 80% One Way Passage
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100% 83% Footlight Parade
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100% 70% Flight Commander
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100% 72% Gold Diggers of 1935
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100% 79% Four Daughters
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100% 83% I Love You Again
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100% 89% The Roaring Twenties
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100% 75% Dodge City
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92% 62% A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Frank McHugh STATE FAIR, Frank McHugh, 1945. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. STAGE STRUCK, Frank McHugh, Dick Powell, 1936 THREE MEN ON A HORSE, Frank McHugh, 1936 THREE MEN ON A HORSE, Frank McHugh, Teddy Hart, Sam Levene, Allen Jenkins, 1936 THE FIGHTING 69TH, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, George Reeves. Frank McHugh, Herbert Anderson, Tom Dugan, William Lundigan, 1940 THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, Marilyn Monroe, Frank McHugh, 1954, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE ROARING TWENTIES, Frank McHugh, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, 1939 PAGE MISS GLORY, Pat O'Brien, Mary Astor, Frank McHugh, 1935 HER CARDBOARD LOVER, Frank McHugh, Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer, 1942 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet 43% Say One for Me Jim Dugan (Character) - 1959
83% 81% The Last Hurrah Festus Garvey (Character) - 1958
73% 58% There's No Business Like Show Business Eddie Dugan, Vicky's Agent (Character) - 1954
67% 25% A Lion Is in the Streets Frank Rector (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happens Every Thursday Fred Hawley (Character) - 1953
40% 21% My Son John Father O'Dowd (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pace That Thrills Rocket Anderson (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paid in Full Ben (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tougher They Come Gig Rafferty (Character) - 1950
91% 64% Mighty Joe Young Windy (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 68% Miss Grant Takes Richmond Mr. Kilcoyne (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 68% The Velvet Touch Ernie Boyle (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 40% Carnegie Hall John Donovan (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Come, Easy Go Carey (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hoodlum Saint Three Finger (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Runaround Wally Quayle (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Miss Big Charlie Bryan (Character) - 1946
83% 78% State Fair McGee (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Medal for Benny Edgar Lovekin (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marine Raiders Sgt. Louis Leary (Character) - 1944
85% 74% Going My Way Father Timothy O'Dowd (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 38% Her Cardboard Lover Chappie Champagne (Character) - 1942
100% 71% All Through the Night Barney (Character) - 1942
80% No Score Yet Back Street Ed Porter (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 44% Four Mothers Ben Crowley (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 74% Manpower Omaha (Character) - 1941
71% 57% The Fighting 69th Crepe Hanger Burke (Character) - 1940
80% 73% City for Conquest `'Mutt'` (Character) - 1940
100% 83% I Love You Again "Doc" Ryan (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 56% 'Til We Meet Again Rockingham T. Rockingham (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 56% Virginia City Mr. Upjohn (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 0% Wings of the Navy Scat Allen (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 65% Dust Be My Destiny Caruthers (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 67% Four Wives Ben Crowley (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daughters Courageous George (Character) - 1939
100% 89% The Roaring Twenties Danny Green (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indianapolis Speedway "Spud" Connors (Character) - 1939
100% 75% Dodge City Joe Clemens (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Your Toes Paddy Reilly (Character) - 1939
78% 45% Boy Meets Girl Rossetti (Character) - 1938
100% 79% Four Daughters Ben Crowley (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet He Couldn't Say No Lambert T. Hunkins (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Valley of the Giants `'Fingers'` McCarthy (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 25% Swing Your Lady Popeye Bronson (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Miss Thoroughbred Todd Harrington (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marry the Girl David "Party" Partridge (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 80% Ever Since Eve Mike "Mabel DeCraven" McGillicuddy (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine D-1 'Lucky' (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Dodd Takes the Air "Sniffer" Sears (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snowed Under Orlando Rowe (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moonlight Murder William (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 57% Three Men on a Horse Erwin Trowbridge (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 67% Bullets or Ballots Herman (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage Struck Sidney "Sid" (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Freshman Love Unknown (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 18% The Irish in Us Mike O'Hara (Character) - 1935
100% 72% Gold Diggers of 1935 Humbolt Prentiss (Character) - 1935
92% 62% A Midsummer Night's Dream Quince, the Carpenter (Character) - 1935
92% 52% Barbary Coast Broncho (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 92% Devil Dogs of the Air Crash Kelly (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maybe It's Love Willie Sands (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Kids and a Queen Unknown (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stars Over Broadway Offkey Cramer (Character) - 1935
83% 36% Here Comes the Navy Droopy Mullins (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 85% Heat Lightning Frank the Chauffeur (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 55% Fashions Snap (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 12% Smarty George (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 43% Happiness Ahead Tom (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tomorrow at Seven Clancy (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Be Ritzy Bill Damroy Robert (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Merry Wives of Reno Al (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Six-Day Bike Rider Clinton (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 50% House on 56th Street Chester Hunt (Character) - 1933
100% 83% Footlight Parade Francis, dance director (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 40% Ex-Lady Hugo Van Hugh (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 25% Telegraph Trail Cpl. Tippy (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 40% Hold Me Tight Billy (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 29% Grand Slam Philip "Speed" McCann (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 50% Elmer the Great Healy High-Hips (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lilly Turner David `'Dave'` Dixon (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Son of a Sailor Gaga (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 17% Parachute Jumper Toodles Cooper (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Havana Widows Mr. Duffy (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 30% Professional Sweetheart Speed Dennis (Character) - 1933
92% 63% Mystery of the Wax Museum Jim (Character) - 1933
86% No Score Yet Convention City Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 57% The Dark Horse Joe (Character) - 1932
83% 48% The Crowd Roars Spud Connors (Character) - 1932
100% 80% One Way Passage Skippy (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 64% Union Depot The Drunk (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 40% Strange Love of Molly Louvain Skeets (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 25% High Pressure Mike Donahey (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Begins Ringer Banks (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 25% Millie John "Johnny" Holmes (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wide Open Spaces Matt (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Up for Murder Collins (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Company Doc (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kiss Me Again Francois (Character) - 1931
100% 70% Flight Commander Flaherty (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Going Wild "Ricky" Freeman (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bright Lights Fish (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Top Speed Tad Jordan (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Widow From Chicago Slug (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet College Lovers Speed Haskins (Character) - 1930

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet F Troop Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Sandy Leeds (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Hundred Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Henry Shannon (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alcoa Hour George Schroeder (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Tomorrow Unknown (Character) 1952