Frank McHugh
Birthday: 1898-05-23 | Place of Birth: Homestead, Pennsylvania, USAFrom 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.
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as Captain Jack
as Eddie Dugan
as Rocket Anderson
as Gig Rafferty
as Kilcoyne
as Windy
as Ernie Boyle
as John Donovan
as Three Finger
as Wally Quayle
as McGee
as Father Timothy O'Dowd
as Sgt. Louis Leary
as Barney
as Chappie Champagne
as Ben Crowley
as Ed Porter
as Omaha
as "Crepe Hanger" Burke
as 'Doc' Ryan
as 'Mutt'
as Mr. Upjohn
as Rockingham T. Rockingham
as Ben Crowley
as Caruthers
as Danny Green
as Joe Clemens
as Scat Allen
as Spuds Connors
as Ben Crowley
