Frank McHugh

May 22, 1898 · Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Often works with

James Cagney
4 titles together
The Roaring Twenties, Footlight Parade, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Humphrey Bogart
4 titles together
The Roaring Twenties, All Through the Night, Bullets or Ballots
Joseph Crehan
3 titles together
The Roaring Twenties, Bullets or Ballots, City for Conquest
Dick Powell
3 titles together
Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1935, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hugh Herbert
3 titles together
Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1935, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Edward Keane
2 titles together
The Roaring Twenties, City for Conquest

Full filmography · 139

Way Down Cellar
as Constable Seely
1968
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Captain Jack
19676
A Tiger Walks
as Bill Watkins
1964
The Spiral Staircase
as Constable Williams
1961
Career
as Charlie Gallagher
1959
Say One for Me
as Jim Dugan
1959
The Last Hurrah
as Festus Garvey
19587.2
Three Men on a Horse
as Charlie
1957
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Eddie Dugan
19546.1
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Frank Rector
1953
It Happens Every Thursday
as Fred Hawley
1953
My Son John
as Father O'Dowd
1952