Matt McHugh

from Connellsville - Pennsylvania - USA

Artwork for The Bells of St. Mary'sImage of Matt McHugh

Biography

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Matthew O. McHugh (January 22, 1894 – February 22, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 200 films between 1931 and 1955, primarily in small cameo parts.

McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and, as a young child, he performed on stage. His brother, Frank, who went on to become part of the Warner Bros. stock company in the 1930s and 1940s, and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was fourteen years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. His brother Ed became an agent in New York.

Matt made his Broadway debut in Elmer Rice's Street Scene in 1929, along with his brother Ed, and also appeared in Swing Your Lady in 1936.

Despite his actual origins, McHugh usually performed his roles with a Brooklyn accent, and was often cast as characters explicitly from Brooklyn. In Star Spangled Rhythm (1941), his one scene is a protracted monologue during the climactic "Old Glory" sequence, in which McHugh plays a character who literally embodies the spirit of Brooklyn.

Timeline

1955Aged 61

  • Poster for Wham-Bam-Slam!

    Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)

1951Aged 57

  • Poster for Home Town Story

    Waiter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tales of Robin Hood

    Tuck's Guard-Friend

1949Aged 55

  • Poster for Duke of Chicago

    Terry Shea

  • Poster for Arson, Inc.

    Hubbell

1948Aged 54

  • Poster for Pardon My Clutch

    Claude Finkle

  • Poster for Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

    Frank the Barber (uncredited)

  • Poster for Shed No Tears

    First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)

  • Poster for An Innocent Affair

    Ted Burke

1947Aged 53

  • Poster for My Favorite Brunette

    Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Trouble with Women

    Herman

  • Poster for They Won't Believe Me

    Tiny Old Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Should Husbands Marry?

    Loud Friend

1946Aged 52

  • Poster for The Dark Corner

    Milkman (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Blue Dahlia

    Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)

  • Poster for Deadline for Murder

    Johnny

  • Poster for Nocturne

    Coffee Attendant (uncredited)

  • Poster for Vacation in Reno

    Bill Dumont

1945Aged 51

  • Poster for Salome, Where She Danced

    Lafe

  • Poster for Lady on a Train

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for How DOooo You Do

    Deputy McNiel

  • Poster for The Bells of St. Mary's

    Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)

1944Aged 50

  • Poster for Phantom Lady

    Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for And the Angels Sing

    Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mr. Skeffington

    Drunk (uncredited)

  • Poster for Secret Command

    Curly

  • Poster for The Mark of the Whistler

    Tom, Reporter (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Buddy

    Happy

1943Aged 49

  • Poster for Quiet Please, Murder

    Taxi Driver

  • Poster for Flight for Freedom

    Mac (uncredited)

  • Poster for Cowboy in Manhattan

    Cab Driver

  • Poster for So This Is Washington

    Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'

  • Poster for Hi Diddle Diddle

    Reporter #2 (uncredited)

  • Poster for The West Side Kid

    The Worrier

  • Poster for Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)

  • Poster for True to Life

    Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for Whispering Footsteps

    Cy Walsh, Boarder

1942Aged 48

  • Poster for A Gentleman at Heart

    Joe

  • Sappy Birthday

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Too Many Women

    Spike O'Reilly

  • Poster for Star Spangled Rhythm

    Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)

  • Poster for It Happened in Flatbush

    O'Doul

  • Poster for The Pride of the Yankees

    Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Man in the Trunk

    Detective Murtha

  • Poster for Girl Trouble

    Driver

1941Aged 47

  • Poster for So You Won't Squawk

    Louie the Wolf's Henchman

  • Poster for The Lady from Cheyenne

    Reporter on Train

  • Poster for The Devil and Miss Jones

    Sam

  • Poster for West Point Widow

    Drunk at Football Game

  • Poster for Blues in the Night

    St Louis Jail Drunk

  • Poster for The Perfect Snob

    Baggage Man

1940Aged 46

  • Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

    Charlie-the Cop

  • Poster for I Take This Woman

    Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)

  • Poster for Primrose Path

    Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)

  • Poster for La Conga Nights

    Headwaiter

  • Poster for Sailor's Lady

    Cabby

  • Poster for They Drive by Night

    Repairman (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Boys from Syracuse

    Bartender

  • Poster for Yesterday's Heroes

    Joe

  • Poster for Rangers of Fortune

    Horatio Wells

  • Poster for You, the People

    Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins

  • Poster for His Ex Marks the Spot

    Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend

1939Aged 45

  • Poster for The Greener Hills

    Taxi Driver

  • Poster for The Jones Family in Hollywood

    Charlie

  • Poster for Miracles for Sale

    'All Over Town' Bus Driver

  • Poster for Chicken Wagon Family

    Joe

  • Poster for The Under-Pup

    Soda Jerk

  • Poster for $1,000 a Touchdown

    Brick Benson

  • Poster for The Escape

    Pete

  • Poster for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Reporter (uncredited)

  • Poster for At the Circus

    Cabbie (uncredited)

  • Poster for 20,000 Men a Year

    Baseball Fan

  • Poster for The Secret of Dr. Kildare

    Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)

1938Aged 44

  • Poster for Mannequin

    Mike (Uncredited)

  • Poster for No Time to Marry

    Abernathy

  • Poster for Holiday

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for You and Me

    Newcomer (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Rage of Paris

    Department Head (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tropic Holiday

    Joe

  • Poster for Professor Beware

    Divorced Man on Highway

  • Poster for Three Loves Has Nancy

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for That Certain Age

    Soda Jerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Mad Miss Manton

    Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Exposed

    Johnson

  • Poster for While New York Sleeps

    Cab Driver

1937Aged 43

  • Poster for Broadway Melody of 1938

    Burt (uncredited)

  • Poster for Navy Blue and Gold

    Heckler

1936Aged 42

  • Poster for Anything Goes

    Detective #2

  • Poster for The Country Beyond

    Const. Weller

  • Poster for The Phantom Rider

    Agent Shorty

  • Poster for To Mary - with Love

    Taxi Driver

  • Poster for The Gentleman from Louisiana

    Steve Brodie

1935Aged 41

  • Poster for Wings in the Dark

    1st Mechanic

  • Poster for The Good Fairy

    Moving Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Murder on a Honeymoon

    Madden

  • Poster for Mister Dynamite

    Sunshine

  • Poster for Party Wire

    Bert West

  • Poster for The Glass Key

    Puggy

  • Poster for Diamond Jim

    Bartender

  • Poster for Thunder in the Night

    Police Secretary

  • Poster for Barbary Coast

    Broncho

  • Poster for If You Could Only Cook

    Pete

1934Aged 40

  • Poster for Two Alone

    Counter Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bridal Bail

    Patrolman Gus Brown

  • Poster for Sing and Like It

    Junker - Hood

  • Poster for Sadie McKee

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for She Loves Me Not

    Andy, the Photographer

  • Poster for Lost in the Stratosphere

    Matthew O'Toole

1933Aged 39

  • Poster for Hard to Handle

    Joe Goetz (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sailor's Luck

    Taxi Cab Driver

  • The Plumber and the Lady

    Butch Mulinkovitch

  • Poster for Night of Terror

    Detective Bailey

  • Poster for The Devil's Brother

    The Prospective Groom

  • Poster for Picture Snatcher

    Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Girl in 419

    Jim - a Prisoner

  • Poster for Bed of Roses

    Mr. Jones (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Man Who Dared

    Karel

  • Poster for The Last Trail

    Looney McGann

  • Poster for Sailor Beware!

    Dan

  • Poster for A Man of Sentiment

    Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly

  • Poster for The Mad Game

    Butts McGhee

  • Poster for The Prizefighter and the Lady

    Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)

  • Poster for From Headquarters

    Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dancing Lady

    Marcia's Agent (uncredited)

1932Aged 38

  • Poster for Freaks

    Rollo Brother

  • Poster for The Woman from Monte Carlo

    Chief Petty Officer Vincent

  • Poster for Taxi!

    Joe Silva (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Wet Parade

    Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Loud Mouth

    (Unknown)

  • Hawkins & Watkins Inc.

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Afraid to Talk

    Joe Skelli

  • Poster for Hypnotized

    Drummer

1931Aged 37

  • Poster for The Grand Dame

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for Street Scene

    Vincent Jones