Matt McHugh
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Born: January 22, 1894
Place of Birth: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Party Wire
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
The Devil and Miss Jones
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
La Conga Nights
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has grown rich through real estate deals. Also figuring in the story are a cab driver/performer, and a down-on-her-luck, aspiring singer. They meet when she hails his cab as she skips out on her former boarding house because she cannot pay rent.
If You Could Only Cook
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Pride of the Yankees
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Holiday
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Phantom Lady
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
And the Angels Sing
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
Filmography
as Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
as Tuck's Guard-Friend
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Hubbell
as Terry Shea
as Ted Burke
as First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
as Frank the Barber (uncredited)
as Claude Finkle
as Loud Friend
as Herman
as Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
as Bill Dumont
as Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
as Johnny
as Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
as Milkman (uncredited)
as Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
as Deputy McNiel
as Lafe
as Happy
as Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
as Curly
as Drunk (uncredited)
as Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
as Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Cy Walsh, Boarder
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
as Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
as The Worrier
as Reporter #2 (uncredited)
as Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
as Cab Driver
as Mac (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Driver
as Detective Murtha
as Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
as O'Doul
as Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
as Spike O'Reilly
as Joe
as Baggage Man
as St Louis Jail Drunk
as Drunk at Football Game
as Sam
as Reporter on Train
as Louie the Wolf's Henchman
as Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
as Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
as Horatio Wells
as Bartender
as Repairman (uncredited)
as Cabby
as Headwaiter
as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
as Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
as Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Baseball Fan
as Cabbie (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Pete
as Brick Benson
as Soda Jerk
as 'All Over Town' Bus Driver
as Joe
as Charlie
as Taxi Driver
as Cab Driver
as Johnson
as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
as Divorced Man on Highway
as Joe
as Department Head (uncredited)
as Newcomer (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Abernathy
as Mike (Uncredited)
as Heckler
as Burt (uncredited)
as Steve Brodie
as Taxi Driver
as Agent Shorty
as Const. Weller
as Detective
as Pete
as Broncho
as Police Secretary
as Bartender
as Puggy
as Bert West
as Sunshine
as Madden
as Moving Man (uncredited)
as 1st Mechanic
as Matthew O'Toole
as Andy, the Photographer
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Junker - Hood
as Patrolman Gus Brown
as Counter Man (uncredited)
as Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
as Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
as Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
as Butts McGhee
as Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
as Dan
as Looney McGann
as Karel
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
as Jim - a Prisoner
as Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
as The Prospective Groom
as Detective Bailey
as Taxi Cab Driver
as Joe Goetz (uncredited)
as Joe Skelli
as Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
as Joe Silva (uncredited)
as Chief Petty Officer Vincent
as Rollo Brother
as Vincent Jones
as (uncredited)