
Matt McHugh
Born January 22, 1894 · Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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They Won't Believe Me

The Pride of the Yankees

The Mad Miss Manton

At the Circus

Holiday

The Blue Dahlia

The Devil's Brother

Phantom Lady

Broadway Melody of 1938

My Favorite Brunette

Lady on a Train

Thank Your Lucky Stars

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Devil and Miss Jones

If You Could Only Cook

Blues in the Night

Salome, Where She Danced

Picture Snatcher

The Dark Corner

Navy Blue and Gold

Three Loves Has Nancy

And the Angels Sing

Barbary Coast

Primrose Path

The Rage of Paris

The West Side Kid

Dancing Lady

I Take This Woman

You and Me

She Loves Me Not

Murder on a Honeymoon

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Sadie McKee

The Woman from Monte Carlo

Exposed

It Happened in Flatbush

Girl Trouble

The Mark of the Whistler

The Prizefighter and the Lady

A Gentleman at Heart

$1,000 a Touchdown

Flight for Freedom

The Good Fairy

The Trouble with Women

The Man in the Trunk

Home Town Story

Shed No Tears

While New York Sleeps

Tales of Robin Hood

Wings in the Dark

Sing and Like It

20,000 Men a Year

So This Is Washington

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

To Mary - with Love

True to Life

Bed of Roses

No Time to Marry

The Jones Family in Hollywood

The Girl in 419

The Man Who Dared

How DOooo You Do

The Lady from Cheyenne

So You Won't Squawk

The Boys from Syracuse

The Gentleman from Louisiana

Star Spangled Rhythm

Nocturne

Hypnotized

Lost in the Stratosphere

An Innocent Affair

Two Alone

Hard to Handle

Sailor's Lady

Pardon My Clutch

The Wet Parade

Diamond Jim

A Man of Sentiment

Thunder in the Night

Street Scene

Secret Command

Hi Diddle Diddle

Anything Goes

His Ex Marks the Spot

Night of Terror

The Loud Mouth

Miracles for Sale

You, the People

The Glass Key

Afraid to Talk

That Certain Age

West Point Widow

The Escape

Taxi!

Tropic Holiday

Duke of Chicago

Mannequin

Arson, Inc.

La Conga Nights

Whispering Footsteps

From Headquarters

The Mad Game

Professor Beware

The Under-Pup

Deadline for Murder

Party Wire

Quiet Please, Murder

Bridal Bail

Rangers of Fortune

Wham-Bam-Slam!

Vacation in Reno

Cowboy in Manhattan

Sailor's Luck

The Phantom Rider

The Perfect Snob

Too Many Women

Mister Dynamite

My Buddy

The Country Beyond

Chicken Wagon Family

Sailor Beware!

Yesterday's Heroes

The Last Trail

Should Husbands Marry?

The Greener Hills




