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Frank McHugh
Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Francis Curray "Frank" McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American film and television actor. Born in Homestead, Pennsylv…
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From 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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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1968
Way Down Cellar
Movie Constable Seely
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1967
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie Captain Jack
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1965
F Troop
TV show
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1964
The Bing Crosby Show
TV show Willie Walters
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1964
A Tiger Walks
Movie Bill Watkins
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1962
Going My Way
TV show
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1962
The Lucy Show
TV show Mr. Snowden
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1961
The Spiral Staircase
Movie Constable Williams
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1961
Cain's Hundred
TV show Wilbur Morton
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1961
The Defenders
TV show Henry Schell
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1960
Route 66
TV show
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1960
Outlaws
TV show
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1959
Career
Movie Charlie Gallagher
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1959
Say One for Me
Movie Jim Dugan
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1958
The Last Hurrah
Movie Festus Garvey
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- 1958
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1957
DuPont Show of the Month
TV show Lefty
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1957
Three Men on a Horse
Movie Charlie
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show Charles N. Bradwell
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1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie Eddie Dugan
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1953
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie Frank Rector
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1953
It Happens Every Thursday
Movie Fred Hawley
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1952
My Son John
Movie Father O'Dowd
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1952
The Gulf Playhouse
TV show
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1952
The Pace That Thrills
Movie Rocket Anderson
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1951
Tales of Tomorrow
TV show
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1950
The Tougher They Come
Movie Gig Rafferty
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1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV show
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1950
Paid in Full
Movie Ben, Bartender
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1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie Kilcoyne
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1949
Mighty Joe Young
Movie Windy
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1948
Studio One
TV show Nobby Bishop
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1948
The Velvet Touch
Movie Ernie Boyle
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1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie Carey
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1947
Carnegie Hall
Movie John Donovan
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1946
The Runaround
Movie Wally Quayle
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1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie Three Finger
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1946
Little Miss Big
Movie Charlie Bryan
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1945
State Fair
Movie McGee
