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Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh

Birthday: 1894-01-22 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1955
Wham-Bam-Slam!

as    Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)

1949
Arson, Inc.

as    Hubbell

1948
Pardon My Clutch

as    Claude Finkle

1947
Should Husbands Marry?

as    Loud Friend

1945
The Bells of St. Mary's

as    Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)

1944
Secret Command

as    Curly

1943
Whispering Footsteps

as    Cy Walsh, Boarder

1943
The West Side Kid

as    The Worrier

1942
The Man in the Trunk

as    Detective Murtha

1941
The Perfect Snob

as    Baggage Man

1940
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

as    Charlie-the Cop

1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood

as    Charlie