Matt McHugh
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieWham-Bam-Slam!
1955
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
movieTales of Robin Hood
1951
Tuck's Guard-Friend
movieHome Town Story
1951
Waiter (uncredited)
movieArson, Inc.
1949
Hubbell
movieDuke of Chicago
1949
Terry Shea
movieAn Innocent Affair
1948
Ted Burke
movieShed No Tears
1948
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
movieScudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
moviePardon My Clutch
1948
Claude Finkle
movieShould Husbands Marry?
1947
Loud Friend
movieThey Won't Believe Me
1947
Tiny Old Man (uncredited)
movieMy Favorite Brunette
1947
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
movieVacation in Reno
1946
Bill Dumont
movieNocturne
1946
Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
movieThe Blue Dahlia
1946
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
movieThe Dark Corner
1946
Milkman (uncredited)
movieThe Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
movieHow DOooo You Do
1945
Deputy McNiel
movieMy Buddy
1944
Happy
movieThe Mark of the Whistler
1944
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
movieMr. Skeffington
1944
Drunk (uncredited)
movieAnd the Angels Sing
1944
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
moviePhantom Lady
1944
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
movieWhispering Footsteps
1943
Cy Walsh, Boarder
movieTrue to Life
1943
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
movieThe West Side Kid
1943
The Worrier
movieHi Diddle Diddle
1943
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
movieSo This Is Washington
1943
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
movieCowboy in Manhattan
1943
Cab Driver
movieFlight for Freedom
1943
Mac (uncredited)
movieQuiet Please, Murder
1943
Taxi Driver
movieGirl Trouble
1942
Driver
movieThe Man in the Trunk
1942
Detective Murtha
movieThe Pride of the Yankees
1942
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
movieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
movieToo Many Women
1942
Spike O'Reilly
movieThe Perfect Snob
1941
Baggage Man
movieBlues in the Night
1941
St Louis Jail Drunk
movieWest Point Widow
1941
Drunk at Football Game
movieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Reporter on Train
movieSo You Won't Squawk
1941
Louie the Wolf's Henchman
movieHis Ex Marks the Spot
1940
Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
movieYou, the People
1940
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
movieRangers of Fortune
1940
Horatio Wells
movieThe Boys from Syracuse
1940
Bartender
movieThey Drive by Night
1940
Repairman (uncredited)
movieLa Conga Nights
1940
Headwaiter
moviePrimrose Path
1940
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
movieI Take This Woman
1940
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
movieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
movie20,000 Men a Year
1939
Baseball Fan
movieAt the Circus
1939
Cabbie (uncredited)
movieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Reporter (uncredited)
movie$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
Brick Benson
movieThe Under-Pup
1939
Soda Jerk
movieMiracles for Sale
1939
'All Over Town' Bus Driver
movieThe Greener Hills
1939
Taxi Driver
movieWhile New York Sleeps
1938
Cab Driver
movieExposed
1938
Johnson
movieThe Mad Miss Manton
1938
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
movieThat Certain Age
1938
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
movieProfessor Beware
1938
Divorced Man on Highway
movieThe Rage of Paris
1938
Department Head (uncredited)
movieYou and Me
1938
Newcomer (uncredited)
movieHoliday
1938
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
movieNo Time to Marry
1938
Abernathy
movieMannequin
1938
Mike (Uncredited)
movieNavy Blue and Gold
1937
Heckler
movieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937
Burt (uncredited)
movieThe Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
Steve Brodie
movieTo Mary - with Love
1936
Taxi Driver
movieThe Phantom Rider
1936
Agent Shorty
movieThe Country Beyond
1936
Const. Weller
movieAnything Goes
1936
Detective #2
movieBarbary Coast
1935
Broncho
movieThunder in the Night
1935
Police Secretary
movieDiamond Jim
1935
Bartender
movieParty Wire
1935
Bert West
movieMister Dynamite
1935
Sunshine
movieThe Good Fairy
1935
Moving Man (uncredited)
movieWings in the Dark
1935
1st Mechanic
movieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
Matthew O'Toole
movieShe Loves Me Not
1934
Andy, the Photographer
movieSadie McKee
1934
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
movieSing and Like It
1934
Junker - Hood
movieBridal Bail
1934
Patrolman Gus Brown
movieTwo Alone
1934
Counter Man (uncredited)
movieDancing Lady
1933
Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
movieFrom Headquarters
1933
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
movieThe Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
movieThe Mad Game
1933
Butts McGhee
movieA Man of Sentiment
1933
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
movieThe Last Trail
1933
Looney McGann
movieBed of Roses
1933
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
movieThe Girl in 419
1933
Jim - a Prisoner
moviePicture Snatcher
1933
Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
movieThe Devil's Brother
1933
The Prospective Groom
movieNight of Terror
1933
Detective Bailey
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
Butch Mulinkovitch
movieSailor's Luck
1933
Taxi Cab Driver
movieHard to Handle
1933
Joe Goetz (uncredited)
movieHypnotized
1932
Drummer
movieAfraid to Talk
1932
Joe Skelli
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
movieTaxi!
1932
Joe Silva (uncredited)
movieThe Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
Chief Petty Officer Vincent
movieFreaks
1932
Rollo Brother
movieStreet Scene
1931
Vincent Jones
movieThe Grand Dame
1931
(uncredited)