Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh

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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Movies starring Matt McHugh (135)

Wham-Bam-Slam! (1955)

Dr. Claude A. Quacker (Archive Footage)

Tales of Robin Hood (1951)

Tuck's Guard-Friend

Home Town Story (1951)

Waiter (Uncredited)

Shed No Tears (1948)

First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)

Frank The Barber (Uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Tiny Old Man (Uncredited)

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Third Man On Death Row (Uncredited)

Nocturne (1946)

Coffee Attendant (Uncredited)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Bartender At Gus' (Uncredited)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Milkman (Uncredited)

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Sporting Goods Salesman (Uncredited)

The Mark of the Whistler (1944)

Tom, Reporter (Uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Drunk (Uncredited)

And the Angels Sing (1944)

Doorman - 33 Club (Uncredited)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Al Alp - Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

True to Life (1943)

Taxicab Driver (Uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Fireman In Humphrey Bogart Sequence (Uncredited)

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

Reporter #2 (Uncredited)

So This Is Washington (1943)

Stranger In Park Renting 'Rooms'

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Strength Machine Operator (Uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Man From Brooklyn (Uncredited)

Too Many Women (1942)

Spike O'reilly

Blues in the Night (1941)

St Louis Jail Drunk

West Point Widow (1941)

Drunk At Football Game

So You Won't Squawk (1941)

Louie The Wolf's Henchman

His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)

Radcliffe - The Ex Wife's Boyfriend

You, the People (1940)

Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins

They Drive by Night (1940)

Repairman (Uncredited)

Primrose Path (1940)

Drunk Leaving Bluebell (Uncredited)

I Take This Woman (1940)

Mike Fescue - Man In Clinic (Uncredited)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)

Messenger's Chauffeur (Uncredited)

At the Circus (1939)

Cabbie (Uncredited)

Miracles for Sale (1939)

'All Over Town' Bus Driver

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Frisco - False Waiter (Uncredited)

That Certain Age (1938)

Soda Jerk (Uncredited)

Professor Beware (1938)

Divorced Man On Highway

The Rage of Paris (1938)

Department Head (Uncredited)

You and Me (1938)

Newcomer (Uncredited)

Holiday (1938)

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Mannequin (1938)

Mike (Uncredited)

The Good Fairy (1935)

Moving Man (Uncredited)

She Loves Me Not (1934)

Andy, The Photographer

Sadie McKee (1934)

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Bridal Bail (1934)

Patrolman Gus Brown

Two Alone (1934)

Counter Man (Uncredited)

Dancing Lady (1933)

Marcia's Agent (Uncredited)

From Headquarters (1933)

Man Picked Up By Police Wagon (Uncredited)

The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)

Professor's Drinking Buddy (Uncredited)

A Man of Sentiment (1933)

Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly

Bed of Roses (1933)

Mr. Jones (Uncredited)

The Girl in 419 (1933)

Jim - A Prisoner

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Sergeant Handing Out Guns (Uncredited)

The Devil's Brother (1933)

The Prospective Groom

Night of Terror (1933)

Detective Bailey

Sailor's Luck (1933)

Taxi Cab Driver

Hard to Handle (1933)

Joe Goetz (Uncredited)

The Wet Parade (1932)

Shorty The Bellboy (Uncredited)

Taxi! (1932)

Joe Silva (Uncredited)

The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)

Chief Petty Officer Vincent

Freaks (1932)

Rollo Brother

Street Scene (1931)

Vincent Jones

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