Cast & creator
Matt McHugh
Best known for Freaks, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Bells of St. Mary's
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.
Also known as: Mathew O. McHugh, Mat McHugh, Matthew “Matt” O. McHugh
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1931–1955 · acting roles
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Filmography (135)
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Freaks
Rollo Brother
1932
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
The Bells of St. Mary's
Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
1945
Mr. Skeffington
Drunk (uncredited)
1944
They Drive by Night
Repairman (uncredited)
1940
At the Circus
Cabbie (uncredited)
1939
The Pride of the Yankees
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
1942
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
The Dark Corner
Milkman (uncredited)
1946
They Won't Believe Me
Tiny Old Man (uncredited)
1947
The Loud Mouth
1932
If You Could Only Cook
Pete
1935
Holiday
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1938
Dancing Lady
Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
1933
The Mad Miss Manton
Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Lady on a Train
1945
The Blue Dahlia
Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
1946
The Devil's Brother
The Prospective Groom
1933
Broadway Melody of 1938
Burt (uncredited)
1937
Phantom Lady
Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1944
Murder on a Honeymoon
Madden
1935
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
1943
The Devil and Miss Jones
Sam
1941
You and Me
Newcomer (uncredited)
1938
I Take This Woman
Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
1940
Exposed
Johnson
1938
Navy Blue and Gold
Heckler
1937
Picture Snatcher
Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
1933
Barbary Coast
Broncho
1935
Blues in the Night
St Louis Jail Drunk
1941
She Loves Me Not
Andy, the Photographer
1934
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1939
Sadie McKee
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1934
Salome, Where She Danced
Lafe
1945
Tales of Robin Hood
Tuck's Guard-Friend
1951
And the Angels Sing
Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
1944
Flight for Freedom
Mac (uncredited)
1943
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Chief Petty Officer Vincent
1932
My Favorite Brunette
Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
1947
The Man Who Dared
Karel
1933
Star Spangled Rhythm
Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
1942
The West Side Kid
The Worrier
1943
To Mary - with Love
Taxi Driver
1936
Girl Trouble
Driver
1942
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
1933
Hypnotized
Drummer
1932
How DOooo You Do
Deputy McNiel
1945
$1,000 a Touchdown
Brick Benson
1939
The Mark of the Whistler
Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
1944
Home Town Story
Waiter (uncredited)
1951
No Time to Marry
Abernathy
1938
While New York Sleeps
Cab Driver
1938
Wings in the Dark
1st Mechanic
1935
20,000 Men a Year
Baseball Fan
1939
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Steve Brodie
1936
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Charlie
1939
Bed of Roses
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
1933
So You Won't Squawk
Louie the Wolf's Henchman
1941
Night of Terror
Detective Bailey
1933
The Man in the Trunk
Detective Murtha
1942
The Girl in 419
Jim - a Prisoner
1933
Street Scene
Vincent Jones
1931
The Trouble with Women
Herman
1947
It Happened in Flatbush
O'Doul
1942
Shed No Tears
First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
1948
Sing and Like It
Junker - Hood
1934Sappy Birthday
1942
The Lady from Cheyenne
Reporter on Train
1941
A Gentleman at Heart
Joe
1942
The Mad Game
Butts McGhee
1933
Miracles for Sale
'All Over Town' Bus Driver
1939
The Good Fairy
Moving Man (uncredited)
1935Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Charlie-the Cop
1940
Nocturne
Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
1946
True to Life
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1943
The Rage of Paris
Department Head (uncredited)
1938
A Man of Sentiment
Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
1933
Tropic Holiday
Joe
1938
The Boys from Syracuse
Bartender
1940
Two Alone
Counter Man (uncredited)
1934
The Perfect Snob
Baggage Man
1941
Anything Goes
Detective #2
1936
Thunder in the Night
Police Secretary
1935
So This Is Washington
Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
1943
Hard to Handle
Joe Goetz (uncredited)
1933
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Frank the Barber (uncredited)
1948
La Conga Nights
Headwaiter
1940
An Innocent Affair
Ted Burke
1948
Afraid to Talk
Joe Skelli
1932
Hi Diddle Diddle
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
1943The Plumber and the Lady
Butch Mulinkovitch
1933
Primrose Path
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
1940
Taxi!
Joe Silva (uncredited)
1932
That Certain Age
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1938
The Wet Parade
Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
1932
Mannequin
Mike (Uncredited)
1938
Lost in the Stratosphere
Matthew O'Toole
1934
Chicken Wagon Family
Joe
1939
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
1955
Duke of Chicago
Terry Shea
1949
Secret Command
Curly
1944
Quiet Please, Murder
Taxi Driver
1943
His Ex Marks the Spot
Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
1940
Diamond Jim
Bartender
1935
The Escape
Pete
1939
From Headquarters
Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
1933
The Glass Key
Puggy
1935
Professor Beware
Divorced Man on Highway
1938
Pardon My Clutch
Claude Finkle
1948
West Point Widow
Drunk at Football Game
1941
Rangers of Fortune
Horatio Wells
1940
The Under-Pup
Soda Jerk
1939
Arson, Inc.
Hubbell
1949
Sailor's Lady
Cabby
1940
Vacation in Reno
Bill Dumont
1946
You, the People
Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
1940
Sailor's Luck
Taxi Cab Driver
1933
Party Wire
Bert West
1935
Deadline for Murder
Johnny
1946
The Last Trail
Looney McGann
1933
Whispering Footsteps
Cy Walsh, Boarder
1943
Too Many Women
Spike O'Reilly
1942
Yesterday's Heroes
Joe
1940
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cab Driver
1943
The Country Beyond
Const. Weller
1936
Sailor Beware!
Dan
1933
Should Husbands Marry?
Loud Friend
1947
The Phantom Rider
Agent Shorty
1936
Bridal Bail
Patrolman Gus Brown
1934
My Buddy
Happy
1944
Mister Dynamite
Sunshine
1935
The Grand Dame
(uncredited)
1931
The Greener Hills
Taxi Driver
1939