Acting
Matt McHugh
EN cinema · 135 credits
Born
22 January 1894
Died
22 February 1971 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Mathew O. McHugh · Mat McHugh · Matthew “Matt” O. McHugh
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
Filmography
Wham-Bam-Slam!
as Dr. Claude A. Quacker (archive footage)
Home Town Story
as Waiter (uncredited)
Tales of Robin Hood
as Tuck's Guard-Friend
Arson, Inc.
as Hubbell
Duke of Chicago
as Terry Shea
Shed No Tears
as First Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
Pardon My Clutch
as Claude Finkle
An Innocent Affair
as Ted Burke
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Frank the Barber (uncredited)
Should Husbands Marry?
as Loud Friend
They Won't Believe Me
as Tiny Old Man (uncredited)
My Favorite Brunette
as Third Man on Death Row (uncredited)
The Trouble with Women
as Herman
Deadline for Murder
as Johnny
Vacation in Reno
as Bill Dumont
The Blue Dahlia
as Bartender at Gus' (uncredited)
Nocturne
as Coffee Attendant (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
as Milkman (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sporting Goods Salesman (uncredited)
How DOooo You Do
as Deputy McNiel
Phantom Lady
as Al Alp - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Secret Command
as Curly
And the Angels Sing
as Doorman - 33 Club (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
My Buddy
as Happy
Mr. Skeffington
as Drunk (uncredited)
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Cab Driver
Whispering Footsteps
as Cy Walsh, Boarder
Flight for Freedom
as Mac (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
as Stranger in Park Renting 'Rooms'
The West Side Kid
as The Worrier
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Fireman in Humphrey Bogart Sequence (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
as Taxi Driver
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Reporter #2 (uncredited)
True to Life
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
Too Many Women
as Spike O'Reilly
The Man in the Trunk
as Detective Murtha
It Happened in Flatbush
as O'Doul
Girl Trouble
as Driver
Blues in the Night
as St Louis Jail Drunk
So You Won't Squawk
as Louie the Wolf's Henchman
The Perfect Snob
as Baggage Man
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Reporter on Train
West Point Widow
as Drunk at Football Game
His Ex Marks the Spot
as Radcliffe - the ex wife's boyfriend
You, the People
as Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins
Rangers of Fortune
as Horatio Wells
I Take This Woman
as Mike Fescue - Man in Clinic (uncredited)
Primrose Path
as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
as Repairman (uncredited)
The Boys from Syracuse
as Bartender
La Conga Nights
as Headwaiter
Sailor's Lady
as Cabby
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Escape
as Pete
At the Circus
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
as 'All Over Town' Bus Driver
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Under-Pup
as Soda Jerk
20,000 Men a Year
as Baseball Fan
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Brick Benson
The Greener Hills
as Taxi Driver
Mannequin
as Mike (Uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
Exposed
as Johnson
While New York Sleeps
as Cab Driver
Professor Beware
as Divorced Man on Highway
Holiday
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
No Time to Marry
as Abernathy
That Certain Age
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
You and Me
as Newcomer (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Burt (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Heckler
Anything Goes
as Detective #2
The Phantom Rider
as Agent Shorty
The Country Beyond
as Const. Weller
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Steve Brodie
To Mary - with Love
as Taxi Driver
The Glass Key
as Puggy
Wings in the Dark
as 1st Mechanic
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Madden
The Good Fairy
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
as Broncho
Party Wire
as Bert West
Mister Dynamite
as Sunshine
Thunder in the Night
as Police Secretary
Diamond Jim
as Bartender
Sing and Like It
as Junker - Hood
She Loves Me Not
as Andy, the Photographer
Two Alone
as Counter Man (uncredited)
Bridal Bail
as Patrolman Gus Brown
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Matthew O'Toole
Sadie McKee
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Dancing Lady
as Marcia's Agent (uncredited)
From Headquarters
as Man picked up by police wagon (uncredited)
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
The Plumber and the Lady
as Butch Mulinkovitch
Hard to Handle
as Joe Goetz (uncredited)
Night of Terror
as Detective Bailey
The Mad Game
as Butts McGhee
A Man of Sentiment
as Alex (Willie) Moran - Orderly
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
The Man Who Dared
as Karel
Sailor's Luck
as Taxi Cab Driver
The Girl in 419
as Jim - a Prisoner
The Last Trail
as Looney McGann
The Devil's Brother
as The Prospective Groom
Bed of Roses
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
as Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Chief Petty Officer Vincent
Afraid to Talk
as Joe Skelli
Taxi!
as Joe Silva (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
as Shorty the Bellboy (uncredited)
Freaks
as Rollo Brother
Hypnotized
as Drummer
Street Scene
as Vincent Jones
The Grand Dame
as (uncredited)