Matt McHugh
Date of birth: 1894-01-22
Place of birth: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mathew O. McHugh, Mat McHugh, Matthew “Matt” O. McHugh
Biography
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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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
Salome, Where She Danced
1945-04-17
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she
Mannequin
1938-01-21
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to fi
Home Town Story
1951-05-18
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the stat
The Glass Key
1935-06-15
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicate
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943-05-21
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
Whispering Footsteps
1943-12-30
An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
Dancing Lady
1933-11-24
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the r
The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937-08-20
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading
Shed No Tears
1948-06-09
A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance pol
Wings in the Dark
1935-02-01
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse con
Blues in the Night
1941-11-15
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and lo
Phantom Lady
1944-01-28
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove he
From Headquarters
1933-11-16
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of
Secret Command
1944-07-30
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the sh
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940-12-13
Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.
So You Won't Squawk
1941-02-21
Mobster Louie the Wolf sends an unsuspecting handyman (Keaton) to gather up the collection money owe
Arson, Inc.
1949-06-24
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the ins
The Plumber and the Lady
1933-03-31
A Mack Sennett talking comedy, released through Paramount Pictures, starring Frank Albertson, Marjor
Sappy Birthday
1942-02-05
Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway.
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935-02-22
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third
Should Husbands Marry?
1947-11-13
Hugh's loudmouth pal crashes a dinner party Hugh is throwing for his boss.
Flight for Freedom
1943-04-14
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a
If You Could Only Cook
1935-12-30
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939-06-02
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a stud
Deadline for Murder
1946-06-28
A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a mi
You, the People
1940-11-30
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "
Pardon My Clutch
1948-02-26
The stooge's friend Claude sells them his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp, who is sick wit
Wham-Bam-Slam!
1955-09-01
Shemp is a sick man with a bad case of nerves. The stooge's friend Claude, a self-taught healer, tri
Hard to Handle
1933-01-28
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
Night of Terror
1933-04-23
The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. Howe
Duke of Chicago
1949-03-15
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
Anything Goes
1936-01-24
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner
The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Loud Mouth
1932-06-16
Del Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various com
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938-09-02
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically invo
Lady on a Train
1945-08-03
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When sh
Sing and Like It
1934-04-20
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her
Tropic Holiday
1938-06-29
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the bord
Exposed
1938-11-05
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue
The Phantom Rider
1936-07-06
The Phantom Rider helps Mary Grayson thwart a plot to steal her land.
The Mad Game
1933-10-27
Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. Wh
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is
The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d
And the Angels Sing
1944-04-25
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing t
While New York Sleeps
1938-12-16
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
A Man of Sentiment
1933-09-15
A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart
The Perfect Snob
1941-12-19
When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist,
Too Many Women
1942-02-27
Thanks to a fib intended to ward off an annoying real estate developer, a young bachelor finds himse
Street Scene
1931-09-05
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives
The Grand Dame
1931-05-02
Peggy is a gangster's moll from New Jersey, living a pampered life in Manhattan with three French ma
Barbary Coast
1935-10-13
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel o
The Country Beyond
1936-04-24
A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.
Party Wire
1935-04-27
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy
Mister Dynamite
1935-04-22
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
The Escape
1939-10-05
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933-11-10
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
So This Is Washington
1943-08-01
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936-08-14
In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of smal
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
1932-07-07
Beatrice De Vere (Daphne Pollard), a wealthy eccentric, owns a fabulous diamond that is coveted by o
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to
She Loves Me Not
1934-08-31
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a
Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
At the Circus
1939-10-20
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Cart
Miracles for Sale
1939-08-10
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Chicken Wagon Family
1939-08-10
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam
Professor Beware
1938-07-29
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join
An Innocent Affair
1948-10-15
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
Holiday
1938-05-26
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the s
Rangers of Fortune
1940-09-27
An US Army misfit and his pals roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945-12-27
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He
The Man in the Trunk
1942-09-19
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
The Man Who Dared
1933-06-30
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire duri
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948-03-10
Light-hearted, old-style romance about a farm-hand who arranges to buy a pair of mules from his empl
I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's sug
Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, he
It Happened in Flatbush
1942-05-28
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is
Sailor's Luck
1933-03-17
U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promise
No Time to Marry
1938-02-05
In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficu
The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who t
My Buddy
1944-10-12
A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Unable t
The West Side Kid
1943-08-23
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her tim
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founde
Girl Trouble
1942-10-09
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Mea
To Mary - with Love
1936-08-01
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes success
20,000 Men a Year
1939-10-26
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boos
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
That Certain Age
1938-10-06
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, new
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth
The Boys from Syracuse
1940-07-30
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys fr
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taki
Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
La Conga Nights
1940-05-31
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The st
The Girl in 419
1933-05-26
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a
Two Alone
1934-01-26
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie
Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de
The Last Trail
1933-08-25
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti
How DOooo You Do
1945-12-24
Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert
Taxi!
1932-01-23
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a
Vacation in Reno
1946-12-10
A hapless husband searches for buried treasure at a dude ranch; meanwhile, his wife wants a divorce
Bridal Bail
1934-02-09
When a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
Quiet Please, Murder
1943-03-19
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich
The Blue Dahlia
1946-04-16
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attem
A Gentleman at Heart
1942-01-16
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decid
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939-10-04
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each to
West Point Widow
1941-06-20
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but th
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943-08-02
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's fat
True to Life
1943-12-24
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940-01-01
In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a
Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose
The Greener Hills
1939-01-01
An MGM Miniature about an incurable optimist who is always giving up on his job or project to try so
My Favorite Brunette
1947-03-19
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective.
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
Nocturne
1946-10-29
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it
Freaks
1932-01-01
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his defor
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941-04-11
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. O
The Trouble with Women
1947-06-25
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman
Sailor Beware!
1933-09-15
A pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued
The Devil's Brother
1933-05-05
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo,
The Dark Corner
1946-04-09
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even tr
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934-11-14
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945-08-17
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Bed of Roses
1933-06-29
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
You and Me
1938-06-01
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in
Picture Snatcher
1933-05-06
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.