Frank McHugh
Biography
Frank McHugh was an American actor of stage, radio, film and television who grew up in a theatrical family in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where his parents ran a stock theater company in Braddock and he performed as a child. He left the family company at 17 to work in Pittsburgh as a stage manager and leading man at the Empire Theater, then spent nine years in stock and road companies before his Broadway debut in The Fall Guy in 1925. He followed it with the musical Show Girl in 1929, the year he made his first film, the Paramount short If Men Played Cards as Women Do, and First National Pictures signed him as a contract player in 1930. Later work included the radio programs Phone Again, Finnegan and Hotel for Pets, the sitcom The Bing Crosby Show from 1964 to 1965, and the Elvis Presley film Easy Come, Easy Go (1967).
83years old at death
- Born Homestead
- Died Greenwich
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Francis Curray McHugh and Francis Curry McHugh
Movie Career
- Films
- 32
- Career span
- 36 years1931 to 1967
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Beyond film
McHugh's Revue, a USO show McHugh himself created, toured France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in November and December of 1944. Mary Brian, June Clyde, Charlotte Greer, Nina Nova and piano player Eddie Eisman joined him entertaining troops at the front line.
Behind the award
McHugh earned a U.S. Army citation for his USO work, honored for exceptionally meritorious service in an entertainment unit, and Major General Raymond S. McLain signed it.
First role
McHugh made his Broadway debut in 1925 in The Fall Guy, written by George Abbott and James Gleason, and later appeared in the 1929 musical Show Girl.
Frank McHugh movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Curtiz directed four of these films, Raoul Walsh two and Walter Lang two. James Cagney appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Cagney's page
Alan Hale's page
Joan Blondell's page
Pat O'Brien's page
Humphrey Bogart's page
Henry O'Neill's page
Michael CurtizDirector, 4 films, 1933 to 1940
All films by Michael Curtiz
All films by Raoul Walsh
Walter LangDirector, 2 films, 1945 to 1954
All films by Walter Lang
Also four films together3 more actors
- John LitelThe Fighting 69th (1940), Virginia City (1940), Dodge City (1939) and Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
- Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsThe Fighting 69th (1940), Virginia City (1940), Dodge City (1939) and Here Comes the Navy (1934)
- Dick PowellA Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Page Miss Glory (1935) and Footlight Parade (1933)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Frank McHugh's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$60.8 million
10 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 20 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 20Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$25M41.1% of the total
- 2$16M26.8% of the total
- 3$7.1M11.7% of the total
- 4$2.4M4.0% of the total
- 5$2.4M3.9% of the total
- 6$2.0M3.2% of the total
- 7$1.9M3.2% of the total
- 8$1.9M3.2% of the total
$1.7 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.