Actor

Matt McHugh

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Acting credits

131

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 131Series: 0

TMDB ID: 105455

IMDb ID: nm0570471

Known for: Acting

Born: January 22, 1894

Died: February 22, 1971

Age: 77

Place of birth: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1931 - 1955

Years active: 25

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q6789048

Also known as

Mathew O. McHugh • Mat McHugh • Matthew “Matt” O. McHugh

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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.