Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh
McHugh in The Dark Corner (1946)
Born	January 22, 1894(1894-01-22) Connellsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 22, 1971(1971-02-22) (aged 77) Northridge, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1929–1955

Matt McHugh (January 22, 1894 – February 22, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1931 and 1955, primarily in small parts.

Career

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^[1] became an agent in New York.^[2]

Matt made his Broadway debut in Elmer Rice's Street Scene in 1929,^[3] along with his brother Ed, and also appeared in Swing Your Lady in 1936.^[4]

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.

McHugh died of a heart attack on February 22, 1971.

Selected filmography

• Freaks (1932)
• The Loud Mouth (1932)
• Fra Diavolo (1933)
• Wings in the Dark (1935)
• The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
• Pardon My Clutch (1948)
• Wham Bam Slam (1955)

References

1. ^ Ed A. McHugh at the Internet Broadway Database
2. ^ The Unsung Joe
3. ^ Street Scene at the Internet Broadway Database
4. ^ Swing Your Lady at the Internet Broadway Database

External links

• Matt McHugh at the Internet Broadway Database
• Matt McHugh at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt McHugh at the TCM Movie Database
• Matt McHugh at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	McHugh, Matt
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1894-1-22
Place of birth	Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Date of death	1971-2-22
Place of death	North Ridge, California