Francis Curray McHugh (May 23, 1898 â€" September 11, 1981), was an
American stage, radio, film and television actor.Born in Homestead,
Pennsylvania of Irish descent, McHugh came from a theatrical family.
His parents, Edward A. "Cutie" McHugh and Katherine Curry "Katie"
McHugh, ran the McHugh stock theater company in Braddock,
Pennsylvania. As a young child he performed on stage. His brother Matt
and sister Kitty performed in an act with him by the time he was 10
years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. Another brother,
Ed, became a stage manager and agent in New York.Leaving the family
stage company at age 17, McHugh went to Pittsburgh as leading man and
stage manager at the Empire Theater there. He spent nine years in
stock companies and road troupes before appearing on Broadway.McHugh
debuted on Broadway in The Fall Guy, written by George Abbott and
James Gleason in 1925. He also appeared in Show Girl (1929), a
musical. In that same year, he made his first film, If Men Played
Cards as Women Do, a short produced by Paramount. First National
Pictures hired him as a contract player in January 1930.
American stage, radio, film and television actor.Born in Homestead,
Pennsylvania of Irish descent, McHugh came from a theatrical family.
His parents, Edward A. "Cutie" McHugh and Katherine Curry "Katie"
McHugh, ran the McHugh stock theater company in Braddock,
Pennsylvania. As a young child he performed on stage. His brother Matt
and sister Kitty performed in an act with him by the time he was 10
years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. Another brother,
Ed, became a stage manager and agent in New York.Leaving the family
stage company at age 17, McHugh went to Pittsburgh as leading man and
stage manager at the Empire Theater there. He spent nine years in
stock companies and road troupes before appearing on Broadway.McHugh
debuted on Broadway in The Fall Guy, written by George Abbott and
James Gleason in 1925. He also appeared in Show Girl (1929), a
musical. In that same year, he made his first film, If Men Played
Cards as Women Do, a short produced by Paramount. First National
Pictures hired him as a contract player in January 1930.
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