From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Francis Curray Frank McHugh May 23 1898 September 11 1981 was an American film and television actor Born in Homestead Pennsylvania McHugh came from a theatrical family His parents ran a stock theatre company and as a young child he performed on stage His brother Matt and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was ten years old but the family quit the stage around 1930 Another brother Ed became a stage manager and agent in New York McHugh debuted on Broadway in The Fall Guy in 1925 Warner Bros hired him as a contract player in 1930 McHugh played everything from lead actor to sidekick and would often provide comedy relief He appeared in over 150 films and television productions and worked with almost every star at Warner Bros He was a close friend of James Cagney and appeared in more Cagney movies than any other actor He appeared with him in eleven movies between 1932 and 1953 Their friendship lasted until McHughs death By the 1950s his film career had begun to decline as evinced by his smaller role in Career 1959 From 1964 to 1965 he played the role of Willie Walters a livein handyman on ABCs sitcom The Bing Crosby Show His last television appearance was as Charlie Wingate in the episode The FixIt Man on CBSs Lancer western series McHugh played a handyman in that role too McHugh was married to Dorothy Spencer He had three children and two grandchildren Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McHugh licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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