Jack McHugh

Jack McHugh was born on May 25, 1913 in Deer Lodge, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Stick to Your Story (1926), Chinatown Nights (1929) and Space Patrol (1950). He died on January 13, 1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Charles Lane  •  Brandon Hurst  •  Cecil Clovelly

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Charles Lane  •  Brandon Hurst  •  Cecil Clovelly

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Madge Evans  •  Frankie Darro  •  Arthur Byron

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Madge Evans  •  Frankie Darro  •  Arthur Byron

Shivering Shakespeare (1930)

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert A. McGowan
CAST:  Norman Chaney  •  Allen 'Farina' Hoskins  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Mary Ann Jackson

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert A. McGowan
CAST:  Norman Chaney  •  Allen 'Farina' Hoskins  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Mary Ann Jackson

The Merry Frinks (1934)

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Aline MacMahon  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Aline MacMahon  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

Kid Tricks (1927)

Big Boy, the charming little scoundrel wearing adult rags and boots was already performed by child actor Malcolm Sebastian at the age of two. As a child Big Boy’s fame went global, but could not likely maintain at adolescence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Malcolm Sebastian  •  Lila Leslie  •  Elfie Fay  •  Jack McHugh

Big Boy, the charming little scoundrel wearing adult rags and boots was already performed by child actor Malcolm Sebastian at the age of two. As a child Big Boy’s fame went global, but could not likely maintain at adolescence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Malcolm Sebastian  •  Lila Leslie  •  Elfie Fay  •  Jack McHugh

Two Against the World (1936)

Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Beverly Roberts  •  Linda Perry  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Beverly Roberts  •  Linda Perry  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

Chinatown Nights (1929)

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Florence Vidor  •  Warner Oland  •  Jack McHugh

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Florence Vidor  •  Warner Oland  •  Jack McHugh

Six-Gun Rhythm (1939)

Western - When football player Tex fletcher arives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity - Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay, Ralph Peters  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tex Fletcher  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ralph Peters  •  Reed Howes

Western - When football player Tex fletcher arives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity - Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay, Ralph Peters  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tex Fletcher  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ralph Peters  •  Reed Howes

Special Agent (1935)

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  George Brent  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Jack La Rue

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  George Brent  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Jack La Rue

Boys' Reformatory (1939)

A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Frankie Darro  •  Grant Withers  •  Lillian Elliott  •  Ben Welden

A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Frankie Darro  •  Grant Withers  •  Lillian Elliott  •  Ben Welden

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Arnold Lucy  •  John Wray  •  Louis Wolheim

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Arnold Lucy  •  John Wray  •  Louis Wolheim

Fall of the Ibis King (2021)

The antagonist of a strange opera becomes increasingly unsettled, following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josh O’Caoimh  •  Mikai Geronimo
CAST:  M. Sean McManus  •  Ava Farrel  •  Eoin O'Sullivan  •  Jack McHugh

The antagonist of a strange opera becomes increasingly unsettled, following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josh O’Caoimh  •  Mikai Geronimo
CAST:  M. Sean McManus  •  Ava Farrel  •  Eoin O'Sullivan  •  Jack McHugh

Bear Knees (1928)

This series is fairly close in broad outline to the original idea of Roach's 'Our Gang' with a bunch of kids and their various pets. It includes a Pete the Pup lookalike, battling a bunch of crooks following a robbery who are looking for a hide out, around a rodeo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Carruth
CAST:  Bob Finlayson  •  Leon Holmes  •  Bud Jamison  •  Wayne LaFever

This series is fairly close in broad outline to the original idea of Roach's 'Our Gang' with a bunch of kids and their various pets. It includes a Pete the Pup lookalike, battling a bunch of crooks following a robbery who are looking for a hide out, around a rodeo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Carruth
CAST:  Bob Finlayson  •  Leon Holmes  •  Bud Jamison  •  Wayne LaFever

Wild Puppies (1927)

Kiddie gang wars at the Fox lot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Carruth
CAST:  Leon Holmes  •  Wayne LaFever  •  Annabelle Magnus  •  Jack McHugh

Kiddie gang wars at the Fox lot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Carruth
CAST:  Leon Holmes  •  Wayne LaFever  •  Annabelle Magnus  •  Jack McHugh

Legionnaires in Paris (1927)

Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvid E. Gillstrom
CAST:  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Louise Lorraine  •  Virginia Sale

Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvid E. Gillstrom
CAST:  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Louise Lorraine  •  Virginia Sale