Trivia

Made 11 movies with his close friend James Cagney, more than any other actor. These were The Crowd Roars (1932), Las deliciosas (1933), Aquí viene la armada (1934), Los diablos del aire (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1938), Héroes olvidados (1939), Regimiento heroico (1940), Ciudad de conquista (1940), Un tiburón en la calle (1953).

Appears in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: The Front Page (1931), Aquí viene la armada (1934), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Four Daughters (1938) and El buen pastor (1944), with the last the only winner in the category.

Played the same character, Spud Connors, in The Crowd Roars (1932) and its remake, Demonios sobre ruedas (1939).

Played the same character (the petty thief running away from Chinese authorities) both in One Way Passage (1932) and its remake, Camino a la eternidad (1940). The character was called Skippy in the first film and Rockhingham T. Rockingham in the second.

Ex-brother in law of Ned Glass.

Brother of Matt McHugh, Kitty McHugh, James McHugh, Nora McHugh, and Edward McHugh.