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Date of Birth:

10 August 1884, Binghamton, New York, USA more

Date of Death:

12 March 1952, North Hollywood, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Shy, stammering and widely popular US screen comedian of the 30's and... more

Trivia:

Has a star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame. more

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1 win more

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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Gink at the Sink (1952)	Hugh	1952	-	-

2.	Trouble In-Laws (1951)	Hugh	1951	-	-

3.	Havana Rose (1951)	Filbert Fillmore	1951	-	-

4.	Woo-Woo Blues (1951)	Hugh Herbert	1951	-	-

5.	A Slip and a Miss (1950)		1950	-	-

6.	One Shivery Night (1950)		1950	-	9.0 (6)

7.	Super-Wolf (1949)	Hugh	1949	-	-

8.	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)	Doctor	1949	-	6.1 (226)

9.	Trapped by a Blonde (1949)	Hugh	1949	-	-

10.	A Pinch in Time (1948)		1948	-	-

11.	A Song Is Born (1948)	Professor Twingle	1948	-	7.0 (801)

12.	The Girl from Manhattan (1948)	Aaron Goss	1948	-	7.0 (10)

13.	One Touch of Venus (1948)	(scenes deleted) Mercury	1948	-	6.6 (446)

14.	So This Is New York (1948)	Mr. Lucius Trumball	1948	-	6.5 (93)

15.	Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948)	Hugh Sherlock, playwright	1948	-	6.8 (5)

16.	On Our Merry Way (1948)	Eli Hobbs	1948	-	5.9 (218)
	AKAs: A Miracle Can Happen (USA: longer version)
17.	Should Husbands Marry? (1947)	Hugh	1947	-	-

18.	Blondie in the Dough (1947)	Llewellyn Simmons	1947	-	6.5 (62)

19.	Nervous Shakedown (1947)	Mr. Penn	1947	-	-

20.	Hot Heir (1947)		1947	-	-

21.	Honeymoon Blues (1946)	Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert	1946	-	-

22.	Get Along Little Zombie (1946)	Hugh	1946	-	-

23.	When the Wife's Away (1946)	Hugh	1946	-	7.0 (5)

24.	One Way to Love (1946)	Eustace P. Trumble	1946	-	-

25.	The Mayor's Husband (1945)		1945	-	-

26.	Wife Decoy (1945)	Hughie Hawkins	1945	-	7.0 (18)

27.	Woo, Woo! (1945)		1945	-	-

28.	Music for Millions (1944)	Uncle Ferdinand	1944	-	6.5 (161)

29.	A Knight and a Blonde (1944)	Hugh	1944	-	-

30.	Ever Since Venus (1944)	P.G. Grimble	1944	-	6.4 (9)

31.	Kismet (1944)	Feisal	1944	-	6.1 (292)
	AKAs: Oriental Dream (USA: TV title)
32.	His Hotel Sweet (1944)	Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert	1944	-	-

33.	Oh, Baby! (1944)	Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns	1944	-	-

34.	Who's Hugh? (1943)	Hugh Herbert	1943	-	-

35.	Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)	Adam Spiggott	1943	-	-

36.	It's a Great Life (1943)	Timothy Brewster	1943	-	6.8 (48)
	AKAs: Blondie and Dagwood: It's a Great Life
37.	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)	Marcus Throckmorton	1942	-	-

38.	There's One Born Every Minute (1942)	Lemuel P. Twine/Abner Twine/Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine	1942	-	5.4 (27)

39.	You're Telling Me (1942)	Hubert Abercrombie Gumm	1942	-	7.3 (5)

40.	Don't Get Personal (1942)	Elmer Whippet/Oscar Whippet	1942	-	-

41.	Hellzapoppin' (1941)	Quimby	1941	-	7.7 (868)

42.	Badlands of Dakota (1941)	Rocky Plummer	1941	-	7.1 (28)

43.	Hello, Sucker (1941)	Hubert Worthington Clippe	1941	-	-

44.	The Black Cat (1941)	Mr. Penny	1941	-	6.1 (330)

45.	Meet the Chump (1941)	Hugh Mansfield	1941	-	-

46.	Slightly Tempted (1940)	Professor Ross	1940	-	-

47.	Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)	Ferdinand Farraday	1940	-	6.2 (11)
	AKAs: Romance and Rhythm (USA: reissue title)
48.	A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)	Pop Loring	1940	-	7.9 (8)

49.	The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)	Frederick Healy	1940	-	5.4 (58)

50.	Private Affairs (1940)	Angus McPherson	1940	-	3.7 (5)

51.	La Conga Nights (1940)	Henry I. Dibble Jr./Faith Dibble/Hope Dibble/Charity Dibble/Prudence Dibble/Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr.	1940	-	-

52.	Little Accident (1939)	Herbert Pearson	1939	-	-

53.	Eternally Yours (1939)	Benton	1939	-	5.7 (199)

54.	The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)	Mousey Johnson	1939	-	5.8 (6)

55.	The Family Next Door (1939)	George Pierce	1939	-	-

56.	The Great Waltz (1938)	Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher	1938	-	6.8 (314)

57.	Four's a Crowd (1938)	Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace	1938	-	6.3 (285)

58.	Men Are Such Fools (1938)	Harvey C. Bates	1938	-	5.8 (142)

59.	Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)	Maurice Giraud	1938	-	6.5 (83)
	AKAs: The Gay Impostors (UK)
60.	Hollywood Hotel (1937)	Chester Marshall	1937	-	6.5 (170)

61.	Sh! The Octopus (1937)	Detective Harold Kelly	1937	-	4.9 (138)

62.	The Perfect Specimen (1937)	Killigrew Shaw	1937	-	6.4 (109)

63.	Marry the Girl (1937)	John B. Radway	1937	-	5.0 (28)

64.	The Singing Marine (1937)	Aeneas Phinney/Clarissa	1937	-	6.5 (68)

65.	That Man's Here Again (1937)	Thomas J. Jesse	1937	-	5.3 (24)

66.	Top of the Town (1937)	Hubert	1937	-	5.7 (14)

67.	Sing Me a Love Song (1936)	Siegfried Hammerschlag	1936	-	6.4 (32)
	AKAs: Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling
68.	Love Begins at Twenty (1936)	Horatio Gillingwater	1936	-	6.6 (35)
	AKAs: All One Night
69.	We Went to College (1936)	Professor Ellery Standish	1936	-	5.0 (32)
	AKAs: The Old School Tie (UK)
70.	One Rainy Afternoon (1936)	Toto	1936	-	5.9 (36)
	AKAs: Matinee Scandal (USA: reissue title)
71.	Colleen (1936)	Uncle Cedric Ames	1936	-	6.0 (75)

72.	Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)	Mr. J. August Freytag	1935	-	6.1 (40)

73.	To Beat the Band (1935)	Hugo Twist/Elizabeth Twist	1935	-	7.0 (8)

74.	A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)	Snout, the Tinker	1935	-	7.1 (1,085)

75.	We're in the Money (1935)	Lawyer Homer Bronson	1935	-	6.0 (43)

76.	Traveling Saleslady (1935)	Elmer Niles	1935	-	6.8 (52)

77.	Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)	T. Mosley Thorpe	1935	-	7.6 (984)

78.	Sweet Adeline (1934)	Rupert Rockingham	1934	-	5.9 (101)

79.	Kansas City Princess (1934)	Junior Ashcraft	1934	-	6.5 (36)
	AKAs: The Kansas Princess (UK)
80.	Dames (1934)	Ezra Ounce	1934	-	7.1 (463)

81.	Fog Over Frisco (1934)	Izzy Wright	1934	-	6.9 (429)

82.	The Merry Frinks (1934)	Joe 'Poppa' Frink	1934	-	5.6 (46)
	AKAs: Happy Family (UK)
83.	Merry Wives of Reno (1934)	Colonel J. Kingsley Fitch	1934	-	6.3 (37)

84.	Harold Teen (1934)	Ed Rathburn	1934	-	6.7 (13)
	AKAs: Dancing Fool (UK)
85.	Wonder Bar (1934)	Corey Pratt	1934	-	6.8 (267)

86.	Fashions of 1934 (1934)	Joe Ward	1934	-	6.8 (495)
	AKAs: Fashions (USA: TV title)
87.	Easy to Love (1934)	Detective John McTavish	1934	-	7.0 (63)

88.	Convention City (1933)	Hotstetter	1933	-	8.4 (15)

89.	From Headquarters (1933)	Manny Wales	1933	-	5.8 (36)

90.	College Coach (1933)	J. Marvin Barnett	1933	-	6.1 (169)
	AKAs: Football Coach (UK)
91.	'Tis Spring (1933)		1933	-	-

92.	Footlight Parade (1933)	Charlie Bowers	1933	-	7.7 (1,306)

93.	Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)	Detective Hank Slade	1933	-	7.0 (310)

94.	Goodbye Again (1933)	Harvey Wilson	1933	-	6.5 (75)

95.	She Had to Say Yes (1933)	Luther Haines	1933	-	5.9 (81)

96.	Diplomaniacs (1933)	Chinaman	1933	-	7.0 (98)

97.	Strictly Personal (1933)	Wetzel	1933	-	-

98.	Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)		1932	-	-

99.	Faithless (1932)	Mr. Peter M. Blainey	1932	-	6.7 (137)

100.	Million Dollar Legs (1932)	Secretary of the Treasury	1932	-	7.4 (277)

101.	The Lost Squadron (1932)	Sgt. Fritz	1932	-	6.4 (180)

102.	Friends and Lovers (1931)	McNellis, Roberts's batman	1931	-	5.4 (132)

103.	Traveling Husbands (1931)	Hymie Schwartz	1931	-	6.7 (6)

104.	The Sin Ship (1931)	Charlie - the Mate	1931	-	5.4 (40)

105.	Laugh and Get Rich (1931)	Joseph 'Joe' Austin	1931	-	6.0 (48)

106.	She Went for a Tramp (1931)		1931	-	-

107.	Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)	Hotel House Detective	1930	-	6.7 (95)

108.	Danger Lights (1930)	Professor, the Hobo	1930	-	6.1 (144)

109.	Caught in the Fog (1928)	Detective Riley	1928	-	-

110.	Lucky in Love (1928)		1928	-	-
	AKAs: Clyde Cook in Lucky in Love (USA: copyright title)
111.	Husbands for Rent (1927)	Valet	1927	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Singing Marine (1937)	(performer: "The Song of the Marines" (1937)) ("'Cause My Baby Says It's So" (1937))	1937	-	6.5 (68)

2.	Marry the Girl (1937)	("Dixie's Land" (uncredited), "Yankee Doodle" (uncredited))	1937	-	5.0 (28)

3.	Colleen (1936)	(lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936))	1936	-	6.0 (75)

4.	We Went to College (1936)	(performer: "Alma Mater" (uncredited)) ("He Played on His Big Bass Drum" (uncredited))	1936	-	5.0 (32)
	AKAs: The Old School Tie (UK)
5.	We're in the Money (1935)	("The Gold Diggers Song (We're in the Money)" (1933) (uncredited))	1935	-	6.0 (43)

6.	Sweet Adeline (1934)	(performer: "'Twas Not So Long Ago" (1929)) ("Sweet Adeline" (1903) (uncredited))	1934	-	5.9 (101)

7.	The Merry Frinks (1934)	("Jingle Bells" (1857))	1934	-	5.6 (46)
	AKAs: Happy Family (UK)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Au théâtre ce soir" (1966)	(1 episode, 1971)	1971	-	8.2 (10)
	1 TV episode: La lune est bleue (1971) (play)
2.	The Great Gabbo (1929)	(continuity) (dialogue)	1929	-	6.6 (221)

3.	Lights of New York (1928)	(writer)	1928	-	7.4 (359)

4.	May McAvoy in Sunny California (1928)	(story)	1928	-	-
	AKAs: Vitaphone No. 2239 (USA: series title)

Miscellaneous Crew View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Danger Lights (1930)	(dialogue director)	1930	-	6.1 (144)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Four Star Revue" (1950)	Himself (1 episode, 1952)	1952	-	-
	AKAs: All Star Revue (USA: new title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 12 January 1952 (1952) Himself
2.	Stage Door Canteen (1943)	Himself	1943	-	6.5 (633)

3.	Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 3: Outdoor Parties (1939)	Himself, Party Guest	1939	-	-

4.	For Auld Lang Syne (1938)	(uncredited) Himself - arriving celebrity	1938	-	8.0 (37)
	AKAs: For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title)
5.	Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)	(uncredited) Himself (Four's a Crowd/Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes)	1938	-	7.3 (48)

6.	A Day at Santa Anita (1937)	(uncredited) Himself	1937	-	5.3 (90)

7.	Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)	(uncredited) Himself	1936	-	6.2 (20)

8.	A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935)	(uncredited) Himself	1935	-	6.2 (48)

9.	A Dream Comes True (1935)	(also archive footage) (uncredited) Himself	1935	-	7.6 (58)

10.	Hollywood Newsreel (1934)	(uncredited) Himself	1934	-	5.5 (50)

11.	And She Learned About Dames (1934)	(uncredited) Himself	1934	-	6.1 (36)

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