Hughie Mack

born: 26 November 1884 Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

died: 13 October 1927 Santa Monica, California, United States of America (heart disease, age 42)

Fat American actor, a former undertaker.  He was spotted one day sleeping on a park bench by producers J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith of Vitagraph Pictures.  They woke him up and offered him a job.

Real name: Hugh Richard McGowan

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1920 Grab The Ghost Fat policeman 1920 You're Pinched Police chief 1920 Any Old Port Fat passenger 1920 Don't Rock The Boat Fat man on island 1920 Call A Taxi Drunk #3 1920 Live And Learn Fat man at gym 1920 Run 'Em Ragged Second tramp 1920 A London Bobby Fat policeman 1920 Money To Burn [unidentified character]   1920 Go As You Please [unidentified character]   1920 Doing Time Fat convict 1920 The Dear Departed [?] 1920 Cash Customers Fat tenant 1920 Park Your Car Fat neighbor 1921 The Morning After [unidentified character]   1921 Whirl O' The West [unidentified character]   1921 Open Another Bottle [unidentified character]   1921 Make It Snappy [unidentified character]   1921 Fellow Romans [unidentified character]   1921 Rush Orders Lunch counter customer   Acknowledgements: http://home.comcast.net/~wrigglyeyes2/Hughie_Mack_sig.jpg (Steve Rydzeswki) John Benson (help finding print) Jesse Brisson (identification in Don't Rock The Boat and Doing Time) Steve Massa (identification in You're Pinched) This page was last updated on: 22 November 2023