Hugh O'Connell

Known for Acting

8/4/1898

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Hugh O'Connell (August 4, 1898 - January 19, 1943) was an American actor.

Known For (33 credits)

Movie

Moonlight in Havana

1942

A talented baseball player discovers he can only sing beautifully when he has a cold, leading a nightclub manager to hilariously attempt to keep him sick while featuring a host of musical performances.

5.3

Movie

Three Girls About Town

1941

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

5.7

Movie

My Life with Caroline

1941

A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.

6.0

Movie

The Mad Doctor

1940

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

6.0

Movie

Lucky Partners

1940

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

7.0

Movie

My Favorite Wife

1940

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

4.7

Movie

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

6.0

Movie

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.

4.9

Movie

Mystery House

1938

When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.

5.3

Movie

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

5.7

Movie

Women Are Like That

1938

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.

6.0

Movie

Accidents Will Happen

1938

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.