
Acting
Hugh O'Connell
Born 1898-08-04 · New York City, New York, USA
Hugh O'Connell (August 4, 1898 - January 19, 1943) was an American actor.
Acting credits
5.6A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
That Certain Woman
1937
7.0Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
My Favorite Wife
1940
9.0Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.
Manhattan Moon
1935
6.5A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Diamond Jim
1935
5.4Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
6.8An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
7.5When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
7.0The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres.
Cheating Cheaters
1934
6.5Faith 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.
Three Girls About Town
1941
6.4Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.
The Perfect Specimen
1937
5.8Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
6.3Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
Fly Away Baby
1937
6.5Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family.
Personal Maid
1931
6.2A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
The Mad Doctor
1940
6.1Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Lucky Partners
1940
8.0Esmeralda is a cook in a diner in a small Arkansas town. When a gang of crooks moves into town and plots a bank robbery, Esmeralda unintentionally wrecks their plans, resulting in fame for Esmeralda as the crime-fighting "Tiger Woman," but also further complications.
She Gets Her Man
1935
7.0When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
Strange Wives
1934
7.5Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Chinatown Squad
1935
6.3Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
6.8A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
My Life with Caroline
1941
6.0Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
Secrets of a Secretary
1931
4.8When 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.
Mystery House
1938
6.5Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.
Marry the Girl
1937
4.7A rich businessman brings home a homeless man who promises to tame his willful 18-year-old daughter.
The Footloose Heiress
1937