*10 July 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
† 23 May 1969 in Beverly Hills, California, USA

As an american songwriter McHugh worked as a pianist and salesman for the Boston office of Irving Berlin's publishing company, before moving to New York, where he met Dorothy Fields. McHugh and Fields would write many songs together, first on Broadway and then in Hollywood. After Fields had returned to Broadway, McHugh continued to work with other lyricists in Hollywood, notably Harold Adamson.