Hughie Mack

Birthday
Nov 26, 1884

Bio: Weighing in at 367 pounds, silent screen comic Hughie Mack (born McGowan) was reportedly discovered sleeping on a Brooklyn park bench by Vitagraph founders Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, both of whom found dozing fat men a laugh riot. Vitagraph's top box-office attraction at the time was the equally hefty John Bunny and Mack went on to support him in… More

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