John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Known for
Acting
Born
June 20, 1940
Died
February 4, 2018 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. After moving from England to the United States, Mahoney began his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 1986 Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, and went on to achieve wider recognition for his roles in the films Suspect and Moonstruck (both 1987). Other notable credits included Tin Men (1987), Frantic, Eight Men Out (both 1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), Striking Distance, In the Line of Fire (both 1993), Reality Bites (1994), The American President (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and The Broken Hearts Club (2000). He also voiced roles in animated films such as Antz (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

Known For

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Filmography

2016
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant poster

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

Movie · as Self

2015
Foyle's War Revisited poster

Foyle's War Revisited

Movie · as Self - Host

2010
Flipped poster

Flipped

Movie · as Chet Duncan

2010
$#*! My Dad Says poster

$#*! My Dad Says

TV · as Lt. Col. Wally Durham · 1 ep

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Roy, Self · 6 eps

2008
In Treatment poster

In Treatment

TV · as Walter Barnett · 7 eps

2007
Dan in Real Life poster

Dan in Real Life

Movie · as Poppy

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Management · 2 eps

2006
The Groomsmen poster

The Groomsmen

Movie · as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)

2006
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family poster

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Movie · as Self

2005
Kronk's New Groove poster

Kronk's New Groove

Movie · as Papi (voice)

2005
Fathers and Sons poster

Fathers and Sons

Movie · as Gene

2004
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter poster

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

Movie · as Martin Crane

2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return poster

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Movie · as Whitmore (voice)

2003
Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier' poster

Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'

Movie · as Self

2003
Gary the Rat poster

Gary the Rat

TV · 1 ep

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Andrew Del Mar · 1 ep

2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire poster

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Movie · as Preston Whitmore (voice)

2001
Almost Salinas poster

Almost Salinas

Movie · as Max Harris

2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy poster

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Movie · as Jack

2000
Intimate Enemies poster

Intimate Enemies

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2000
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Iron Giant poster

The Iron Giant

Movie · as General Rogard (voice)

1999
The Making of 'The Iron Giant' poster

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

Movie · as Self

1999
The Frasier Story poster

The Frasier Story

Movie · as Self

1998
Antz poster

Antz

Movie · as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

1998
Becker poster

Becker

TV · as Father Joe D'Andrea · 1 ep

1996
Primal Fear poster

Primal Fear

Movie · as Shaughnessy

1996
She's the One poster

She's the One

Movie · as Mr. Fitzpatrick

1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond poster

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Movie · as Martin Crane

1996
Mariette in Ecstasy poster

Mariette in Ecstasy

Movie · as Dr. Claude Baptiste

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Dr. Leonard Hamlin · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The American President poster

The American President

Movie · as Leo Solomon

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1994
Reality Bites poster

Reality Bites

Movie · as Grant Gubler

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy poster

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movie · as Chief

1994
A Hard Rain

A Hard Rain

Movie · as Ross Stewart

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Bennett Cray · 1 ep

1993
Striking Distance poster

Striking Distance

Movie · as Vince Hardy

1993
In the Line of Fire poster

In the Line of Fire

Movie · as Sam Campagna

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Martin Crane · 264 eps

1992
Article 99 poster

Article 99

Movie · as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

1992
Buying a Landslide poster

Buying a Landslide

Movie · as Walter Partin

1992
The Water Engine poster

The Water Engine

Movie · as Mason Gross

1992
Unnatural Pursuits poster

Unnatural Pursuits

Movie · as Paddy Quinn

1992
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton poster

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

Movie · as Robert Clayton Sr.

1992
The Human Factor

The Human Factor

TV · as Dr. Alec McMurtry · 8 eps

1991
Barton Fink poster

Barton Fink

Movie · as W.P. Mayhew

1991
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

Movie · as Jimmy Burke

1990
The Russia House poster

The Russia House

Movie · as Brady

1990
The Image poster

The Image

Movie · as Irv Mickelson

1990
Love Hurts poster

Love Hurts

Movie · as Boomer

1990
H.E.L.P. poster

H.E.L.P.

TV · as Patrick Meacham · 6 eps

1989
Say Anything... poster

Say Anything...

Movie · as James Court

1989
Dinner at Eight poster

Dinner at Eight

Movie · as Oliver Jordan

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · as Shorty

1988
Eight Men Out poster

Eight Men Out

Movie · as Kid Gleason

1988
Frantic poster

Frantic

Movie · as Williams

1988
Favorite Son poster

Favorite Son

TV · as Lou Brenner · 3 eps

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

1987
Moonstruck poster

Moonstruck

Movie · as Perry

1987
Tin Men poster

Tin Men

Movie · as Moe Adams

1987
Suspect poster

Suspect

Movie · as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

1987
The Hustler of Money poster

The Hustler of Money

Movie · as Eddie

1987
The House of Blue Leaves poster

The House of Blue Leaves

Movie · as Artie Shaughnessy

1986
Trapped in Silence poster

Trapped in Silence

Movie · as Dr. Winslow

1986
The Manhattan Project poster

The Manhattan Project

Movie · as Lt. Col. Conroy

1986
Streets of Gold poster

Streets of Gold

Movie · as Linehan

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Walter Partin · 1 ep

1985
First Steps poster

First Steps

Movie · as '60 Minutes' Producer

1985
Code of Silence poster

Code of Silence

Movie · as Prowler Representative

1984
The Killing Floor poster

The Killing Floor

Movie · as Thomas Condon

1984
The Impostor poster

The Impostor

Movie · as School Security Guard

1983
Through Naked Eyes poster

Through Naked Eyes

Movie · as Police Captain

1982
Will: G. Gordon Liddy poster

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

Movie

1982
Chicago Story poster

Chicago Story

TV · 13 eps

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Sy Flembeck · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Thomas Condon, Artie Shaughnessy · 1 ep

1981
Hudson Taylor poster

Hudson Taylor

Movie

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited) · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Presenter · 1 ep