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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 20, 1940
Died
February 4, 2018
Place of Birth
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
John Mahoney
1.1 Popularity
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
8.3
Self
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
6.1
Lt. Col. Wally Durham
$#*! My Dad Says
2010
8.0
Chet Duncan
Flipped
2010
7.3
Roy
Hot in Cleveland
2010
7.3
Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010
7.6
Walter Barnett
In Treatment
2008
6.6
Poppy
Dan in Real Life
2007
7.5
Management
Burn Notice
2007
5.2
Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
The Groomsmen
2006
6.0
Self
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
Credits
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
as Self
2016
8.3
$#*! My Dad Says
as Lt. Col. Wally Durham
2010
6.1
Flipped
as Chet Duncan
2010
8.0
Hot in Cleveland
as Roy
2010
7.3
Hot in Cleveland
as Self
2010
7.3
In Treatment
as Walter Barnett
2008
7.6
Dan in Real Life
as Poppy
2007
6.6
Burn Notice
as Management
2007
7.5
The Groomsmen
as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
2006
5.2
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self
2006
6.0
Kronk's New Groove
as Papi (voice)
2005
6.4
Fathers and Sons
as Gene
2005
4.7
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
as Martin Crane
2004
8.2
Gary the Rat
2003
6.5
Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'
as Self
2003
0.0
Atlantis: Milo's Return
as Whitmore (voice)
2003
6.3
Foyle's War
as Andrew Del Mar
2002
7.9
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
2001
7.0
Almost Salinas
as Max Harris
2001
8.0
Intimate Enemies
as Narrator (voice)
2000
0.0
Teacher's Pet
2000
6.9
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
as Jack
2000
6.2
The Iron Giant
as General Rogard (voice)
1999
8.0
The Frasier Story
as Self
1999
7.0
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
as Self
1999
6.4
Becker
as Father Joe D'Andrea
1998
7.1
Antz
as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
1998
6.2
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as Martin Crane
1996
5.8
She's the One
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
1996
5.4
🎬
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Dr. Claude Baptiste
1996
0.0
Primal Fear
as Shaughnessy
1996
7.7
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dr. Leonard Hamlin
1996
7.5
The American President
as Leo Solomon
1995
6.5
MADtv
as Self
1995
7.0
ER
as Bennett Cray
1994
7.8
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Chief
1994
7.1
Reality Bites
as Grant Gubler
1994
6.6
🎬
A Hard Rain
as Ross Stewart
1994
0.0
Striking Distance
as Lt. Vince Hardy
1993
5.8
Frasier
as Martin Crane
1993
7.7
In the Line of Fire
as Sam Campagna
1993
7.0
Buying a Landslide
as Walter Partin
1992
0.0
🎬
The Water Engine
as Mason Gross
1992
5.2
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
as Robert Clayton Sr.
1992
6.5
🎬
The Human Factor
as Dr. Alec McMurtry
1992
6.0
Article 99
as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
1992
6.2
Unnatural Pursuits
as Paddy Quinn
1992
0.0
Barton Fink
as W.P. Mayhew
1991
7.5
🎬
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
as Jimmy Burke
1991
5.3
The Russia House
as Brady
1990
6.1
Love Hurts
as Boomer
1990
4.3
H.E.L.P.
as Patrick Meacham
1990
6.0
The Image
as Irv Mickelson
1990
4.6
The Simpsons
as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
1989
8.0
Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
1989
3.0
Say Anything...
as James Court
1989
7.0
Favorite Son
as Lou Brenner
1988
4.0
American Experience
as (voice)
1988
6.9
Eight Men Out
as Kid Gleason
1988
6.9
Betrayed
as Shorty
1988
6.1
Frantic
as Williams
1988
6.7
Moonstruck
as Perry
1987
6.8
Suspect
as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
1987
6.6
The House of Blue Leaves
as Artie Shaughnessy
1987
0.0
The Hustler of Money
as Eddie
1987
7.5
Tin Men
as Moe Adams
1987
6.3
Streets of Gold
as Linehan
1986
5.0
The Manhattan Project
as Lt. Col. Conroy
1986
6.1
Trapped In Silence
as Dr. Winslow
1986
5.8
Code of Silence
as Prowler Representative
1985
5.9
First Steps
as '60 Minutes' Producer
1985
0.0
The Impostor
1984
3.6
The Impostor
as School Security Guard
1984
3.6
The Killing Floor
as Thomas Condon
1984
7.3
Through Naked Eyes
as Police Captain
1983
4.1
Cheers
as Sy Flembeck
1982
7.6
Chicago Story
1982
5.0
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
1982
1.0
Hudson Taylor
1981
6.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9