John Mahoney
Born: 1940-06-20 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 2018-02-04
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2022
- Our Flag Means Death ... (Writer)
2016
2013
- The Bathhouse ... (Thanks)
2010
- Hot in Cleveland as Roy
- Flipped as Chet Duncan
- $#*! My Dad Says as Lt. Col. Wally Durham
2008
- In Treatment as Walter Barnett
2007
- Burn Notice as Management
- Dan in Real Life as Poppy
2006
- The Groomsmen as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
- Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self
2005
- Kronk's New Groove as Papi (voice)
- Fathers and Sons as Gene
2004
- Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter as Martin Crane
2003
- Atlantis: Milo's Return as Whitmore (voice)
- Gary the Rat
2002
- Foyle's War as Andrew Del Mar
2001
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
- Almost Salinas as Max Harris
2000
- Teacher's Pet
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy as Jack
- Intimate Enemies as Narrator (voice)
1999
- The Iron Giant as General Rogard (voice)
- The Making of 'The Iron Giant' as Self
- The Frasier Story as Self
1996
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dr. Leonard Hamlin
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- Primal Fear as Shaughnessy
- She's the One as Mr. Fitzpatrick
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Martin Crane
- Mariette in Ecstasy as Dr. Claude Baptiste
1995
- The American President as Leo Solomon
- MADtv as Self
1994
- ER as Bennett Cray
- The Hudsucker Proxy as Chief
- Reality Bites as Grant Gubler
- A Hard Rain as Ross Stewart
1993
- Frasier as Martin Crane
- In the Line of Fire as Sam Campagna
- Striking Distance as Lt. Vince Hardy
1992
- Article 99 as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
- The Water Engine as Mason Gross
- The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton as Robert Clayton Sr.
- The Human Factor as Dr. Alec McMurtry
- Buying a Landslide as Walter Partin
- Unnatural Pursuits as Paddy Quinn
1991
- Barton Fink as W.P. Mayhew
- The 10 Million Dollar Getaway as Jimmy Burke
1990
- Love Hurts as Boomer
- The Image as Irv Mickelson
- The Russia House as Brady
- H.E.L.P. as Patrick Meacham
1989
- The Simpsons as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
- Say Anything... as James Court
- Dinner at Eight as Oliver Jordan
1988
- American Experience as (voice)
- Frantic as Williams
- Eight Men Out as Kid Gleason
- Betrayed as Shorty
- Favorite Son as Lou Brenner
1987
- Suspect as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
- Tin Men as Moe Adams
- Moonstruck as Perry
- The House of Blue Leaves as Artie Shaughnessy
- The Hustler of Money as Eddie
1986
- The Manhattan Project as Lt. Col. Conroy
- Trapped In Silence as Dr. Winslow
- Streets of Gold as Linehan
1985
- Code of Silence as Prowler Representative
- First Steps as '60 Minutes' Producer
1984
- The Killing Floor as Thomas Condon
- The Impostor
1983
- Through Naked Eyes as Police Captain
1982
- Cheers as Sy Flembeck
- Will: G. Gordon Liddy
- Chicago Story
1981
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter