John Mahoney
- Acting
- June 20, 1940 · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- February 4, 2018
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
Filmography
- Our Flag Means Death · Writer
- The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant · Self
- Foyle's War Revisited · Self
- The Bathhouse · Thanks
- $#*! My Dad Says · Lt. Col. Wally Durham
- Flipped · Chet Duncan
- Hot in Cleveland · Roy, Self
- In Treatment · Walter Barnett
- Dan in Real Life · Poppy
- Burn Notice · Management
- The Groomsmen · Paulie's Dad (uncredited), Thanks
- Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family · Self
- Kronk's New Groove · Papi (Voice)
- Fathers and Sons · Gene
- Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter · Martin Crane
- Gary the Rat
- Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier' · Self
- Atlantis: Milo's Return · Whitmore (Voice)
- Foyle's War · Andrew Del Mar
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire · Preston Whitmore (Voice)
- Almost Salinas · Max Harris
- Intimate Enemies · Narrator (Voice)
- Teacher's Pet
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy · Jack
- The Iron Giant · General Rogard (Voice)
- The Making of 'The Iron Giant' · Self
- The Frasier Story · Self
- Becker · Father Joe D'Andrea
- Antz · Grebs (Drunk Scout) (Voice)
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks · Self
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond · Martin Crane
- She's the One · Mr. Fitzpatrick
- Mariette in Ecstasy · Dr. Claude Baptiste
- Primal Fear · Shaughnessy
- 3rd Rock from the Sun · Dr. Leonard Hamlin
- The American President · Leo Solomon
- MADtv · Self
- ER · Bennett Cray
- The Hudsucker Proxy · Chief
- Reality Bites · Grant Gubler
- A Hard Rain · Ross Stewart
- Striking Distance · Vince Hardy
- Frasier · Martin Crane
- In the Line of Fire · Sam Campagna
- Buying a Landslide · Walter Partin
- The Water Engine · Mason Gross
- The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton · Robert Clayton Sr.
- The Human Factor · Dr. Alec McMurtry
- Article 99 · Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
- Unnatural Pursuits · Paddy Quinn
- Barton Fink · W.P. Mayhew
- The 10 Million Dollar Getaway · Jimmy Burke
- The Russia House · Brady
- Love Hurts · Boomer
- H.E.L.P. · Patrick Meacham
- The Image · Irv Mickelson
- The Simpsons · Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (Voice)
- Dinner at Eight · Oliver Jordan
- Say Anything... · James Court
- Favorite Son · Lou Brenner
- American Experience · Voice
- Eight Men Out · Kid Gleason
- Betrayed · Shorty
- Frantic · Williams
- Moonstruck · Perry
- Suspect · Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
- The House of Blue Leaves · Artie Shaughnessy
- The Hustler of Money · Eddie
- Tin Men · Moe Adams
- Streets of Gold · Linehan
- ScreenPlay · Walter Partin
- The Manhattan Project · Lt. Col. Conroy
- Trapped in Silence · Dr. Winslow
- Code of Silence · Prowler Representative
- First Steps · '60 Minutes' Producer
- The Impostor · School Security Guard
- The Killing Floor · Thomas Condon
- Through Naked Eyes · Police Captain
- Cheers · Sy Flembeck
- Chicago Story