Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 20, 1940
Died
Feb 04, 2018
Place of Birth
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
84 titles
John Mahoney
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
The Bathhouse
Thanks
$#*! My Dad Says
Lt. Col. Wally Durham
Flipped
Chet Duncan
Hot in Cleveland
Roy
In Treatment
Walter Barnett
Dan in Real Life
Poppy
Burn Notice
Management
The Groomsmen
Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
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 B. 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