John Mahoney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-06-20 (78 years old)

Deathday

2018-02-04

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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). Othe...

Acting

1991

Barton Fink

as W.P. Mayhew

1989

Say Anything...

as James Court

1987

Moonstruck

as Perry

1990

1996

Primal Fear

as Shaughnessy

1999

The Iron Giant

as General Rogard (voice)

1994

Reality Bites

as Grant Gubler

1987

Tin Men

as Moe Adams

2001

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)

1993

Striking Distance

as Lt. Vince Hardy

1988

Betrayed

as Shorty

2007

1992

Article 99

as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

1998

Antz

as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

1995

1986

Trapped In Silence

as Dr. Winslow

1987

Suspect

as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

2005

Kronk's New Groove

as Papi (voice)

1988

Eight Men Out

as Kid Gleason

2010

Flipped

as Chet Duncan

1992

Buying a Landslide

as Walter Partin

1992

The Water Engine

as Mason Gross

1990

The Image

as Irv Mickelson

1992

Unnatural Pursuits

as Paddy Quinn

1990

Love Hurts

as Boomer

1992

1988

Frantic

as Williams

2001

Almost Salinas

as Max Harris

1986

The Manhattan Project

as Lt. Col. Conroy

1996

She's the One

as Mr. Fitzpatrick

2003

Atlantis: Milo's Return

as Whitmore (voice)

1985

First Steps

as '60 Minutes' Producer

2006

The Groomsmen

as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)

1993

In the Line of Fire

as Sam Campagna

2000

Intimate Enemies

as Narrator (voice)

1994

A Hard Rain

as Ross Stewart

1986

Streets of Gold

as Linehan

1983

Through Naked Eyes

as Police Captain

1996

Mariette in Ecstasy

as Dr. Claude Baptiste

2005

1989

Dinner at Eight

as Oliver Jordan

1984

The Killing Floor

as Thomas Condon

1987

The House of Blue Leaves

as Artie Shaughnessy

1985

Code of Silence

as Prowler Representative

1984

The Impostor

as School Security Guard

Production

2006

The Groomsmen

as Thanks

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