Horace McMahon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-05-17 (65 years old)

Deathday

1971-08-17

Place of Birth

South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

Horace McMahon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Horace McMahon (May 17, 1906 – August 17, 1971) was an American actor. McMahon was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut. He became interested in acting when he was a student at Fordham University School of Law. In his early career he mostly played thugs or jailbirds, but in 1949 he starred in his most acclaimed role, as Lieutenant Monaghan in the drama play Detective Story and in 1951 he reprised his character in Paramount Pictures' film version Detective Story, alongside Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. McMahon also starred on television, in the ABC police series Naked City as Lt. Mike Parker, a gruff,...

Acting

1951

Detective Story

as Lt. Monaghan

1938

Secrets of a Nurse

as Larry Carson

1941

Come Live with Me

as Taxi Driver

1955

Blackboard Jungle

as Detective

1968

The Detective

as Capt. Tom Farrell

1957

1953

1954

Susan Slept Here

as Sergeant Monty Maizel

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)

1966

The Swinger

as Detective Sergeant Hooker

1955

My Sister Eileen

as Police Officer Lonigan

1941

Lady Scarface

as Mullen

1948

Waterfront at Midnight

as Hank Bremmer

1938

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Max Hooker

1937

Kid Galahad

as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

1942

1955

Texas Lady

as Stringer Winfield

1954

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Philadelphia

1937

The Wrong Road

as Blackie Clayton

1959

1937

Navy Blues

as Gateleg

1937

Exclusive

as Beak McArdle

1938

Federal Man-Hunt

as Snuffy Deegan

1938

Fast Company

as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)

1938

1938

Newsboys' Home

as Bartsch

1938

Wanted by the Police

as Russo's Chief Henchman

1940

The Marines Fly High

as Sgt. Monk O'Hara

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Prison Inmate (uncredited)

1937

Public Wedding

as Reporter

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1939

Another Thin Man

as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

1939

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Hood (Uncredited)

1940

Gangs of Chicago

as Cry-Baby

1939

1938

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Horace MacMahon

1938

1939

Pride of the Navy

as Gloomey Kelly

1939

I Was a Convict

as Missouri Smith

1941

The Stork Pays Off

as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle

1941

Rookies on Parade

as Tiger Brannigan

1940

The Leather Pushers

as Slugger Mears

1941

Buy Me That Town

as Fingers Flint

1940

1935

The Officer's Mess

as Soldier (uncredited)

1944

Timber Queen

as Rodney

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Foghorn Murphy

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)

1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy

1940

Millionaires in Prison

as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as Hoodlum (uncredited)

1940

Melody Ranch

as Bud Wildhack

1939

Laugh It Off

as Phil Ferrranti

1943

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as Truck Driver

1939

Sabotage

as Art Kruger

1939

Big Town Czar

as Punchy

1964

Run To Daylight

as Narrator

1959

What Makes Sammy Run?

as Mike Crowley

1953

Champ for a Day

as Sam Benton

1940

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber

1957

Beau James

as Prosecutor

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

1953

Fast Company

as 'Two Pair' Buford

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

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