Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-05-17 (65 years old)
Deathday
1971-08-17
Place of Birth
South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Also known As
Horace MacMahon
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,...
1951
as Lt. Monaghan
1938
as Larry Carson
1941
as Taxi Driver
1955
as Detective
1953
as Mugsy
1968
as Capt. Tom Farrell
1957
as Capt. Riley
1953
as Arnie
1954
as Sergeant Monty Maizel
1938
as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)
1941
as Wolf
1966
as Detective Sergeant Hooker
1955
as Police Officer Lonigan
1941
as Mullen
1948
as Hank Bremmer
1938
as Max Hooker
1937
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
1942
as Swifty
1955
as Stringer Winfield
1954
as Pierson
1939
as Philadelphia
1937
as Blackie Clayton
1959
as O.K. Merritt
1937
as Gateleg
1937
as Beak McArdle
1938
as Snuffy Deegan
1938
as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)
1938
as Lockjaw
1938
as Bartsch
1938
as Russo's Chief Henchman
1940
as Sgt. Monk O'Hara
1937
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
1937
as Reporter
1939
as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939
as Irving
1939
as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1939
1939
as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
1939
as Hood (Uncredited)
1940
1940
as Cry-Baby
1939
as Joe Nash
1938
as Jennings
1943
as Horace MacMahon
1938
as 2nd Thug
1939
as Gloomey Kelly
1939
as Missouri Smith
1941
as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle
1941
as Tiger Brannigan
1940
as Slugger Mears
1941
as Fingers Flint
1940
as Foreman
1935
as Soldier (uncredited)
1944
as Rodney
1937
as Al
1940
as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
1940
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1940
as Foghorn Murphy
1940
as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)
1940
as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
1940
as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)
1943
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
1940
as Bud Wildhack
1939
as Phil Ferrranti
1938
as Gurk
1943
as Truck Driver
1939
as Art Kruger
1939
as Punchy
1964
as Narrator
1959
as Mike Crowley
1953
as Sam Benton
1940
as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber
1957
as Prosecutor
1948
as Looie
1938
as Rabblerouser (uncredited)
1953
as 'Two Pair' Buford
1940
as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
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