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
All Movies (59)
- The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant2016 · as Self
- Flipped2010 · as Chet Duncan
- Dan in Real Life2007 · as Poppy
- The Groomsmen2006 · as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
- Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family2006 · as Self
- Kronk's New Groove2005 · as Papi (voice)
- Fathers and Sons2005 · as Gene
- Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter2004 · as Martin Crane
- Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'2003 · as Self
- Atlantis: Milo's Return2003 · as Whitmore (voice)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire2001 · as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
- Almost Salinas2001 · as Max Harris
- Intimate Enemies2000 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy2000 · as Jack
- The Iron Giant1999 · as General Rogard (voice)
- The Making of 'The Iron Giant'1999 · as Self
- The Frasier Story1999 · as Self
- Antz1998 · as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond1996 · as Martin Crane
- She's the One1996 · as Mr. Fitzpatrick
- Mariette in Ecstasy1996 · as Dr. Claude Baptiste
- Primal Fear1996 · as Shaughnessy
- The American President1995 · as Leo Solomon
- The Hudsucker Proxy1994 · as Chief
- Reality Bites1994 · as Grant Gubler
- A Hard Rain1994 · as Ross Stewart
- Striking Distance1993 · as Vince Hardy
- In the Line of Fire1993 · as Sam Campagna
- Buying a Landslide1992 · as Walter Partin
- The Water Engine1992 · as Mason Gross
- The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton1992 · as Robert Clayton Sr.
- Article 991992 · as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
- Unnatural Pursuits1992 · as Paddy Quinn
- Barton Fink1991 · as W.P. Mayhew
- The 10 Million Dollar Getaway1991 · as Jimmy Burke
- The Russia House1990 · as Brady
- Love Hurts1990 · as Boomer
- The Image1990 · as Irv Mickelson
- Dinner at Eight1989 · as Oliver Jordan
- Say Anything...1989 · as James Court
- Eight Men Out1988 · as Kid Gleason
- Betrayed1988 · as Shorty
- Frantic1988 · as Williams
- Moonstruck1987 · as Perry
- Suspect1987 · as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
- The House of Blue Leaves1987 · as Artie Shaughnessy
- The Hustler of Money1987 · as Eddie
- Tin Men1987 · as Moe Adams
- Streets of Gold1986 · as Linehan
- The Manhattan Project1986 · as Lt. Col. Conroy
- Trapped In Silence1986 · as Dr. Winslow
- Code of Silence1985 · as Prowler Representative
- First Steps1985 · as '60 Minutes' Producer
- The Impostor1984
- The Impostor1984 · as School Security Guard
- The Killing Floor1984 · as Thomas Condon
- Through Naked Eyes1983 · as Police Captain
- Will: G. Gordon Liddy1982
- Hudson Taylor1981
All TV Shows (25)
- $#*! My Dad Says2010 · as Lt. Col. Wally Durham
- Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Roy
- Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Self
- In Treatment2008 · as Walter Barnett
- Burn Notice2007 · as Management
- Gary the Rat2003
- Foyle's War2002 · as Andrew Del Mar
- Teacher's Pet2000
- Becker1998 · as Father Joe D'Andrea
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996 · as Self
- 3rd Rock from the Sun1996 · as Dr. Leonard Hamlin
- MADtv1995 · as Self
- ER1994 · as Bennett Cray
- Frasier1993 · as Martin Crane
- The Human Factor1992 · as Dr. Alec McMurtry
- H.E.L.P.1990 · as Patrick Meacham
- The Simpsons1989 · as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
- Favorite Son1988 · as Lou Brenner
- American Experience1988 · as (voice)
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Walter Partin
- Cheers1982 · as Sy Flembeck
- Chicago Story1982
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited)
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter