John Mahoney
Acting • Born 1940-06-20 – Died 2018-02-04
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).
Filmography
81 credits
Barton Fink
Movie • 1991
W.P. Mayhew
Say Anything...
Movie • 1989
James Court
Moonstruck
Movie • 1987
Perry
The Russia House
Movie • 1990
Brady
Primal Fear
Movie • 1996
Shaughnessy
The Iron Giant
Movie • 1999
General Rogard (voice)
Reality Bites
Movie • 1994
Grant Gubler
Tin Men
Movie • 1987
Moe Adams
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Movie • 2001
Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
Striking Distance
Movie • 1993
Lt. Vince Hardy
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Movie • 2000
Jack
Betrayed
Movie • 1988
Shorty
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie • 1994
Chief
Dan in Real Life
Movie • 2007
Poppy
Article 99
Movie • 1992
Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
Antz
Movie • 1998
Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
The American President
Movie • 1995
Leo Solomon
Trapped In Silence
Movie • 1986
Dr. Winslow
Suspect
Movie • 1987
Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
Kronk's New Groove
Movie • 2005
Papi (voice)
Eight Men Out
Movie • 1988
Kid Gleason
Flipped
Movie • 2010
Chet Duncan
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Movie • 1982
Buying a Landslide
Movie • 1992
Walter Partin
The Water Engine
Movie • 1992
Mason Gross
The Image
Movie • 1990
Irv Mickelson
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie • 1992
Paddy Quinn
Love Hurts
Movie • 1990
Boomer
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
Movie • 1992
Robert Clayton Sr.
Frantic
Movie • 1988
Williams
Almost Salinas
Movie • 2001
Max Harris
The Manhattan Project
Movie • 1986
Lt. Col. Conroy
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
Movie • 1999
Self
She's the One
Movie • 1996
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Movie • 2003
Whitmore (voice)
First Steps
Movie • 1985
'60 Minutes' Producer
The Groomsmen
Movie • 2006
Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Movie • 2016
Self
In the Line of Fire
Movie • 1993
Sam Campagna
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie • 1996
Martin Crane
Intimate Enemies
Movie • 2000
Narrator (voice)
A Hard Rain
Movie • 1994
Ross Stewart
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Movie • 2004
Martin Crane
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Movie • 1991
Jimmy Burke
Streets of Gold
Movie • 1986
Linehan
Through Naked Eyes
Movie • 1983
Police Captain
Mariette in Ecstasy
Movie • 1996
Dr. Claude Baptiste
The Hustler of Money
Movie • 1987
Eddie
Fathers and Sons
Movie • 2005
Gene
Dinner at Eight
Movie • 1989
Oliver Jordan
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Movie • 2006
Self
Hudson Taylor
Movie • 1981
The Killing Floor
Movie • 1984
Thomas Condon
The House of Blue Leaves
Movie • 1987
Artie Shaughnessy
The Impostor
Movie • 1984
Code of Silence
Movie • 1985
Prowler Representative
The Impostor
Movie • 1984
School Security Guard
The Frasier Story
Movie • 1999
Self
Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'
Movie • 2003
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
H.E.L.P.
TV • 1990
Patrick Meacham
Teacher's Pet
TV • 2000
Frasier
TV • 1993
Martin Crane
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Management
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
ER
TV • 1994
Bennett Cray
Chicago Story
TV • 1982
The Human Factor
TV • 1992
Dr. Alec McMurtry
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
Dr. Leonard Hamlin
Favorite Son
TV • 1988
Lou Brenner
In Treatment
TV • 2008
Walter Barnett
$#*! My Dad Says
TV • 2010
Lt. Col. Wally Durham
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Becker
TV • 1998
Father Joe D'Andrea
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Roy
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
(voice)
Cheers
TV • 1982
Sy Flembeck
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Andrew Del Mar
Gary the Rat
TV • 2003
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited)