Horace McMahon
Acting • Born 1906-05-17 – Died 1971-08-17
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, no-nonsense, but warmhearted cop's cop, interested only in justice and doing the job according to the proper rules of the game. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role. In 1964, McMahon played Hank McClure, a police contact in the 13-week CBS drama series, Mr. Broadway, with Craig Stevens. He also did voice-overs for commercials, including those for Close-Up toothpaste and Armstrong tires. In 1972, a 375-seat theater named in honor of McMahon was created in the McCrory Building on Washington Street in South Norwalk, Connecticut. McMahon was married to actress Louise Campbell from 1938 until his death in 1971, when he died from a heart ailment. Their daughter, Martha McMahon, also became an actress.
Filmography
113 credits
Detective Story
Movie • 1951
Lt. Monaghan
Secrets of a Nurse
Movie • 1938
Larry Carson
Come Live with Me
Movie • 1941
Taxi Driver
Blackboard Jungle
Movie • 1955
Detective
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Movie • 1953
Mugsy
The Detective
Movie • 1968
Capt. Tom Farrell
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie • 1957
Capt. Riley
Man in the Dark
Movie • 1953
Arnie
Susan Slept Here
Movie • 1954
Sergeant Monty Maizel
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Rocky Simpson (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Wolf
The Swinger
Movie • 1966
Detective Sergeant Hooker
My Sister Eileen
Movie • 1955
Police Officer Lonigan
Lady Scarface
Movie • 1941
Mullen
Waterfront at Midnight
Movie • 1948
Hank Bremmer
Tenth Avenue Kid
Movie • 1938
Max Hooker
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1937
Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
Jail House Blues
Movie • 1942
Swifty
Texas Lady
Movie • 1955
Stringer Winfield
Duffy of San Quentin
Movie • 1954
Pierson
Sergeant Madden
Movie • 1939
Philadelphia
The Wrong Road
Movie • 1937
Blackie Clayton
Never Steal Anything Small
Movie • 1959
O.K. Merritt
Navy Blues
Movie • 1937
Gateleg
Exclusive
Movie • 1937
Beak McArdle
Federal Man-Hunt
Movie • 1938
Snuffy Deegan
Fast Company
Movie • 1938
Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)
King of the Newsboys
Movie • 1938
Lockjaw
Newsboys' Home
Movie • 1938
Bartsch
Wanted by the Police
Movie • 1938
Russo's Chief Henchman
The Marines Fly High
Movie • 1940
Sgt. Monk O'Hara
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie • 1937
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Public Wedding
Movie • 1937
Reporter
Pirates of the Skies
Movie • 1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
Movie • 1939
Irving
Another Thin Man
Movie • 1939
MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Movie • 1939
Gus
Bachelor Mother
Movie • 1939
Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong
Movie • 1939
Hood (Uncredited)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Movie • 1940
Bugs
Gangs of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Cry-Baby
She Married a Cop
Movie • 1939
Joe Nash
When G-Men Step In
Movie • 1938
Jennings
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Horace MacMahon
Ladies in Distress
Movie • 1938
2nd Thug
I Was a Convict
Movie • 1939
Missouri Smith
Pride of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Gloomey Kelly
The Stork Pays Off
Movie • 1941
Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle
Rookies on Parade
Movie • 1941
Tiger Brannigan
The Leather Pushers
Movie • 1940
Slugger Mears
Buy Me That Town
Movie • 1941
Fingers Flint
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
Foreman
The Officer's Mess
Movie • 1935
Soldier (uncredited)
Timber Queen
Movie • 1944
Rodney
A Girl with Ideas
Movie • 1937
Al
My Favorite Wife
Movie • 1940
Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
Movie • 1940
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie • 1940
Foghorn Murphy
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Movie • 1940
J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
Dangerous Blondes
Movie • 1943
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
Movie • 1940
Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)
Melody Ranch
Movie • 1940
Bud Wildhack
Laugh It Off
Movie • 1939
Phil Ferrranti
Broadway Musketeers
Movie • 1938
Gurk
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Movie • 1943
Truck Driver
Sabotage
Movie • 1939
Art Kruger
Big Town Czar
Movie • 1939
Punchy
Run To Daylight
Movie • 1964
Narrator
What Makes Sammy Run?
Movie • 1959
Mike Crowley
Champ for a Day
Movie • 1953
Sam Benton
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Movie • 1940
'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber
Beau James
Movie • 1957
Prosecutor
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Movie • 1948
Looie
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Fast Company
Movie • 1953
'Two Pair' Buford
The Ghost Comes Home
Movie • 1940
Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
The Polo Grounds: Requiem for an Arena
Movie • 1964
Self - Host / Self - Narrator
The Bride Wore Crutches
Movie • 1940
Brains
Family Affair
TV • 1966
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Batman
TV • 1966
Glu Gluten (uncredited)
Route 66
TV • 1960
Naked City
TV • 1958
Mike Parker
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Bartender
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Capt. Hodges
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Martin Kane, Private Eye
TV • 1949
Climax!
TV • 1954
Detective
Make Room for Granddaddy
TV • 1970
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Alaskans
TV • 1959
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Cornelius Cameron
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
New York Confidential
TV • 1959
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Mr. Broadway
TV • 1964
The Defenders
TV • 1961
District Attorney
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Benny Grew
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Bick Norton
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Member of Bar Association (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Chick
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Lieutenant Waldo
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
TV • 1962
Agnes' Father
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Rick Vega
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Detective Stillman
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Gibson
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self