Portrait of John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Acting

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).

Born: June 20, 1940

Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Filmography

2010
$#*! My Dad Says

as Lt. Col. Wally Durham

2010
Flipped

as Chet Duncan

2010
2008
In Treatment

as Walter Barnett

2007
2007
Burn Notice

as Management

2006
The Groomsmen

as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)

2005
Kronk's New Groove

as Papi (voice)

2005
2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return

as Whitmore (voice)

2002
Foyle's War

as Andrew Del Mar

2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)

2001
Almost Salinas

as Max Harris

2000
Intimate Enemies

as Narrator (voice)

1999
The Iron Giant

as General Rogard (voice)

1998
Becker

as Father Joe D'Andrea

1998
Antz

as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

1996
She's the One

as Mr. Fitzpatrick

1996
Primal Fear

as Shaughnessy

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun

as Dr. Leonard Hamlin

1995
1995
MADtv

as Self

1994
ER

as Bennett Cray

1994
Reality Bites

as Grant Gubler

1993
Striking Distance

as Lt. Vince Hardy

1993
Frasier

as Martin Crane

1993
In the Line of Fire

as Sam Campagna

1992
Buying a Landslide

as Walter Partin

1992
The Water Engine

as Mason Gross

1992
1992
Article 99

as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Paddy Quinn

1991
Barton Fink

as W.P. Mayhew

1990
1990
Love Hurts

as Boomer

1990
H.E.L.P.

as Patrick Meacham

1990
The Image

as Irv Mickelson

1989
The Simpsons

as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)

1989
Dinner at Eight

as Oliver Jordan

1989
Say Anything...

as James Court

1988
Favorite Son

as Lou Brenner

1988
1988
Eight Men Out

as Kid Gleason

1988
Betrayed

as Shorty

1988
Frantic

as Williams

1987
Moonstruck

as Perry

1987
Suspect

as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

1987
The House of Blue Leaves

as Artie Shaughnessy

1987
Tin Men

as Moe Adams

1986
Streets of Gold

as Linehan

1986
The Manhattan Project

as Lt. Col. Conroy

1986
Trapped In Silence

as Dr. Winslow

1985
Code of Silence

as Prowler Representative

1985
First Steps

as '60 Minutes' Producer

1984
The Impostor

as School Security Guard

1984
The Killing Floor

as Thomas Condon

1983
Through Naked Eyes

as Police Captain

1982
Cheers

as Sy Flembeck

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner