
John Mahoney
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-06-20
- Died:
- 2018-02-04
- Place of birth:
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Filmography

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

Foyle's War Revisited

$#*! My Dad Says

Flipped

Hot in Cleveland

In Treatment

Dan in Real Life

Burn Notice

The Groomsmen

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Kronk's New Groove

Fathers and Sons

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

Gary the Rat

Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Foyle's War

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Almost Salinas

Intimate Enemies

Teacher's Pet

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

The Iron Giant

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

The Frasier Story

Becker

Antz

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

She's the One
Mariette in Ecstasy

Primal Fear

3rd Rock from the Sun

The American President

MADtv

ER

The Hudsucker Proxy

Reality Bites
A Hard Rain

Striking Distance

Frasier

In the Line of Fire

Buying a Landslide

The Water Engine

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
The Human Factor

Article 99

Unnatural Pursuits

Barton Fink
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

The Russia House

Love Hurts

H.E.L.P.

The Image

The Simpsons

Dinner at Eight

Say Anything...

Favorite Son

American Experience

Eight Men Out

Betrayed

Frantic

Moonstruck

Suspect

The House of Blue Leaves

The Hustler of Money

Tin Men

Streets of Gold

ScreenPlay

The Manhattan Project

Trapped in Silence

Code of Silence

First Steps

The Impostor

The Killing Floor

Through Naked Eyes

Cheers

Chicago Story

American Playhouse

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

Hudson Taylor

Saturday Night Live

Tony Awards