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John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Born: 1940-06-20 • Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant poster
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016 • Self
Flipped poster
Flipped
2010 • Chet Duncan
Dan in Real Life poster
Dan in Real Life
2007 • Poppy
The Groomsmen poster
The Groomsmen
2006 • Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family poster
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006 • Self
Kronk's New Groove poster
Kronk's New Groove
2005 • Papi (voice)
Fathers and Sons poster
Fathers and Sons
2005 • Gene
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter poster
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004 • Martin Crane
Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier' poster
Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'
2003 • Self
Atlantis: Milo's Return poster
Atlantis: Milo's Return
2003 • Whitmore (voice)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire poster
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 • Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
Almost Salinas poster
Almost Salinas
2001 • Max Harris
Intimate Enemies poster
Intimate Enemies
2000 • Narrator (voice)
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy poster
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000 • Jack
The Iron Giant poster
The Iron Giant
1999 • General Rogard (voice)
The Making of 'The Iron Giant' poster
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999 • Self
The Frasier Story poster
The Frasier Story
1999 • Self
Antz poster
Antz
1998 • Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond poster
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 • Martin Crane
She's the One poster
She's the One
1996 • Mr. Fitzpatrick
No Image
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996 • Dr. Claude Baptiste
Primal Fear poster
Primal Fear
1996 • Shaughnessy
The American President poster
The American President
1995 • Leo Solomon
The Hudsucker Proxy poster
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 • Chief
Reality Bites poster
Reality Bites
1994 • Grant Gubler
No Image
A Hard Rain
1994 • Ross Stewart
Striking Distance poster
Striking Distance
1993 • Lt. Vince Hardy
In the Line of Fire poster
In the Line of Fire
1993 • Sam Campagna
Buying a Landslide poster
Buying a Landslide
1992 • Walter Partin
No Image
The Water Engine
1992 • Mason Gross
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton poster
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
1992 • Robert Clayton Sr.
Article 99 poster
Article 99
1992 • Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
Unnatural Pursuits poster
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 • Paddy Quinn
Barton Fink poster
Barton Fink
1991 • W.P. Mayhew
No Image
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991 • Jimmy Burke
The Russia House poster
The Russia House
1990 • Brady
Love Hurts poster
Love Hurts
1990 • Boomer
The Image poster
The Image
1990 • Irv Mickelson
Dinner at Eight poster
Dinner at Eight
1989 • Oliver Jordan
Say Anything... poster
Say Anything...
1989 • James Court
Eight Men Out poster
Eight Men Out
1988 • Kid Gleason
Betrayed poster
Betrayed
1988 • Shorty
Frantic poster
Frantic
1988 • Williams
Moonstruck poster
Moonstruck
1987 • Perry
Suspect poster
Suspect
1987 • Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
The House of Blue Leaves poster
The House of Blue Leaves
1987 • Artie Shaughnessy
The Hustler of Money poster
The Hustler of Money
1987 • Eddie
Tin Men poster
Tin Men
1987 • Moe Adams
Streets of Gold poster
Streets of Gold
1986 • Linehan
The Manhattan Project poster
The Manhattan Project
1986 • Lt. Col. Conroy
Trapped In Silence poster
Trapped In Silence
1986 • Dr. Winslow
Code of Silence poster
Code of Silence
1985 • Prowler Representative
First Steps poster
First Steps
1985 • '60 Minutes' Producer
The Impostor poster
The Impostor
1984
The Impostor poster
The Impostor
1984 • School Security Guard
The Killing Floor poster
The Killing Floor
1984 • Thomas Condon
Through Naked Eyes poster
Through Naked Eyes
1983 • Police Captain
Will: G. Gordon Liddy poster
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
1982
Hudson Taylor poster
Hudson Taylor
1981