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John Mahoney

Cast & creator

John Mahoney

1940-06-20 (died at 77) Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, Frasier

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).

Movies

62

film credits

Series

28

television credits

Career

87

1956–2022 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice) · 1989

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited) · 1975

Frasier

Frasier

Martin Crane · 1993

Cheers

Cheers

Sy Flembeck · 1982

ER

Bennett Cray · 1994

Across film & television

Filmography (90)

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited)

Frasier

Frasier

Martin Crane

Cheers

Cheers

Sy Flembeck

ER

Bennett Cray

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Thomas Condon

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Artie Shaughnessy

American Experience

American Experience

(voice)

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun

Dr. Leonard Hamlin

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

Roy

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

Self

Burn Notice

Burn Notice

Management

In Treatment

In Treatment

Walter Barnett

Becker

Becker

Father Joe D'Andrea

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Andrew Del Mar

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

Walter Partin

Our Flag Means Death

Our Flag Means Death

Writer

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

General Rogard (voice)

Primal Fear

Primal Fear

Shaughnessy

Kronk's New Groove

Kronk's New Groove

Papi (voice)

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

Antz

Antz

Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Preston Whitmore (voice)

$#*! My Dad Says

$#*! My Dad Says

Lt. Col. Wally Durham

Flipped

Flipped

Chet Duncan

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

James Court

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

Sam Campagna

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Whitmore (voice)

Striking Distance

Striking Distance

Vince Hardy

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

Chief

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

Perry

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Grant Gubler

Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

Poppy

The American President

The American President

Leo Solomon

Chicago Story

Chicago Story

Barton Fink

Barton Fink

W.P. Mayhew

Frantic

Frantic

Williams

Gary the Rat

Gary the Rat

The Human Factor

Dr. Alec McMurtry

MADtv

MADtv

Self

Code of Silence

Code of Silence

Prowler Representative

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

Kid Gleason

She's the One

She's the One

Mr. Fitzpatrick

The Russia House

The Russia House

Brady

Favorite Son

Favorite Son

Lou Brenner

Suspect

Suspect

Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen

Paulie's Dad (uncredited)

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen

Thanks

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Jack

H.E.L.P.

H.E.L.P.

Patrick Meacham

Article 99

Article 99

Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

Tin Men

Tin Men

Moe Adams

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

Lt. Col. Conroy

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Gene

Betrayed

Betrayed

Shorty

The Hustler of Money

The Hustler of Money

Eddie

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

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

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

Self

First Steps

First Steps

'60 Minutes' Producer

The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves

Artie Shaughnessy

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

Martin Crane

The Water Engine

The Water Engine

Mason Gross

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Martin Crane

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

Thomas Condon

Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'

Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'

Self

Streets of Gold

Streets of Gold

Linehan

The Impostor

The Impostor

The Impostor

The Impostor

School Security Guard

Love Hurts

Love Hurts

Boomer

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Self

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

Jimmy Burke

Through Naked Eyes

Through Naked Eyes

Police Captain

The Image

The Image

Irv Mickelson

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

Self

Mariette in Ecstasy

Dr. Claude Baptiste

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

Robert Clayton Sr.

Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

Paddy Quinn

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

Oliver Jordan

Trapped in Silence

Trapped in Silence

Dr. Winslow

The Frasier Story

The Frasier Story

Self

Almost Salinas

Almost Salinas

Max Harris

Buying a Landslide

Buying a Landslide

Walter Partin

Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor

A Hard Rain

Ross Stewart

The Bathhouse

Thanks

Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies

Narrator (voice)

Foyle's War Revisited

Foyle's War Revisited

Self - Host