John Mahoney

John Mahoney

1940-06-20 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK 58 Credits

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 ...

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

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

2016

as Self

7.7
Acting

A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade a...

Flipped

Flipped

2010

as Chet Duncan

8.0
Acting

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give u...

Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

2007

as Poppy

6.6
Acting

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious...

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen

2006

as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his p...

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen

2006

Thanks

5.3

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his p...

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, ...

Kronk's New Groove

Kronk's New Groove

2005

as Papi (voice)

6.4
Acting

Kronk, now chef and Head Delivery Boy of Mudka's Meat Hut, is fretting over the upcoming visit of his father. Kronk's father always disapproved of you...

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

2005

as Gene

4.6
Acting

Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Antho...

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

2004

as Martin Crane

8.7
Acting

Frasier Crane visits his therapist and reminisces over the events of the past 11 years since his move from Boston to Seattle, in a clip show designed ...

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Atlantis: Milo's Return

2003

as Whitmore (voice)

6.3
Acting

Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

2001

as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)

7.0
Acting

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Almost Salinas

Almost Salinas

2001

as Max Harris

8.0
Acting

Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only ...

Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies

2000

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Life on the savannah of southern Tanzania is a study in contrast between rainy and dry seasons. When water is abundant, the wildebeest at the rivers p...

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

2000

as Jack

6.3
Acting

A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood...

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

1999

as General Rogard (voice)

8.0
Acting

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

1999

as Self

6.4
Acting

Documentary of the making of the animated family film, The Iron Giant.

Antz

Antz

1998

as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

6.2
Acting

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a pa...

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

1996

as Martin Crane

5.8
Acting

A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also ...

She's the One

She's the One

1996

as Mr. Fitzpatrick

5.5
Acting

Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a...

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996

as Dr. Claude Baptiste

Acting

In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, ru...

Primal Fear

Primal Fear

1996

as Shaughnessy

7.7
Acting

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has ...

The American President

The American President

1995

as Leo Solomon

6.5
Acting

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

as Chief

7.1
Acting

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994

as Grant Gubler

6.6
Acting

A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As...

A Hard Rain

1994

as Ross Stewart

Acting

A Hard Rain is the story of a revenge killing in a small Pacific NW island community.

Striking Distance

Striking Distance

1993

as Lt. Vince Hardy

5.9
Acting

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on ...

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993

as Sam Campagna

7.0
Acting

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirt...

Buying a Landslide

Buying a Landslide

1992

as Walter Partin

Acting

Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate. Drafted to play Kautsky ...

The Water Engine

The Water Engine

1992

as Mason Gross

5.2
Acting

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously ...

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

1992

as Robert Clayton Sr.

6.5
Acting

The new DA of a small town is given the job of prosecuting the alleged murderer of a stripper. Unfortunately, his own father is in charge of the defen...

Article 99

Article 99

1992

as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos

6.1
Acting

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

1992

as Paddy Quinn

Acting

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.

Barton Fink

Barton Fink

1991

as W.P. Mayhew

7.5
Acting

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

1991

as Jimmy Burke

5.3
Acting

Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend giv...

The Russia House

The Russia House

1990

as Brady

6.1
Acting

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...

Love Hurts

Love Hurts

1990

as Boomer

4.8
Acting

The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.

The Image

The Image

1990

as Irv Mickelson

5.2
Acting

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1989

as Oliver Jordan

3.0
Acting

Society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat oblivious to the health and financial problems of her husban...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as James Court

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

1988

as Kid Gleason

6.9
Acting

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...

Betrayed

Betrayed

1988

as Shorty

6.0
Acting

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Frantic

Frantic

1988

as Williams

6.7
Acting

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicat...

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

1987

as Perry

6.9
Acting

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

Suspect

Suspect

1987

as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

6.6
Acting

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and ...

The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves

1987

as Artie Shaughnessy

Acting

On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, t...

The Hustler of Money

The Hustler of Money

1987

as Eddie

7.5
Acting

A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for money.

Tin Men

Tin Men

1987

as Moe Adams

6.3
Acting

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

1986

as Lt. Col. Conroy

6.2
Acting

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, wi...

Trapped In Silence

Trapped In Silence

1986

as Dr. Winslow

5.8
Acting

A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.

Streets of Gold

Streets of Gold

1986

as Linnehan

5.0
Acting

Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Je...

Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985

as Prowler Representative

5.9
Acting

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

First Steps

First Steps

1985

as '60 Minutes' Producer

Acting

Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new resear...

The Impostor

The Impostor

1984

2.8
Acting

After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h...

The Impostor

The Impostor

1984

as School Security Guard

2.8
Acting

After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h...

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

1984

as Thomas Condon

7.3
Acting

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the orga...

Through Naked Eyes

Through Naked Eyes

1983

as Police Captain

4.3
Acting

A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite him--until he finds out one day that an attractiv...

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

1982

1.0
Acting

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.

Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor

1981

6.0
Acting

The early years of the great missionary Hudson Taylor are portrayed in this drama. The movie details his work in China and the trails he endured. Huds...