Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

1906-05-17 South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA 78 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Horace McMahon (May 17, 1906 – August 17, 1971) was an American actor. McMahon was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut. He became interested in acting when he was a student at Fordham University School of Law. In his early career he mostly played thugs or jailbirds, but in 1949 he starred in his most acclaimed role, as Lieutenant Monaghan in the drama play Detective Story and in 1951 he reprised his character in Paramount Pictures' film version Detective S...

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The Detective

The Detective

1968

as Capt. Tom Farrell

6.0
Acting

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.

The Swinger

The Swinger

1966

as Detective Sergeant Hooker

5.5
Acting

An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

Run To Daylight

Run To Daylight

1964

as Narrator

Acting

A documentary based on the book by legendary Packer coach Vince Lombardi. Narrated by Horace McMahon and told by Vince Lombardi, the 55-minute B & W ...

What Makes Sammy Run?

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959

as Mike Crowley

7.0
Acting

An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...

Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small

1959

as O.K. Merritt

8.0
Acting

Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his u...

Beau James

Beau James

1957

as Prosecutor

5.7
Acting

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent

1957

as Capt. Riley

6.4
Acting

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney wor...

Texas Lady

Texas Lady

1955

as Stringer Winfield

5.4
Acting

Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. He...

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

1955

as Police Officer Lonigan

6.5
Acting

Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They fin...

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955

as Detective

6.9
Acting

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954

as Sergeant Monty Maizel

6.2
Acting

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Ma...

Duffy of San Quentin

Duffy of San Quentin

1954

as Pierson

6.0
Acting

San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

Champ for a Day

Champ for a Day

1953

as Sam Benton

6.0
Acting

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favor...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1953

as 'Two Pair' Buford

7.0
Acting

The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer wh...

Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark

1953

as Arnie

6.1
Acting

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain sur...

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

as Mugsy

5.5
Acting

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced ...

Detective Story

Detective Story

1951

as Lt. Monaghan

7.0
Acting

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a preci...

Waterfront at Midnight

Waterfront at Midnight

1948

as Hank Bremmer

4.0
Acting

Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined...

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

1948

as Looie

6.0
Acting

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up anoth...

Timber Queen

Timber Queen

1944

as Rodney

5.7
Acting

Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited i...

Dangerous Blondes

Dangerous Blondes

1943

as Hoodlum (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Truck Driver

5.8
Acting

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Horace MacMahon

5.8
Acting

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

Jail House Blues

Jail House Blues

1942

as Swifty

Acting

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

1941

as Wolf

5.5
Acting

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which...

The Stork Pays Off

The Stork Pays Off

1941

as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle

7.0
Acting

Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club...

Buy Me That Town

Buy Me That Town

1941

as Fingers Flint

6.0
Acting

A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout. The...

Lady Scarface

Lady Scarface

1941

as Mullen

5.1
Acting

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationsh...

Rookies on Parade

Rookies on Parade

1941

as Tiger Brannigan

Acting

The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy) as they try to survive Army boot camp. Intending ...

Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941

as Taxi Driver

7.0
Acting

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

as Foghorn Murphy

6.0
Acting

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch

1940

as Bud Wildhack

5.8
Acting

His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.

The Leather Pushers

The Leather Pushers

1940

as Slugger Mears

Acting

A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle pr...

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young

1940

as Foreman

5.8
Acting

A man violates company policy by getting married.

Millionaires in Prison

Millionaires in Prison

1940

as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)

6.0
Acting

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.

Gangs of Chicago

Gangs of Chicago

1940

as Cry-Baby

5.3
Acting

A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940

as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock...

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Bugs

6.0
Acting

In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to wri...

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy

4.6
Acting

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

The Marines Fly High

The Marines Fly High

1940

as Sgt. Monk O'Hara

5.5
Acting

Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

1940

as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber

5.7
Acting

In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a car wreck as she heads for her elopement. The two...

Laugh It Off

1939

as Phil Ferrranti

2.0
Acting

Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.

That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939

as Hood (Uncredited)

5.7
Acting

J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program ...

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939

as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Sabotage

Sabotage

1939

as Art Kruger

7.0
Acting

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson,...

She Married a Cop

She Married a Cop

1939

as Joe Nash

5.7
Acting

This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Polic...

Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

1939

as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, D...

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

as Gus

5.5
Acting

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square

1939

as Irving

5.8
Acting

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

Big Town Czar

Big Town Czar

1939

as Punchy

Acting

When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart...

Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. Wh...

Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden

1939

as Philadelphia

6.0
Acting

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

I Was a Convict

1939

as Missouri Smith

5.0
Acting

In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they a...

Pride of the Navy

1939

as Gloomey Kelly

Acting

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats....

Pirates of the Skies

Pirates of the Skies

1939

Acting

Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltratin...

Federal Man-Hunt

Federal Man-Hunt

1938

as Snuffy Deegan

6.2
Acting

By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies ...

Newsboys' Home

Newsboys' Home

1938

as Bartsch

6.0
Acting

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.

Secrets of a Nurse

Secrets of a Nurse

1938

as Larry Carson

3.0
Acting

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true in...

Broadway Musketeers

Broadway Musketeers

1938

as Gurk

4.3
Acting

Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nig...

Wanted by the Police

Wanted by the Police

1938

as Russo's Chief Henchman

6.0
Acting

A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a ...

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

1938

as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...

Tenth Avenue Kid

Tenth Avenue Kid

1938

as Max Hooker

5.0
Acting

In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later the detective feels bad and offers to become his f...

The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars

1938

as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1938

as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)

5.4
Acting

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

Ladies in Distress

Ladies in Distress

1938

as 2nd Thug

Acting

Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of...

King of the Newsboys

King of the Newsboys

1938

as Lockjaw

3.5
Acting

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her ...

When G-Men Step In

When G-Men Step In

1938

as Jennings

6.0
Acting

Having paid for the education and legal training of his younger brother, Bruce, with the idea that he would become a lawyer and join his business, Fre...

A Girl with Ideas

A Girl with Ideas

1937

as Al

Acting

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

The Wrong Road

The Wrong Road

1937

as Blackie Clayton

4.4
Acting

A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, ...

Exclusive

Exclusive

1937

as Beak McArdle

6.0
Acting

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...

Public Wedding

Public Wedding

1937

as Reporter

5.7
Acting

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofita...

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1937

as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun

1937

as Prison Inmate (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

Navy Blues

Navy Blues

1937

as Gateleg

5.0
Acting

A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he pursu...

The Officer's Mess

The Officer's Mess

1935

as Soldier (uncredited)

Acting

Gus Doakes joins the National Guard; hilarity ensues.