
John Mahoney
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).
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2010 | Flipped | Chet Duncan | Super Hit | |
| 2007 | Dan in Real Life | Poppy | Hit | |
| 2006 | The Groomsmen | Paulie's Dad (uncredited) | Flop | |
| 2006 | Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | Self | Average | |
| 2005 | Kronk's New Groove | Papi (voice) | Average | |
| 2005 | Fathers and Sons | Gene | Flop | |
| 2004 | Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter | Martin Crane | Super Hit | |
| 2003 | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Whitmore (voice) | Average | |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Preston B. Whitmore (voice) | Hit | |
| 2001 | Almost Salinas | Max Harris | Super Hit | |
| 2000 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | Jack | Average | |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | General Rogard (voice) | Super Hit | |
| 1999 | The Frasier Story | Self | Hit | |
| 1999 | The Making of 'The Iron Giant' | Self | Average | |
| 1998 | Antz | Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice) | Average | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond | Martin Crane | Average | |
| 1996 | She's the One | Mr. Fitzpatrick | Flop | |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Shaughnessy | Super Hit | |
| 1995 | The American President | Leo Solomon | Hit | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Chief | Hit | |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Grant Gubler | Hit | |
| 1993 | Striking Distance | Lt. Vince Hardy | Average | |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | Sam Campagna | Hit | |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | Mason Gross | Flop | |
| 1992 | The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton | Robert Clayton Sr. | Hit | |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Dr. Henry Dreyfoos | Average | |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | W.P. Mayhew | Super Hit | |
| 1991 | The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Jimmy Burke | Flop | |
| 1990 | The Russia House | Brady | Average | |
| 1990 | Love Hurts | Boomer | Flop | |
| 1990 | The Image | Irv Mickelson | Flop | |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | Oliver Jordan | Flop | |
| 1989 | Say Anything... | James Court | Hit | |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Kid Gleason | Hit | |
| 1988 | Betrayed | Shorty | Average | |
| 1988 | Frantic | Williams | Hit | |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Perry | Hit | |
| 1987 | Suspect | Judge Matthew Bishop Helms | Hit | |
| 1987 | The Hustler of Money | Eddie | Super Hit | |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Moe Adams | Average | |
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Linehan | Flop | |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Lt. Col. Conroy | Average | |
| 1986 | Trapped In Silence | Dr. Winslow | Average | |
| 1985 | Code of Silence | Prowler Representative | Average | |
| 1984 | The Impostor | - | Flop | |
| 1984 | The Impostor | School Security Guard | Flop | |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor | Thomas Condon | Hit | |
| 1983 | Through Naked Eyes | Police Captain | Flop | |
| 1981 | Hudson Taylor | - | Average |




