Acting · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK · Born June 20, 1940
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).
MovieThe Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
as Self
TV$#*! My Dad Says
2010
as Lt. Col. Wally Durham
MovieFlipped
2010
as Chet Duncan
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Roy
TVIn Treatment
2008
as Walter Barnett
MovieDan in Real Life
2007
as Poppy
TVBurn Notice
2007
as Management
MovieThe Groomsmen
2006
as Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
MovieMoonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
as Self
MovieKronk's New Groove
2005
as Papi (voice)
MovieFathers and Sons
2005
as Gene
MovieFrasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004
as Martin Crane
TVGary the Rat
2003
MovieBehind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier'
2003
as Self
MovieAtlantis: Milo's Return
2003
as Whitmore (voice)
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Andrew Del Mar
MovieAtlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
MovieAlmost Salinas
2001
as Max Harris
MovieIntimate Enemies
2000
as Narrator (voice)
TVTeacher's Pet
2000
MovieThe Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
as Jack
MovieThe Iron Giant
1999
as General Rogard (voice)
MovieThe Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999
as Self
MovieThe Frasier Story
1999
as Self
TVBecker
1998
as Father Joe D'Andrea
MovieAntz
1998
as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
TVNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
MovieStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Martin Crane
MovieShe's the One
1996
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996
as Dr. Claude Baptiste
MoviePrimal Fear
1996
as Shaughnessy
TV3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Dr. Leonard Hamlin
MovieThe American President
1995
as Leo Solomon
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
TVER
1994
as Bennett Cray
MovieThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Chief
MovieReality Bites
1994
as Grant Gubler
A Hard Rain
1994
as Ross Stewart
MovieStriking Distance
1993
as Vince Hardy
TVFrasier
1993
as Martin Crane
MovieIn the Line of Fire
1993
as Sam Campagna
MovieBuying a Landslide
1992
as Walter Partin
The Water Engine
1992
as Mason Gross
MovieThe Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
1992
as Robert Clayton Sr.
The Human Factor
1992
as Dr. Alec McMurtry
MovieArticle 99
1992
as Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
MovieUnnatural Pursuits
1992
as Paddy Quinn
MovieBarton Fink
1991
as W.P. Mayhew
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Jimmy Burke
MovieThe Russia House
1990
as Brady
MovieLove Hurts
1990
as Boomer
TVH.E.L.P.
1990
as Patrick Meacham
MovieThe Image
1990
as Irv Mickelson
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
MovieDinner at Eight
1989
as Oliver Jordan
MovieSay Anything...
1989
as James Court
TVFavorite Son
1988
as Lou Brenner
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as (voice)
MovieEight Men Out
1988
as Kid Gleason
MovieBetrayed
1988
as Shorty
MovieFrantic
1988
as Williams
MovieMoonstruck
1987
as Perry
MovieSuspect
1987
as Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
MovieThe House of Blue Leaves
1987
as Artie Shaughnessy
MovieThe Hustler of Money
1987
as Eddie
MovieTin Men
1987
as Moe Adams
MovieStreets of Gold
1986
as Linehan
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Walter Partin
MovieThe Manhattan Project
1986
as Lt. Col. Conroy
MovieTrapped In Silence
1986
as Dr. Winslow
MovieCode of Silence
1985
as Prowler Representative
MovieFirst Steps
1985
as '60 Minutes' Producer
MovieThe Impostor
1984
MovieThe Killing Floor
1984
as Thomas Condon
MovieThrough Naked Eyes
1983
as Police Captain
TVCheers
1982
as Sy Flembeck
TVChicago Story
1982
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Thomas Condon
MovieWill: G. Gordon Liddy
1982
MovieHudson Taylor
1981
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Paul Newman / Fast Eddie (uncredited)
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
