John Mahoney was an award-winning American actor. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, the seventh of eight children of Margaret and Reg, a baker. His family was evacuated to the sea-side resort to avoid the Nazi bombing of their native Manchester. The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually returned to Manchester during the war. Visiting the States to see his older sister, a "war bride" who had married an American, the young Mahoney decided to emigrate and was sponsored by his sister. John eventually won his citizenship by serving in the U.S. Army.
Long interested in acting, Mahoney didn't make the transition to his craft until he was almost forty years old. Mahoney took acting classes at the St. Nicholas Theater and finally built up the courage to quit his day job and pursue acting full time. John Malkovich, one of the founders of the Second City's distinguished Steppenwolf Theatre, encouraged Mahoney to join Steppenwolf, and in , Mahoney won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves ().
Mahoney made his feature film debut in , but he was best known for playing the role of the father of
Frasier Stars We've Sadly Lost
ByBrent Furdyk
"Cheers" was a pillar of NBC's much-vaunted "Must See TV" Thursday night lineup when the beloved barroom comedy said goodbye in Yet that wasn't the end of the story; in September of that same year, new sitcom "Frasier" launched, focusing on tavern regular Dr. Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer.
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The new series followed Frasier as he relocated to his hometown of Seattle, where the Harvard-educated psychiatrist took his skills to radio and offered advice to callers along with his on-air catchphrase: "I'm listening." The show became an instant hit, with Grammer joined by David Hyde-Pierce as his brother Niles; John Mahoney as Martin, the Crane boys' retired cop father; Jane Leeves as Martin's caregiver, Daphne; and Peri Gilpin as Frasier's producer, Roz. "Frasier" ran for 11 hit seasons before ending its run in — with a reboot later premiering in October
In the years since "Frasier" went off the air, some of the familiar faces from the show have since left us, including one of the show's series regulars and numerous guest stars. Read on to remember the "Frasier" stars we've sadly
These Two Mahoney Guys Are Not Related
Q: We very much enjoy "Frasier" and wonder whether John Mahoney is related to movie star Jock Mahoney. Is his leg injury authentic or just for TV?
A: John Mahoney is a longtime character actor whose past credits include "Moonstruck," "Barton Fink," "Reality Bites," "In the Line of Fire," "She's the One," "Primal Fear," "The American President" and "Antz." He assumes a limp only for his TV role. Born in Manchester, England (home of "Frasier's" Daphne), Mahoney is not a relative of Jock Mahoney, the Hollywood stunt man who played Tarzan in the movies and Yancy Derringer on TV in the s. Jock Mahoney, who died in , does have a famous relation, though. He was stepfather to Sally Field.
Q: I say Perry Mason and Della Street were married in one of the later Perry Mason movies. My friend says no. Can you settle this?
A: Though private secretary Della Street was with lawyer Mason through all the reincarnations of the show from until , the two never married. The last of the Perry Mason movies starring Raymond Burr, "The Case of the Killer Kiss," aired after his death in Barbara Hale, who played Della, is the last surviving original cast member fr
PICTURED: Frasier actor John Mahoney, 77, on stage just two months before his death as it's revealed he tragically spoke of his pride at beating cancer twice before succombing to 'complications' from the disease on Monday
John Mahoney said in a final interview a few months before his death that he thinks he was able to beat cancer twice because of how much he loved being an actor
John Mahoney said in a final interview a few months before his death that he thinks he was able to beat cancer twice because of how much he loved being an actor.
''I wasn't going to let this cancer get me. I waited too long to do this,' he told Fox News in a final interview about his life in October.
The year-old, who starred as the cranky patriarch Martin Crane on the popular TV sitcom 'Frasier,' died Monday in the hospital.
Mahoney's longtime manager, Paul Martino, said Monday that Mahoney died in Chicago after a brief spell in hospital.
The cause of death was not immediately announced, but The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he served as an ensemble member for nearly 40 years, said it was related to cancer complications.
His friend Anna Shapiro said he was 'fragile,' at the time
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