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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 17, 1906
Died
August 17, 1971
Place of Birth
South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Horace MacMahon
Horace McMahon
0.4 Popularity
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 Story, alongside Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. McMahon also starred on television, in the ABC police series Naked City as Lt. Mike Parker, a gruff, no-nonsense, but warmhearted cop's cop, interested only in justice and doing the job according to the proper rules of the game. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role. In 1964, McMahon played Hank McClure, a police contact in the 13-week CBS drama series, Mr. Broadway, with Craig Stevens. He also did voice-overs for commercials, including those for Close-Up toothpaste and Armstrong tires. In 1972, a 375-seat theater named in honor of McMahon was created in the McCrory Building on Washington Street in South Norwalk, Connecticut. McMahon was married to actress Louise Campbell from 1938 until his death in 1971, when he died from a heart ailment. Their daughter, Martha McMahon, also became an actress.
Known For
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5.0
Make Room for Granddaddy
1970
5.9
Capt. Tom Farrell
The Detective
1968
5.5
Detective Sergeant Hooker
The Swinger
1966
6.6
Family Affair
1966
7.3
Glu Gluten (uncredited)
Batman
1966
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0.0
Mr. Broadway
1964
0.0
Narrator
Run To Daylight
1964
5.0
Agnes' Father
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
6.2
District Attorney
The Defenders
1961
6.3
Route 66
1960
Credits
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Make Room for Granddaddy
1970
5.0
The Detective
as Capt. Tom Farrell
1968
5.9
The Swinger
as Detective Sergeant Hooker
1966
5.5
Family Affair
1966
6.6
Batman
as Glu Gluten (uncredited)
1966
7.3
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Mr. Broadway
1964
0.0
Run To Daylight
as Narrator
1964
0.0
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
as Agnes' Father
1962
5.0
The Defenders
as District Attorney
1961
6.2
Route 66
1960
6.3
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
The Twilight Zone
as Bartender
1959
8.4
What Makes Sammy Run?
as Mike Crowley
1959
7.0
Never Steal Anything Small
as O.K. Merritt
1959
8.0
New York Confidential
1959
0.0
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Naked City
as Mike Parker
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.2
Sugarfoot
as Cornelius Cameron
1957
4.8
Beau James
as Prosecutor
1957
5.7
The Delicate Delinquent
as Capt. Riley
1957
6.4
Texas Lady
as Stringer Winfield
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Rick Vega
1955
5.4
My Sister Eileen
as Police Officer Lonigan
1955
6.5
Blackboard Jungle
as Detective
1955
6.9
Climax!
as Detective
1954
3.3
Father Knows Best
as Bick Norton
1954
6.5
Susan Slept Here
as Sergeant Monty Maizel
1954
6.2
The Lone Wolf
as Detective Stillman
1954
7.0
Duffy of San Quentin
as Pierson
1954
6.0
Champ for a Day
as Sam Benton
1953
6.0
Fast Company
as 'Two Pair' Buford
1953
7.0
Man in the Dark
as Arnie
1953
6.1
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Mugsy
1953
5.5
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Benny Grew
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Lieutenant Waldo
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Gibson
1952
7.3
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Four Star Playhouse
as Chick
1952
6.3
Detective Story
as Lt. Monaghan
1951
7.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
The Red Skelton Show
as Member of Bar Association (uncredited)
1951
7.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
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Lux Video Theatre
as Capt. Hodges
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949
6.0
Lights Out
1949
5.3
Waterfront at Midnight
as Hank Bremmer
1948
4.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as Looie
1948
6.0
Timber Queen
as Rodney
1944
5.7
Dangerous Blondes
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Truck Driver
1943
5.8
Stage Door Canteen
as Horace MacMahon
1943
5.8
Jail House Blues
as Swifty
1942
0.0
Birth of the Blues
as Wolf
1941
5.5
The Stork Pays Off
as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle
1941
0.0
Buy Me That Town
as Fingers Flint
1941
6.0
Lady Scarface
as Mullen
1941
5.1
Rookies on Parade
as Tiger Brannigan
1941
0.0
Come Live with Me
as Taxi Driver
1941
7.0
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Foghorn Murphy
1940
6.0
Melody Ranch
as Bud Wildhack
1940
5.8
The Leather Pushers
as Slugger Mears
1940
0.0
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Golden Fleecing
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1940
5.3
We Who Are Young
as Foreman
1940
5.8
Millionaires in Prison
as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)
1940
6.0
Gangs of Chicago
as Cry-Baby
1940
5.3
My Favorite Wife
as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
1940
7.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Bugs
1940
6.0
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
1940
4.6
The Ghost Comes Home
as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
1940
5.0
The Marines Fly High
as Sgt. Monk O'Hara
1940
5.5
🎬
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber
1940
5.7
🎬
Laugh It Off
as Phil Ferrranti
1939
2.0
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Hood (Uncredited)
1939
5.7
Another Thin Man
as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Sabotage
as Art Kruger
1939
7.0
She Married a Cop
as Joe Nash
1939
5.7
Bachelor Mother
as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
1939
7.1
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Gus
1939
5.5
Rose of Washington Square
as Irving
1939
5.8
Big Town Czar
as Punchy
1939
0.0
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Sergeant Madden
as Philadelphia
1939
6.0
🎬
I Was a Convict
as Missouri Smith
1939
5.0
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Pride of the Navy
as Gloomey Kelly
1939
0.0
Pirates of the Skies
1939
0.0
Federal Man-Hunt
as Snuffy Deegan
1938
6.2
Newsboys' Home
as Bartsch
1938
6.0
Secrets of a Nurse
as Larry Carson
1938
3.0
Broadway Musketeers
as Gurk
1938
4.3
Wanted by the Police
as Russo's Chief Henchman
1938
6.0
Marie Antoinette
as Rabblerouser (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Max Hooker
1938
5.0
The Crowd Roars
as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Fast Company
as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)
1938
5.4
Ladies in Distress
as 2nd Thug
1938
0.0
King of the Newsboys
as Lockjaw
1938
3.5
When G-Men Step In
as Jennings
1938
6.0
A Girl with Ideas
as Al
1937
0.0
The Wrong Road
as Blackie Clayton
1937
4.4
Exclusive
as Beak McArdle
1937
6.0
Public Wedding
as Reporter
1937
5.7
Kid Galahad
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
1937
7.0
They Gave Him a Gun
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Navy Blues
as Gateleg
1937
5.0
The Officer's Mess
as Soldier (uncredited)
1935
0.0