Horace McMahon
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.
Bachelor Mother
as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of...
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Detective Story
as Lt. MonaghanTells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective...
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Another Thin Man
as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...
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My Favorite Wife
as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of...
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The Detective
as Capt. Tom FarrellPolice detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
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Marie Antoinette
as Rabblerouser (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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Blackboard Jungle
as DetectiveRichard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the...
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Dangerous Blondes
as Hoodlum (uncredited)Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving...
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as MugsyLester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it...
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Lady Scarface
as MullenA Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason...
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Timber Queen
as RodneyRuss Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of...
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My Sister Eileen
as Police Officer LoniganRuth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame,...
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The Swinger
as Detective Sergeant HookerAn authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
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Sabotage
as Art KrugerThe night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is...
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Susan Slept Here
as Sergeant Monty MaizelOn Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his...
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Kid Galahad
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the...
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Gangs of Chicago
as Cry-BabyA criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends...
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Sergeant Madden
as PhiladelphiaA dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Stage Door Canteen
as Horace MacMahonA young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...
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The Delicate Delinquent
as Capt. RileySidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth...
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Come Live with Me
as Taxi DriverSeeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling...
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Fast Company
as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
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Man in the Dark
as ArnieMany interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid...
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Melody Ranch
as Bud WildhackHis Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier...
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The Stork Pays Off
as Ears-to-the-Ground HinkleGangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and...
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That's Right – You're Wrong
as Hood (Uncredited)J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader...
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as GusThe zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as BugsIn I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who...
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King of the Newsboys
as LockjawA poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants...
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Secrets of a Nurse
as Larry CarsonThis Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin...
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Foghorn MurphyJimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his...
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Birth of the Blues
as WolfJeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He...
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Broadway Musketeers
as GurkThree women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a...
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Rose of Washington Square
as IrvingRose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' MurphyKildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Millionaires in Prison
as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...
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The Ghost Comes Home
as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea...
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The Crowd Roars
as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the...
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Run To Daylight
as NarratorA documentary based on the book by legendary Packer coach Vince Lombardi. Narrated by Horace...
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The Leather Pushers
as Slugger MearsA shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an...
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Public Wedding
as ReporterThe operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...
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They Gave Him a Gun
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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Calling Dr. Kildare
as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...
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Exclusive
as Beak McArdleWhen Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...
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The Wrong Road
as Blackie ClaytonA young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide...
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Texas Lady
as Stringer WinfieldClaudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas,...
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as LooieJoe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to...
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The Golden Fleecing
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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A Girl with Ideas
as AlA rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
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The Marines Fly High
as Sgt. Monk O'HaraMarine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for...
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Pirates of the Skies
as uncreditedCafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon...
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We Who Are Young
as ForemanA man violates company policy by getting married.
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Duffy of San Quentin
as PiersonSan Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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Wanted by the Police
as Russo's Chief HenchmanA young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a...
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What Makes Sammy Run?
as Mike CrowleyAn adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous...
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Jail House Blues
as SwiftyA prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...
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Navy Blues
as GatelegA sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a...
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When G-Men Step In
as JenningsHaving paid for the education and legal training of his younger brother, Bruce, with the idea...
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Big Town Czar
as PunchyWhen gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can...
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Ladies in Distress
as 2nd ThugAlison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her...
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Never Steal Anything Small
as O.K. MerrittDirector Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman...
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Fast Company
as 'Two Pair' BufordThe temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable,...
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She Married a Cop
as Joe NashThis comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation...
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Beau James
as ProsecutorThe story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
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Rookies on Parade
as Tiger BranniganThe story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff...
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Truck DriverA 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the...
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Federal Man-Hunt
as Snuffy DeeganBy a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges,...
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Tenth Avenue Kid
as Max HookerIn this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father....
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Champ for a Day
as Sam BentonAn up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western...
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Newsboys' Home
as BartschA beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.
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Waterfront at Midnight
as Hank BremmerHoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied...
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The Officer's Mess
as Soldier (uncredited)Gus Doakes joins the National Guard; hilarity ensues.
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Buy Me That Town
as Fingers FlintA gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as...
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Batman
as Glu Gluten (uncredited)Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as uncreditedRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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The Twilight Zone
as BartenderA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...
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The Defenders
as District AttorneyThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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Route 66
as uncreditedRoute 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...
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Climax!
as DetectiveClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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The Red Skelton Show
as Member of Bar Association (uncredited)The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...
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Naked City
as Lt. Michael 'Mike' ParkerNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Rick VegaThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
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Sugarfoot
as Cornelius CameronSugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Bourbon Street Beat
as uncredited"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which...
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Father Knows Best
as Bick NortonFamily man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Benny GrewThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as uncreditedThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Lieutenant WaldoThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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Family Affair
as uncreditedFamily Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...
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The Alaskans
as uncreditedThe Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late...
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Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
as Agnes' Father
Lights Out
as uncreditedLights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...
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77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Bronco
as uncreditedBronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...
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Tales of Tomorrow
as uncreditedTales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and...
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Martin Kane, Private Eye
as uncreditedMartin Kane, Private Eye was an early radio series and television crime series sponsored by...
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New York Confidential
as uncreditedNew York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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