Horace McMahon

Actor May 17 (died age 65) South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA 1935–1968 (33 year career)

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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 S…

Known For

Film

My Favorite Wife

Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

Film

Detective Story

Lt. Monaghan

Film

Blackboard Jungle

Detective

Film

Another Thin Man

MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Film

Bachelor Mother

Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

Film

Kid Galahad

Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

Film

The Detective

Capt. Tom Farrell

Film

Come Live with Me

Taxi Driver

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (80)

The Detective

1968

as Capt. Tom Farrell

5.9

The Swinger

1966

as Detective Sergeant Hooker

5.2

Run To Daylight

1964

as Narrator

The Polo Grounds: Requiem for an Arena

1964

as Self - Host / Self - Narrator

Never Steal Anything Small

1959

as O.K. Merritt

8.0

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959

as Mike Crowley

7.0

The Delicate Delinquent

as Capt. Riley

Beau James

as Prosecutor

Blackboard Jungle

as Detective

Texas Lady

as Stringer Winfield

My Sister Eileen

as Police Officer Lonigan

6.5

Susan Slept Here

1954

as Sergeant Monty Maizel

Duffy of San Quentin

as Pierson

Man in the Dark

as Arnie

Fast Company

as 'Two Pair' Buford

Champ for a Day

as Sam Benton

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

as Mugsy

Detective Story

as Lt. Monaghan

Waterfront at Midnight

1948

as Hank Bremmer

4.0

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

as Looie

Timber Queen

as Rodney

Stage Door Canteen

as Horace MacMahon

Dangerous Blondes

as Hoodlum (uncredited)

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as Truck Driver

Jail House Blues

as Swifty

Rookies on Parade

1941

as Tiger Brannigan

The Stork Pays Off

1941

as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle

Buy Me That Town

as Fingers Flint

Come Live with Me

as Taxi Driver

Birth of the Blues

as Wolf

Lady Scarface

as Mullen

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)

Gangs of Chicago

as Cry-Baby

The Marines Fly High

as Sgt. Monk O'Hara

My Favorite Wife

as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

7.0

Millionaires in Prison

1940

as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)

6.0

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

as Foreman

The Leather Pushers

as Slugger Mears

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

as Foghorn Murphy

6.0

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy

4.6

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.3

Melody Ranch

1940

as Bud Wildhack

5.8

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Bugs

6.0

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

1940

as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber

5.7

The Bride Wore Crutches

1940

as Brains

6.0

Rose of Washington Square

1939

as Irving

5.8

Pride of the Navy

1939

as Gloomey Kelly

She Married a Cop

1939

as Joe Nash

5.7

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Sabotage

as Art Kruger

Pirates of the Skies

Bachelor Mother

as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

7.1

Another Thin Man

1939

as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)

7.1

Laugh It Off

1939

as Phil Ferrranti

2.0

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Hood (Uncredited)

I Was a Convict

as Missouri Smith

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Gus

Sergeant Madden

as Philadelphia

Big Town Czar

as Punchy

The Crowd Roars

1938

as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)

6.5

Fast Company

1938

as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)

5.0

Marie Antoinette

1938

as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Federal Man-Hunt

as Snuffy Deegan

Newsboys' Home

as Bartsch

Broadway Musketeers

as Gurk

Ladies in Distress

as 2nd Thug

King of the Newsboys

as Lockjaw

Secrets of a Nurse

as Larry Carson

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Max Hooker

Wanted by the Police

as Russo's Chief Henchman

When G-Men Step In

as Jennings

Kid Galahad

as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

7.0

They Gave Him a Gun

1937

as Prison Inmate (uncredited)

Public Wedding

as Reporter

Exclusive

as Beak McArdle

Navy Blues

as Gateleg

The Wrong Road

as Blackie Clayton

A Girl with Ideas

as Al

The Officer's Mess

1935

as Soldier (uncredited)

Television (29)

Batman

1966

as Glu Gluten (uncredited)

Family Affair

Mr. Broadway

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

1962

as Agnes' Father

5.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as District Attorney

Route 66

The Twilight Zone

as Bartender

The Alaskans

Bourbon Street Beat

New York Confidential

77 Sunset Strip

Bronco

Naked City

as Mike Parker

Sugarfoot

as Cornelius Cameron

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Rick Vega

Climax!

as Detective

Father Knows Best

as Bick Norton

The Lone Wolf

as Detective Stillman

7.0

Four Star Playhouse

1952

as Chick

6.7

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Benny Grew

7.3

The Red Skelton Show

1951

as Member of Bar Association (uncredited)

7.4

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

6.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lux Video Theatre

as Capt. Hodges

Lights Out

Martin Kane, Private Eye

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self