Birthday
1906/05/17
Day of death
1971/08/17 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Also know as
Horace MacMahon
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...Read more
(1951) Detective Story
as Lt. Monaghan
(1938) Secrets of a Nurse
as Larry Carson
(1941) Come Live with Me
as Taxi Driver
(1955) Blackboard Jungle
as Detective
(1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Mugsy
(1968) The Detective
as Capt. Tom Farrell
(1957) The Delicate Delinquent
as Capt. Riley
(1953) Man in the Dark
as Arnie
(1954) Susan Slept Here
as Sergeant Monty Maizel
(1938) The Crowd Roars
as Rocky Simpson (uncredited)
(1941) Birth of the Blues
as Wolf
(1966) The Swinger
as Detective Sergeant Hooker
(1955) My Sister Eileen
as Police Officer Lonigan
(1941) Lady Scarface
as Mullen
(1948) Waterfront at Midnight
as Hank Bremmer
(1938) Tenth Avenue Kid
as Max Hooker
(1937) Kid Galahad
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
(1942) Jail House Blues
as Swifty
(1955) Texas Lady
as Stringer Winfield
(1954) Duffy of San Quentin
as Pierson
(1939) Sergeant Madden
as Philadelphia
(1937) The Wrong Road
as Blackie Clayton
(1959) Never Steal Anything Small
as O.K. Merritt
(1937) Navy Blues
as Gateleg
(1937) Exclusive
as Beak McArdle
(1938) Federal Man-Hunt
as Snuffy Deegan
(1938) Fast Company
as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)
(1938) King of the Newsboys
as Lockjaw
(1938) Newsboys' Home
as Bartsch
(1938) Wanted by the Police
as Russo's Chief Henchman
(1940) The Marines Fly High
as Sgt. Monk O'Hara
(1937) They Gave Him a Gun
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
(1937) Public Wedding
as Reporter
(1939) Pirates of the Skies
as ---
(1939) Calling Dr. Kildare
as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1939) Rose of Washington Square
as Irving
(1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Gus
(1939) Another Thin Man
as MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1939) Bachelor Mother
as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
(1939) That's Right – You're Wrong
as Hood (Uncredited)
(1940) I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Bugs
(1940) Gangs of Chicago
as Cry-Baby
(1939) She Married a Cop
as Joe Nash
(1938) When G-Men Step In
as Jennings
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Horace MacMahon
(1938) Ladies in Distress
as 2nd Thug
(1939) Pride of the Navy
as Gloomey Kelly
(1939) I Was a Convict
as Missouri Smith
(1941) The Stork Pays Off
as Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle
(1941) Rookies on Parade
as Tiger Brannigan
(1940) The Leather Pushers
as Slugger Mears
(1941) Buy Me That Town
as Fingers Flint
(1940) We Who Are Young
as Foreman
(1935) The Officer's Mess
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1944) Timber Queen
as Rodney
(1937) A Girl with Ideas
as Al
(1940) My Favorite Wife
as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1940) Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Foghorn Murphy
(1940) Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)
(1940) Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
(1943) Dangerous Blondes
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
(1940) Millionaires in Prison
as Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)
(1940) Melody Ranch
as Bud Wildhack
(1939) Laugh It Off
as Phil Ferrranti
(1938) Broadway Musketeers
as Gurk
(1943) Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Truck Driver
(1939) Sabotage
as Art Kruger
(1939) Big Town Czar
as Punchy
(1964) Run To Daylight
as Narrator
(1959) What Makes Sammy Run?
as Mike Crowley
(1953) Champ for a Day
as Sam Benton
(1940) Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as 'Lefty' Hodges - Bank Robber
(1957) Beau James
as Prosecutor
(1948) Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as Looie
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Rabblerouser (uncredited)
(1953) Fast Company
as 'Two Pair' Buford
(1940) The Ghost Comes Home
as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1966) Batman
as Glu Gluten (uncredited)
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Lt. Michael 'Mike' Parker
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Bartender
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Capt. Hodges
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1949) Martin Kane, Private Eye
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Detective
(1970) Make Room for Granddaddy
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1959) The Alaskans
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Cornelius Cameron
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1959) New York Confidential
as ---
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1964) Mr. Broadway
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as District Attorney
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Benny Grew
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---
(1954) Father Knows Best
as Bick Norton
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Member of Bar Association (uncredited)
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Chick
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Lieutenant Waldo
(1962) Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
as Agnes' Father
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Rick Vega
(1954) The Lone Wolf
as Detective Stillman