Horace McMahon
Biography
Horace McMahon was an American actor who began on Broadway and later worked in film and television, often cast as gangsters and criminals. He was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, and took up acting while a student at Fordham University School of Law. In 1949 he played his most acclaimed role, Lieutenant Monaghan in the drama Detective Story, and in 1951 he repeated it in Paramount's film version, Detective Story (1951), alongside Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. On television he was Lt. Mike Parker in Naked City, a policeman whose rough exterior hid a kind nature and a devotion to justice and proper rules; the part earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1962. He later appeared in the CBS drama Mr. Broadway in 1964, on Batman in 1967, and as police Captain Tom Farrell in The Detective (1968). He also did voice-overs for commercials, and in 1972 a theater in South Norwalk was named in his honor.
65years old at death
- Born South Norwalk
- Died Norwalk
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Horace MacMahon
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 28 years1940 to 1968
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Big break
Early in his career McMahon was usually cast as gangsters and criminals. His most acclaimed role came in 1949, as Lieutenant Monaghan in the drama Detective Story, and he reprised the part in Paramount Pictures' 1951 film version with Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker.
A change of course
McMahon also did voice-overs for commercials, and among the advertisements he worked on were ones for Close-Up toothpaste and Armstrong tires.
Horace McMahon movies on Netflix
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