
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
After moving from England to the United States, Mahoney began his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 1986 Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, and went on to achieve wider recognition for his roles in the films Suspect and Moonstruck (both 1987). Other notable credits included Tin Men (1987), Frantic, Eight Men Out (both 1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), Striking Distance, In the Line of Fire (both 1993), Reality Bites (1994), The American President (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and The Broken Hearts Club (2000). He also voiced roles in animated films such as Antz (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

Primal Fear
1996 · as Shaughnessy

Flipped
2010 · as Chet Duncan

In the Line of Fire
1993 · as Sam Campagna

Striking Distance
1993 · as Vince Hardy

The Iron Giant
1999 · as General Rogard (voice)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 · as Preston B. Whitmore (voice)

Antz
1998 · as Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

Kronk's New Groove
2005 · as Papi (voice)

Atlantis: Milo's Return
2003 · as Whitmore (voice)

Say Anything...
1989 · as James Court

Moonstruck
1987 · as Perry

Reality Bites
1994 · as Grant Gubler

Dan in Real Life
2007 · as Poppy

Frantic
1988 · as Williams

The American President
1995 · as Leo Solomon

Eight Men Out
1988 · as Kid Gleason

Code of Silence
1985 · as Prowler Representative

She's the One
1996 · as Mr. Fitzpatrick