Horace McMahon
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0964 |
| Birthday | 1906-05-17 |
| Place of Birth | South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As | Horace MacMahon, |
1951
Detective Story
7/162
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a preci...
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Detective Story
1938
Secrets of a Nurse
5.5/4
This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true in...
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Secrets of a Nurse
1941
Come Live with Me
6.806/31
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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Come Live with Me
1955
Blackboard Jungle
6.928/160
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...
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Blackboard Jungle
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
5.402/56
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced...
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1968
The Detective
5.942/77
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
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The Detective
1957
The Delicate Delinquent
6.421/38
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney wor...
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The Delicate Delinquent
1953
Man in the Dark
6.18/25
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain sur...
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Man in the Dark
1954
Susan Slept Here
6.081/31
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Ma...
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Susan Slept Here
1938
The Crowd Roars
7/7
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...
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The Crowd Roars
1941
Birth of the Blues
6.091/11
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which...
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Birth of the Blues
1966
The Swinger
5.286/14
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
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The Swinger
1955
My Sister Eileen
6.643/28
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They fin...
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My Sister Eileen
1941
Lady Scarface
5.417/12
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationsh...
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Lady Scarface
1948
Waterfront at Midnight
7/2
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined...
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Waterfront at Midnight
1938
Tenth Avenue Kid
7.5/2
In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later the detective feels bad and offers to become his f...
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Tenth Avenue Kid
1937
Kid Galahad
7.036/55
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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Kid Galahad
1942
Jail House Blues
9/1
A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.
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Jail House Blues
1955
Texas Lady
5.667/6
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. He...
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Texas Lady
1954
Duffy of San Quentin
6.75/4
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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Duffy of San Quentin
1939
Sergeant Madden
7.5/2
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Sergeant Madden
1937
The Wrong Road
4.75/8
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000,...
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The Wrong Road
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
8.2/5
Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his u...
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Never Steal Anything Small
1937
Navy Blues
6/2
A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he pursu...
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Navy Blues
1937
Exclusive
7/2
Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.
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Exclusive
1938
Federal Man-Hunt
7.5/3
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies...
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Federal Man-Hunt
1938
Fast Company
5.409/11
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
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Fast Company
1938
King of the Newsboys
4.75/4
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her...
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King of the Newsboys
1938
Newsboys' Home
8/2
A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.
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Newsboys' Home
1938
Wanted by the Police
7.5/2
A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a...
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Wanted by the Police
1940
The Marines Fly High
5.286/7
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.
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The Marines Fly High
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
6.667/6
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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They Gave Him a Gun
1937
Public Wedding
6/4
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofita...
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Public Wedding
1939
Pirates of the Skies
9/1
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltratin...
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Pirates of the Skies
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
6.556/9
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. Wh...
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Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Rose of Washington Square
6.667/6
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
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Rose of Washington Square
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
6/6
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she atte...
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Another Thin Man
7.143/136
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
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Another Thin Man
1939
Bachelor Mother
7.205/78
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, D...
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Bachelor Mother
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
6.25/4
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program...
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That's Right – You're Wrong
1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
7/2
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to wri...
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
Gangs of Chicago
5.75/4
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
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Gangs of Chicago
1939
She Married a Cop
6.75/4
This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Polic...
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She Married a Cop
1938
When G-Men Step In
7/2
Having paid for the education and legal training of his younger brother, Bruce, with the idea that he would become a lawyer and join his business, Fre...
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When G-Men Step In
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.289/19
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational...
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Stage Door Canteen
1938
Ladies in Distress
8/1
Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of...
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Ladies in Distress
1939
Pride of the Navy
7/1
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats....
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Pride of the Navy
1939
I Was a Convict
6.5/2
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they a...
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I Was a Convict
1941
The Stork Pays Off
6.333/3
Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club...
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The Stork Pays Off
1941
Rookies on Parade
10/1
The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy) as they try to survive Army boot camp. Intending...
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Rookies on Parade
1940
The Leather Pushers
8/1
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle pr...
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The Leather Pushers
1941
Buy Me That Town
6.333/3
A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout. The...
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Buy Me That Town
1940
We Who Are Young
6.333/6
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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We Who Are Young
1935
The Officer's Mess
10/1
Gus Doakes joins the National Guard; hilarity ensues.
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The Officer's Mess
1944
Timber Queen
6/4
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited i...
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Timber Queen
1937
A Girl with Ideas
9/1
A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
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A Girl with Ideas
1940
My Favorite Wife
7.015/172
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock...
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My Favorite Wife
1940
The Golden Fleecing
5.857/7
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Golden Fleecing
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
6.667/6
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.813/8
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
4.8/15
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1943
Dangerous Blondes
6.286/7
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...
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Dangerous Blondes
1940
Millionaires in Prison
6.143/7
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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Millionaires in Prison
1940
Melody Ranch
6.167/6
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
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Melody Ranch
1939
Laugh It Off
6/2
Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.
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Laugh It Off
1938
Broadway Musketeers
4.4/5
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nig...
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Broadway Musketeers
1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
6.5/3
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1939
Sabotage
6.6/5
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson,...
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Sabotage
1939
Big Town Czar
7/1
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart...
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Big Town Czar
1964
Run To Daylight
0/0
A documentary based on the book by legendary Packer coach Vince Lombardi. Narrated by Horace McMahon and told by Vince Lombardi, the 55-minute B & W...
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Run To Daylight
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?
7/1
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...
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What Makes Sammy Run?
1953
Champ for a Day
7/2
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favor...
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Champ for a Day
1940
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
6.5/4
In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a car wreck as she heads for her elopement. The two...
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Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1957
Beau James
5.4/5
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
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Beau James
1948
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
8/2
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up anoth...
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.514/36
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1953
Fast Company
7.5/2
When Carol Maldon inherits her family's stable and a horse with strong racing potential, she begins working with suave trainer Rick Grayton. Intent on...
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Fast Company
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
5.667/3
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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The Ghost Comes Home
1964
The Polo Grounds: Requiem for an Arena
0/0
Documentary about the history and imminent demise of the Polo Grounds ballpark in New York. Hosted and narrated by actor Horace McMahon, it was filmed...
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The Polo Grounds: Requiem for an Arena
1940
The Bride Wore Crutches
7/2
A cub reporter goes after his story in a big way when he single-handedly exposes a crime ring.
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