Frasier

JOHN MAHONEY

Det. Martin Crane (ret.)

Even after 11 seasons, “Martin and Frasier are still trying to figure each other out,” says John Mahoney of his character, Martin Crane, the ex-cop father of psychiatrist Frasier Crane. Mahoney continues: “Martin’s a fish-out-of-water in his own family, which has three psychiatrists - his wife and two sons - and there’s a great deal of bad blood that he and Frasier have tried to cleanse living together.”

Mahoney has earned a reputation as a non-stop worker, a term that continues to hold up. Mahoney's film work first came to the attention of critics in 1986 when he was widely praised for his performance as Richard Dreyfuss' aluminum siding sales partner in Barry Levinson's "Tin Men." Following his appearance as the drink-splashed college professor in "Moonstruck", he went directly into Peter Yates' "Suspect," as the sinister judge out to foil a public defender, played by Cher.