00:00John Mahoney, who is best known as Kelsey Grammer, and David Hyde Pierce's dad Martin
00:07on Frasier has died. He was 77. Mahoney died Sunday in Chicago, publicist Paul Martino told
00:14The Hollywood Reporter. Mahoney received two supporting actor Emmy nominations for playing
00:18retired cop Martin Crane on the 1993-2004 NBC hit. A former Midwestern medical magazine editor
00:26who quit his day job at nearly 40 to study acting in Chicago, Mahoney became a fixture at
00:31Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and soon ventured to the New York stage. The actor won a Tony
00:36award in 1986 for his performance in a revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves. In
00:412007, he was back on Broadway in a revival of Prelude to a Kiss. His film credits include
00:471987's Tin Men and Moonstruck, as well as 1989's Say Anything. His unmistakable voice is recognizable
00:54in such films as Ants, The Iron Giant, and Atlantis, The Lost Empire. Although he was offered many
01:00series after Frasier, Mahoney moved back to Illinois in 2003 and began acting again with
01:05The Steppenwolf Company. For more on Mahoney's life and career, head to THR.com.
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