Horace McMahon

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 nononsense but warmhearted cops 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 13week CBS drama series Mr Broadway with Craig Stevens He also did voiceovers for commercials including those for CloseUp toothpaste and Armstrong tires In 1972 a 375seat 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