Horace McMahon (1907 - 1971) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Horace McMahon

Birth:	May 17, 1907
Death:	Aug. 17, 1971 Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, USA
Actor. Bull-necked, gravel-voiced character actor who was one of Hollywood's favorite heavies. After several years as a bit player and a starring role on Broadway, he went west to further his career. He was soon typecast as a mobster; a bread-and-butter persona that he relished in many of his 135 films. "I was a jailbird," he said, "behind bars so often that Western Costume Company had a "Horace McMahon' tag sewn into a convict's striped suit." In 1949 he exchanged his film prison number for a badge number, returning to the stage as Lieutenant Monoghan in "Detective Story." Finding his new image as the hard-boiled cop equally remunerative, he later became the grumbling police lieutenant who ran New York's 65th precinct detective squad on the long-lived ABC series "Naked City." Family links: Spouse: Louise Campbell McMahon (1911 - 1997)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for Horace McMahon

Burial: Saint Marys Cemetery Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, USA Plot: West Side Lot 30
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