TV John Mahoney's most memorable roles By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on February 5, 2018 08:33PM EST Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 12 John Mahoney: A career in pictures Everett Collection Beloved actor John Mahoney died Sunday in Chicago at the age of 77. Over the course of his career, the British transplant made a name for himself on television, film, and stage, earning multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and a Tony Award along the way. Here are some of his most memorable roles. 02 of 12 Frasier, 1993-2004 Everett Collection Mahoney was probably best known for his hilarious turn as Kelsey Grammer’s oft-grumpy father on the long-running sitcom Frasier. 03 of 12 Primal Fear, 1996 Everett Collection The actor also played a corrupt attorney in this big-screen drama following a Chicago lawyer (Richard Gere) who takes on the high-profile case of an altar boy accused of murdering an Archbishop. 04 of 12 Say Anything, 1989 Everett Collection The world remembers this rom-com for Lloyd Dobler’s epic boombox serenade (and for changing the way we’ll think about Peter Gabriel's “In Your Eyes” forever), but let’s not forget that Mahoney played the father of Lloyd’s love interest. 05 of 12 Fathers and Sons, 2005 Everett Collection This made-for-TV movie followed three families from the same street, seeing them through affairs, estrangements, and multiple generations. 06 of 12 Moonstruck, 1987 MGM During Cher’s relatively brief but prolific movie career, she and Mahoney collaborated on a rom-com about a widowed woman who falls for her new fiancé’s estranged younger brother. Can you keep that all straight? 07 of 12 In Treatment, 2008-2010 HBO This HBO drama aired for three seasons and was a fascinating (dramatized) glimpse into the world of therapy. Mahoney played a successful businessman seeking treatment for a series of panic attacks. 08 of 12 Reality Bites, 1994 Universal Before millennials dominated national debates, there was Generation X. Reality Bites offered a look inside their lives post-graduation, struggling with careers and romance and everything in between. Mahoney played Grant Gubler, a local TV personality. 09 of 12 Barton Fink, 1991 Everett Collection One of the Coen Brothers’ earlier works, Barton Fink centers on a playwright attempting to write scripts for 1940s Hollywood. Mahoney played W.P. Mayhew, a character loosely based on William Faulkner. 10 of 12 Eight Men Out, 1998 Everett Collection Hey there, sports fan! Mahoney played Kid Gleason, manager of the Chicago White Sox, in this baseball flick centered around the conspiracy to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series. 11 of 12 Hot in Cleveland, 2014 Everett Collection Mahoney reunited with several of his Frasier costars for this TV Land sitcom — meanwhile, he got to stand in as Betty White’s love interest. 12 of 12 House of Blue Leaves, 1986-7 Everett Collection A barely recognizable young Ben Stiller made his theater debut opposite Mahoney in this Broadway play. Mahoney won a Tony for his performance, and the production was adapted as a PBS telefilm.