They have three children together: daughter Faith Evangeline Elisa, and sons Kelsey Gabriel Elias and Auden James Ellis. [23][24] He appeared as an elderly drag queen in the ER season 13 episode "Somebody to Love," and co-starred with Steve Carell (himself a veteran of Chicago theater) as the father of Carell's character in Dan in Real Life. "I associate Manchester with need and want and ration bookswith dirt and smoke and smog and fog. Wouldn't discuss it, because I was afraid it would lead to an argument," he toldThe Guardian. A fan favorite for his character's deadpan delivery and longtime adoration of Jane Leeves' Daphne Moon, Pierce surprised fans when he publicly came out at the 2007 Tony Awards. Also, OK, maybe Mahoney does sound just a teeny bit like Martin Crane in real life. After the war, the family moved back to Manchester, where Mahoney grew up in the suburb of Withington and discovered acting at the Stretford Children's Theatre. He received the Clarence Derwent Award as Most Promising Male Newcomer in 1986. ." Original broadcast was February 7, 1995, season 2, episode 14. "Yeah, it doesn't exist for me anymore. If the show shot in Chicago, I'd shoot it for 20 years.". Ive heard the friends cast hated that. When I heard that I kinda understood that. In addition to his work on "Frasier,"Sheppard earned an extensive and eclectic array of screen credits. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life because basically, it's kicking a dead horse," he said. "I took about ten different characters. In real life, Mahoney never quite grew as comfortable with fame as his co-stars. That my mind might explode.". Moose liked his trainer and no one else. Please help me to use all these gifts and talents to their fullest. "I get bored out of my mind in L.A. Like his dad, Enzo lived until age 16, dyingin 2010. The late John Mahoney was best known for portraying Martin Crane in Frasier, but he also played an entirely different character in Cheers. His parents' marriage was not happy. Niles is hired as an expert witness by Safford's son in his effort to have his father legally declared senile; Frasier, however, gets to know the elder Safford and comes to believe his mental faculties are intact, but that he's just an eccentric with a zest for life. He was 77 years old. He lives with his husband, acting teacher and director Richard Waterhouse, in Vermont. Salinger), who befriends Martin at a sports bar and winds up scrapping his latest manuscript due to a critique from Niles and Frasier. And if I fail, I fail," he continued. ", Dark Secrets The Cast Of Frasier Tried To Hide, record for most Emmy wins by a scripted series, the best, most restful 11 days I've had in years, Peri Gilpin, who played Frasier's sharp-tongued producer Roz Doyle, acting teacher and director Richard Waterhouse. As Deadline noted, he played the recurring role of Dr. Ira Graves in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and also appeared in an episode of "Voyager." She recalled working on a comedic bit in which Frasier and Roz perform a silly Monday morning cheer. It's such an industry town. First sign of conflict, I was gone. It very nearly destroyed me. Charles John Mahoney was born in Blackpool, England on June 20, 1940,[1] the seventh of eight children. "I thought of him more as an actor." However, despite his prima donna behavior behind the scenes, Eddie always remained a favorite cast member for Frasier fans; even appearing on magazine covers during the show's successful run on NBC. See what I had to put up with? Age: 31 So what was he doing all those years before his Frasier fame, and how did the sitcom's success affect his left afterwards? He speculated to The Guardian that this was likely on account of observing his parents' dismal marriage, which mostly consisted of them either ignoring each other or getting into "big, pretty terrible arguments." "I wasn't sure how far to take it. For 11 years, he played Martin Crane, the irascible father of Frasier and Niles Crane on NBC's hit Cheers spin. This is like when I found out that Jamie and Adam from Mythbusters weren't really friends :(. He also once told Time Out Chicago, "Twenty-three years ago I had cancer of the colon. He pet him when he was sitting in his chair with him and he didn't have to and wouldn't if he disliked himthat' my opinion. This stemmed from a fear of having an unhappy marriage like the one his parents had, though Mahoney did previously have "several long-term relationships". . Another member of the station's on-air team was Tooty the Story Lady, played by Marsha Kramer, host of "Storytime Theater." He also had the recurring role of Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, he played Cleo in Eddie Murphy's Coming to America, and he was one of the main bad guys in Die Hard 2. Here [in Chicago] I have old friends who aren't in the business. A Chicago Tribune portrait of Mahoney paints him as something of a low-key hero in his quiet Oak Park neighborhood, which is technically a tony suburb of the Windy City. John Mahoney, best known as Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce's irascible dad, Martin Crane, on Frasier, has died. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Idk. Eddie was played by Moose, reported "Today," a Jack Russell terrier who passed away at the ripe old age of 16 in 2006. He added, "You could see Kelsey [as Frasier] was going to be able to railroad her and do what he wantedthere was not going to be the conflict there." In multiple interviews, Mahoney credited John Malkovich with jumpstarting his career via the Con Air actor's invitation for Mahoney to join the legendary theater company. ", When TimeOutasked the actor about his romantic lifeor lack-thereofin 2008, Mahoney answered with a laugh. Anyone else feel really terrible that the guy was asked about marriage so many times, he finally revealed that little tidbit? Yeah, us too. KG's feelings for Moose go deeper. What's it like to go back now? "[His army buddies] made a big deal about it anyone from the United Kingdom is automatically regarded as brilliant beyond belief. According to The Chicago Tribune, Mahoney's little slice of Oak Park heaven was an apartment "in an unprepossessing building on a quiet tree-lined street, a large but cozy place in which he listens to music and reads.". Eddie Money was born Edward Joseph Mahoney on March 21, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York. The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually returned to Manchester during the war. And please accept this performance as a prayer of praise and thanks to you" before each of his performances. He returned to his native Illinois and settled in a suburb of Chicago. Moose. In 1968, when Grammer was 13 years old, his estranged father was fatally shot by a cab driver. Grammer delivered a moving acceptance speech. Hoskins' role on "Frasier" was one small piece of an impressive acting career, noted the late actor's IMDb page, beginning on British television in the early 1970s. FRASIER -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle, David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane, Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane, John Mahoney as Martin Crane, Moose as Eddie, Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Dan Butler as Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe I wanted to be like everybody else.". Veteran stage actor and sitcom star John Mahoney passed away on February 4, 2018. Welp, mystery solved. "Frasier" isn't just Glenn's most memorable TV guest starring role it's his only one. My mother would be cooking dinner and she'd say, 'Reg, dinner's ready,' and he'd get up and they might exchange three or four words over the table, and then he'd go back into the parlor. Kelsey Grammer is best known for portraying the flawed and pompous, yet iconic and lovable Dr. Frasier Crane for20 consecutive yearsacross three TV series: Cheers(1982-93),Frasier (1993-2004),and a brief appearance on Wings (1990-97). John Mahoney, who played the dad in TV's Frasier, has died at the age of 77. WhenFrasierended, the actor left Hollywood to pursue a quieter work life. Among his many screen credits listed on IMDbare such TV series as"Hill Street Blues,""Seinfeld,""ER,"and "The Practice,"while his big-screen roles include a small-but-memorable turn as a plumber named Earl in "The Green Mile." Now that we've sufficiently buried the lede, let's get right to that Malkovich gravy, which Mahoney specifically mentioned, not once, but twice in the few print interviews we could find with him. We got married very quietly" However, Pierce's frustration atProposition 8, which temporarily threatened the legality of his marriage in California,inspired the actor to become a more vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights. For those who don't remember, Eddie was Martin's faithful sidekick, a seemingly loveable Jack Terrier with whom Martin was inseparable. "[36], Mahoney died in a Chicago hospice on February 4, 2018,[15] due to complications from throat cancer, originally diagnosed in 2014. Prosky, who died in 2008 at age 77, made a memorable appearance on "Frasier." Moose does tricks; I memorize lines, say words, even walk around and stuff. ", Pierce toldNBC Newsthat his partnership with the association began by "just showing up as a celebrity at their memory walk in Los Angeles back when I was on Frasier," but he soon got more involved, spending time in Washington to advocate for the National Alzheimer's Project Act, a federal initiative that makes "the fight against Alzheimer's a national priority in the same way that HIV/AIDS and heart disease has been. This is the untold truth of John Mahoney. At the time of this writing, the actor is happily married to British flight attendant Kayte Walsh,who is about 25 years his junior. In 2011, he had two guest appearances on Hot in Cleveland as Roy, a waiter and a love interest for Betty White's character Elka. Warren [Littlefield, then-NBC Entertainment president] said if we could get John, he was also pre-approved," Casey wrote. John Glenn was the third American in history to venture off the planet into outer space, and the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth. [10], Mahoney made a concerted effort to lose his English accent after joining the U.S. Army, later stating that he felt that he did not want to "stand out" in his new adopted country. The actor described his subsequent stint behind bars as "the best, most restful 11 days I've had in years.". In fact, she admitted the two dogs "actually hate each other with a passion" and needed "to be separated at all times, which is pretty common in Jack Russell males." While Tooty was mentioned occasionally throughout "Frasier," Kramer only appeared on the show twice, according toIMDb. We didn't hide our lives. Interestingly enough, Kramer also appeared on "Frasier" forebear"Cheers," playing a "Talk Show Lady" in an episodein which Frasier's then-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) visited a Boston talk show to promote her new book. "I think he's in denial - I haven't told him exactly what's happened for. I can walk to all sorts of good places where the waiters and waitresses don't want me to read their screenplays.". Published August 3, 2015. "I cherish my privacy." He was with him in just about every episode and I find it difficult to think that John disliked the pooch! In the Season 2 episode, "The Unkindest Cut of All," Frasier learns that his father, Martin (John Mahoney), was less than honest about Eddie being fixed when a neighbor brings over a box of Eddie . They had a daughter, Mason Olivia, and a son, Jude Gordon, before Camille filed for divorce after 13 years, citing"irreconcilable differences.". Her final performance was on ABC sitcom "Modern Family," in the recurring role of Margaret, assistant to family patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill). "Right when the Trevor Crisis Line formed I worked the lines for Trevor and The Suicide Prevention Center in Los Angelesfor about six years.". Eddie's real name was Moose. The NASA icon played himself in the 2001 episode "Docu.Drama,"which featured Roz getting the go-ahead from management to produce a radio documentary about space travel. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Gilpin was soon tested both on-screen and off. Additional TV credits included "The Waltons,"both "The Bob Newhart Show"and the subsequent "Newhart,""Touched By an Angel,""Dr. Ken,""NCIS,"and daytime soap "Days of Our Lives." And then Grammer dropped a real bombshell: Moose used to bite John Mahoney, who played Martin, Frasier's father and Eddie's owner, whenever he'd sit on his lap. Celebrity Profile(via theNew York Post), his addiction was exacerbated by his newfound fame after joining the cast of Cheersin 1984. "I was her big brother. Gratton returned as Leo later that season in the episode "Retirement Is Murder," then again in the fifth season's "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name.". After retiring from more than 15 years as a university professor in Seattle, Sydow relocated to Los Angeles in 1986 and resumed his acting career. In addition to playing Eddie, Moose had also played the titular dog in the movie "My Dog Skip.". He's the best dog I've ever had. Remembering his late on-screen father, John Mahoney, brings tears to Kelsey Grammer 's eyes. He was 77. How eclectic? LaMotta doesn't appear again as Duke until a 1998 episode, when he's one of a few pals seen playing poker with Martin. ", For the next eight years, Mahoney "worked and saved every dime" until he returned to the States and promptly enlisted in the Army, where he worked to ditch his limey accent. They tied the knot in February 2011, just two weeks after his divorce with wife no. Beginning in April 2011, Mahoney began rehearsing The Outgoing Tide, a new play by Bruce Graham at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Illinois (suburban Chicago). ", Actors Jack Sydow and Rosemary Murphy made two appearances on "Frasier" as Alfred and Carol Larkin, who lived in Niles Crane's (David Hyde Pierce) posh apartment building. On the big screen, he appeared in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"and 2009's "Star Trek" reboot movie. According to his friend Anna D. Shapiro, "He was fragile and he was supposed to be having a routine procedure. Moose also wasn't particularly fond of his onscreen owner, as the late John Mahoney recalled in an interview with Fox News. Having graced the covers of such notable . [30][31], Despite the numerous successes throughout his career, Mahoney has maintained that his early work in Lyle Kessler's play Orphans has "affected people more than any other play I've ever done. Mahoney's manager, Paul Martino, confirmed to media . With his longest run on a TV show after Frasier being seven episodes on the HBO drama, In Treatment, we'd say it was clear he wasn't joking around about that. 12 level 1 Mahoney said he was happier spending his free time dining out, going to the movies, fishing, and playing cards. As far as the biting went, Mahoney told Fox News that it only happened twice, and both times he was actually to blame. The chaos surrounding the incident forced the sitcom's writers to completely rework the show without their leading man. Even on camera working together. Hoskins went on to even bigger fame in numerous Hollywood productions, but will always be best remembered for playing Toontown PI Eddie Valiant in Disney's blend of live action and animation "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". The same year he appeared on "Frasier," O'Connor also appeared in a guest spot on "The Nanny." Threaten to kill me, kill herself," he wrote (via theIrish Independent). Although he dreamed of being a musician, after high school, Eddie decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a police officer. The bar's owner, Duke, was frequently referenced throughout the series. He said, "He's a dog, not an actor!" According to the Daily Mail, as that marriage crumbled, Grammer had an affair with make-up artist Barrie Buckner and a daughter named Greer. Stiers also had recurring roles in "StargateAtlantis,""The Dead Zone" and the sitcom "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.". It's such anindustrytown. Forget those grand red carpet events. My grandmas friend had one years ago, Im surprised she had one as old as she was, it was definitely energetic. The combination of that training led to a decent job as the editor of The Journal for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, which led him to his beloved Chicago, but also left him wanting more. They were all great dogs, but every single one was a spaz. Mahoney also confessed to Moose's moody nature, but he was a bit kinder in his criticism, describing the mutt to independent.ie as "extremely unpleasant," and having to be coaxed into licking his costars with either liver pate or sardine oil. His paternal grandfather was Irish. I certainly am not interested in doing another series. Image is a screen grab. The role also turned Mahoney into an instant star, which afforded him the luxury of pursuing his lifelong passion, theater. [18], Mahoney's first major film roles both came in 1987, in Barry Levinson's Tin Men and in Peter Yates' Suspect, a courtroom drama/mystery starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, and Liam Neeson. Basically, we're saying we're going to need an invite to Nic Cage's house this November to truly sort this out. Mahoney also appeared as a priest in Becker, which starred Cheers star Ted Danson. According to his friend Anna D. Shapiro, "He was fragile and he was supposed to be having a routine procedure. O'Connor's final screen role was in the 1997 cruise ship comedy "Out to Sea,"which re-teamed "The Odd Couple"stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Ultimately, Mahoney joined Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which led to roles in such films as "Moonstruck," "Say Anything"and "In the Line of Fire,"to name just a few. But it wasn't just his role as James Evans, Sr. that earned him notoriety. Grammer told Vanity Fair: "I was directing an episode and told John to put Moose on his lap. In the years since "Frasier"went off the air, some of the familiar faces from the show have since left us, including one of the show's series regulars and numerous guest stars. "I remember the bruising silences," Mahoney said. [7], He was a Catholic who called Christianity "probably the most important facet of my life" and prayed "Most glorious blessed spirit, I thank you for all the gifts and talents that you've given me. "But if I don't, maybe I can find some sort of happiness and fulfillment in life.". [35] In 2002, he said, "I was never very mature in my relationships with women. Mahoney told Broadway Buzz of the visit, comparing his time in America "eating chicken for the first time and seeing my first banana and driving around" with the bleak reality of his post WWII hometown which he described as "full of broken down buildings and air-raid shelters and everything rationed and dreary and dark and dull. When the comedy went off the air in 2004,an astounding33 milliontuned in for its emotional finale. Speaking with Broadway Buzz, Mahoney described the opportunity as "a huge step," because "It was a very prestigious theater even back then, and I was a newcomer who had only done one professional show. "I've been politically active in the past with the Human Rights Campaign and Act Up," he toldHuffPostin 2012. ", In 1980, Grammer's half brothers, Stephen and Billy, died in a scuba accident off St. Thomas. I had to have major surgery, and I have a colostomy. "He bit me twice," said Mahoney of his canine co-star, but conceded that on the whole he and Moose "got along all right." "It's a tragedy for the person who gets it. According to the New York Post, Moose retired midway through the course of "Frasier," and was replaced by his own son, Enzo. Before he died at age 95 in 2016 (via The New York Times), "Frasier"was Glenn's sole acting credit in a TV series. I was very disappointed in Kelsey Grammar. According to IMDb, Glenn's only other screen credits were providing his voice to the 2003 TV documentary"Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention," and voicing former U.S. PresidentRutherford B. Hayes in the 2003 documentary "The American President.". Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. Frasier Crane was part of an eccentric crew of personalities at fictional Seattle radio station KCAL 780 on "Frasier," including perpetually apoplectic sports host Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe (Dan Butler) and pompous restaurant critic Gil Chesterton (Edward Hibbert). I'd do guest spots, but never another series.". I knew I had to do some thing [sic] with my life. Kramer's acting career spanned decades; her first screen credit was in a 1970 episode of "The Bill CosbyShow." I wonder if Enzo was any better, since the article only mentions Moose. Hoskins caught Hollywood's attention thanks to standout performances in the 1978 British TV miniseries "Pennies From Heaven,"which was followed by starring roles in the films "The Long Good Friday" and "Mona Lisa" the latter earning Hoskins' his first and only Oscar nomination (he lost out to Paul Newman). Mahoney started his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company alongside John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Laurie Metcalf. The actor identified her body. ", The actor received the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 2010 Tony Awards in honor of his humanitarian efforts. Early life. In Stiers' 2003 episode, titled "Fathers and Sons,"he plays Leland Barton, the former research assistant to Hestor Crane, later mother of Nilesand Frasier. Mahoney took an even sharper dig at Tinseltown in an interview with The Chicago Tribune where he said, "I get bored out of my mind in L.A. Naturalization Year: 1971 Despite his televised success, Grammer's personal life was plagued by tragedy. The only difficulty I have is when people start believing he's an actor. Though Grammer's complex personal life never severely affected Frasier, his fellow cast members were well-aware of his troubles and decided to stage an intervention. Slap me. LaMotta's Duke is first seen in a 1994 episode in which Frasier and Niles join a lucrative investing group, only to discover one of the items on the agenda is to tear down Duke's. After losing his grandfather and father to the disease, he began workingclosely with theAlzheimer's Association. Gary Sinise said in an interview for Bomb Magazine that Lyle Kessler's play Orphans in 1985 "kicked John Mahoney, Kevin Anderson and Terry Kinney off into the movie business"[16] after their Steppenwolf performance of the play for which he won the Derwent Award and the Theatre World Award. Break windows. Martin Crane's dog, Eddie, became one of television's most popular canine characters. It is a hatred..set in the owner..of what appears to be..a dog. After spending some time with Leland, Martin notices some marked similarities between Leland's characteristics and those of her sons, leading him to question whether Leland is their real father, and not him. I think it is terrible that he said it and even thought it! '", Butler has since become an activist for LGBTQ rights. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. However, the real-life dynamic between Mahoney and Moose (the dog who "played" Eddie) couldn't have been further from what was portrayed on screen. He genuinely seemed like he liked him and I don't think it was always just acting. 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That ultimately led to a role in an iconic TV hit when he joined "Hill Street Blues" as Sgt. Tear up pictures of my loved ones. This reunited him with his Frasier co-stars Kelsey Grammer (Sideshow Bob) and David Hyde Pierce (Cecil, Sideshow Bob's brother). They protested that families should adopt mixed breed shelter dogs who need homes instead of buying dalmatians.who tend to be high-strung, are actually quite high on the list of biting dogs, and don't do so well with little kids. ", Production on Frasiershut down for a month when Grammer agreed to seek help. Having grown up in war torn Manchester, UK, Mahoney got his first glimpse of the U.S. when he was 11 years old and his family visited his sister, a "GI bride" who settled on an Illinois farm with her American husband. "We were taught not to say anything shaming or embarrassing, just to sort of state the facts. NBC's late-'90s/early-'00s sitcom Will & Grace is the most prominent revival of the fall season, and it's just one of a number of classic sitcoms including One Day at a Time and Roseanne to get resurrected recently. 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His first marriage to Broadway dancer Doreen Alderman ended in divorce in 1990, though they welcomed daughter Spencerin 1983. And I was like, 'Well,' and Kelsey goes, 'Ugh, I wish Kirstie [Alley, Grammer's Cheers co-star] was here.'" Bill Gratton played one such pal, Leo, who initially appeared in the second season, featured in the episode"Duke's, We Hardly Knew Ye." One "Frasier" fan favorite feature was the show's cavalcade of guest stars not the ones who appeared onscreen, mind you, but the celebrities who called in to Frasier Crane's radio showin search of Frasier's help with their always-absurd psychological problems. From Friends' Marcel to . "I never stopped doing plays even when I was on Frasier," Mahoney told Broadway Buzz. "[32], Mahoney lived in Oak Park, Illinois,[7] and suffered from colon cancer in the mid-1980s. It was a completely against-type role for the congenial British actor, who was once described by a neighbor as "a delight." ", In 1975, violence struck again when Grammer's 18-year-old sister, Karen, was abducted, raped, and fatally stabbed 42 times by "spree killer" Freddie Glenn and two accomplices, according to Vanity Fair. Mahoney was so deeply affected by his parents' terrible marriage that he never settled down himself. 4 yr. ago Future generations! Here are some of the dark secrets the stars ofFrasiertried to hide. It's Sheppard's association with the "Star Trek"franchise, however, for which he's best remembered. He was known for playing Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier (19932004), and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role in 2000. This was not a selling point for Mahoney, a Chicagoan to his core (more on that in a minute), who once told The Guardian, "I love the show, I'm immensely proud of being on a show that has been so honored, but at the same time it's not where I live, and that's what drives me crazy. David Hyde Pierce is best known for playing Frasier's equally neurotic yet endearing younger brother, Dr. Niles Crane. But having just beat Stage 3 throat cancer, I think he was just too weak by the time he did The Rembrandt [a play at Steppenwolf Theatre] he was clean of cancer but other health issues came up and he was just too fragile."[37]. Later serving for four terms as United States Senator, Glenn was also a "Frasier"guest star. Moose (December 24, 1990 - June 22, 2006) was a wire-hair Jack Russell Terrier who portrayed Eddie Crane on the American television sitcom Frasier. [3][4][5] The family had been evacuated to Blackpool from their home city of Manchester when it was heavily bombed during the Second World War. Joked Mahoney:"He was a temperamental actor as far as I'm concerned.". David Ogden Stiers was a familiar face to television viewers of the 1970s and 1980s for his portrayal of snobbish Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on "M*A*S*H,"the hit military-medical sitcom that ran from 1972 until 1983. After graduating from Quincy, he lived in Macomb, Illinois, and earned his Master's degree in English[9] from Western Illinois University, where he went on to teach English in the late 1960s[10] before settling in Forest Park, Illinois, and later in Oak Park, Illinois. He is most remembered for Frasier. 3 was finalized. I wonder if Mahoney did something like this to help him get more . He thinks that it wouldn't have worked out with Laura Linney's character Charlotte, who Frasier moved to Chicago to be with, and so he'd be in a new place with new versions of his old problems. We already mentioned his neighbor who called him "a delight." "When I was growing up there, I was playing in the air-raid shelters and bombed-out buildings," he told The Guardian. Id like to think at least of the Eddies actually liked John Mahoney. Other Prosky credits of note include big-screen roles in "The Natural,""Outrageous Fortune," "Broadcast News," "Gremlins 2,"and "Mrs. Doubtfire,"and on television in such series as "Murder, She Wrote,""Veronica's Closet,""Touched By an Angel,""The Practice,"and "ER.".