Joe Knollenberg obit

Ex-U.S. Rep. Knollenberg dead at 84

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Former Michigan U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, a Republican who served on the powerful Appropriations Committee, died Tuesday due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, his son confirmed.

Knollenberg, 84, had been living in a memory care facility as he battled the neurodegenerative disease, according to state Sen. Marty Knollenberg, who added that his father had been steadily losing weight and lost 20 pounds in the last 10 days.

From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 9th congressional district and Michigan's 11th congressional district.

In his congressional term, Knollenberg was known as a staunch supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement, President George W. Bush's stance on protecting manufactured goods and for voting against expanding SCHIP in the later years of his career.

He was defeated by Gary Peters in the 2008 election by a margin of 52% to 43%.

Knollenberg was born in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Helen E. (née Kastl; 1903–1990), a teacher and William Herman Knollenberg Jr. (1902–1975), a farmer. He was raised a Catholic and grew up on a farm along with 12 siblings. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1955, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

After graduation, he served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957 as a corporal in Germany, where he specialized in petroleum chemistry. He then spent more than three decades as an insurance agent. Initially working for New York Life Insurance Company as an assistant manager and later for Sears, he founded his own agency, Knollenberg Agency in the late 1980s. He served as chairman of the Oakland County Republican Party from 1978 to 1982.

In 1992, Knollenberg signed on as campaign manager for Congressman William Broomfield, who had represented most of Oakland County in Congress since 1957. However, at a meeting with Knollenberg and other advisers, Broomfield announced he would not run for a 19th term. He then asked Knollenberg to run in his place in the 11th District, which had been renumbered from the 18th District after the 1990 census.

Despite being the only candidate in the three-way Republican primary not holding elected office, Knollenberg won the nomination by over 13 points. As the 11th was one of the most Republican districts in Michigan and the nation at the time, he was virtually assured of becoming only the third person to represent the district. He was reelected six times without serious difficulty, never dropping below 55 percent of the vote.

Knollenberg was re-elected to his seventh term in 2004 with 58% of the vote. In 2006, however, Knollenberg faced a tough campaign against Democrat Nancy Skinner, a liberal talk show host in the Detroit area, ultimately winning by six points. Two years later, in a more difficult election cycle for Republican candidates, Knollenberg lost re-election to former state senator Gary Peters.

Generally, Knollenberg's voting record was conservative. He supported the North American Free Trade Agreement and led the campaign against President George W. Bush's steel tariffs. In 2002 he was awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal by the president of Armenia. On September 29, 2008, he voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Doug Guetzloe obit

Douglas Michael Guetzloe
June 15,1954- February 6, 2018

 

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Douglas "Doug" Guetzloe was best known in central Florida as the founder of Ax the Tax. For nearly four decades, he worked tirelessly to hold government accountable to the citizens and elect community leaders who wanted to strengthen our state and nation.

All the while, Doug remained a deeply committed husband to his wife Stacey, raising three children whom he loved dearly. Aside from his passion for politics, he was an avid collector of political memorabilia, student of history and strived to preserve our Southern Heritage for future generations.

Born in Tampa June 15, 1954, Doug was proud to be a fifth generation Floridian, Past president of Sons of the American Revolution, President of the Florida State University Student Government, President of St. Pete Junior College Student Government and member of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando.

He is survived by his wife Stacey, sons, Alexander and Jefferson and daughter, Madison, as well as his sister Laura Guetzloe and brother Peter Guetzloe, both of Clearwater.

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation in Doug’s honor to either the Orange County Regional History Center or the American Heart Association.

He was the founder and chairman of Ax the Tax; a radio talk show host and founder of an internet broadcasting network.

Guetzloe was a community activist who headed Ax the Tax, an anti-tax group in Florida, and a radio talk show host heard exclusively on the Phoenix Network, an internet radio station which he owned. His activities involve political and civic affairs in Central Florida as well as state and national issues. A graduate of Florida State University, Guetzloe served as the university's student body president (his student body vice president was former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist). Following graduation Guetzloe moved to Orlando, Florida to accept a position as public relations director for the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association. Two years later, he was appointed the regional director for the Florida Medical Association where he handled public relations, lobbying and political matters in a 17-county area of Florida.

Guetzloe founded Ax the Tax in 1982 and shortly thereafter established a public relations and marketing company called Advantage Consultants. He contended his leadership as chair of Ax the Tax has led to 17 successful anti-tax battles. His successes have ranged from defeating the 2003 Mobility 20/20 sales tax increase for transportation to being described as "a knight in shining armor charging in on his white horse"  by a city commissioner for successfully saving a historic trailer park in Winter Garden, Florida.

In 2006, Guetzloe was charged with 14 misdemeanors for distributing a political campaign mailer that did not identify who paid for the flyer. Although 13 counts were dismissed in 2008 by Florida's 5th District Court of Appeal and Florida First District Federal Judge Stephen Mickle threw out the state's electioneering communications law in 2009  (the law which Guetzloe was charged under), Guetzloe was sentenced to a 60-day jail term by Orange County Circuit Judge C. Jeffery Arnold in May 2011. Guetzloe claimed he was the only person in America put in jail for not putting a seven-word disclaimer on a political campaign flyer. He also cited the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (McIntyre vs. Ohio Elections Commission), which stated that prohibition of the distribution of anonymous campaign literature abridges free speech in violation of the First Amendment.

In 2009, Guetzloe helped his longtime attorney Fred O’Neal found the Florida TEA Party, a registered political party in Florida, and created a firestorm of controversy resulting in lawsuits against O’Neal, Guetzloe and the Florida TEA Party. All lawsuits were settled in favor of O’Neal, Guetzloe and the fledgling Florida TEA Party. O'Neal said the Florida TEA Party may have helped Florida Governor Rick Scott win a close race with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the 2010 Republican Primary for Governor, citing e-mails sent to 100,000 Floridians in the final hours of the primary.

In 2010, Guetzloe formed The Phoenix Network and placed his long-running radio show on the network. The Guetzloe Report, which began broadcasting daily in January 1997, receives an average of 12,000 listeners a day with some shows reaching more than 50,000 listeners. In February 2011, Guetzloe and the Phoenix Network were invited to broadcast live from the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum at the Centennial Celebration of Ronald Reagan’s birthday. In 2011, Guetzloe was designated Republican presidential campaign commentator on The Voice of Russia, the Russian government's international radio service. Guetzloe’s work as a radio commentator, political consultant and anti-tax activist “makes him unique among political figures in Florida,” according to the Orlando Sentinel. “Regular targets range from the mayors of Orlando and Orange County to the Orlando Sentinel to other lobbyists he considers enemies.”

Joseph Roman obit

Actor Joseph Roman Dies 

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Roman was an American actor and gym instructor. He was best known for playing Sgt. Brill on 147 episodes of the American medical drama television series Quincy, M.E. from 1976 to 1983.

Roman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 15 he was a gym instructor for YMCA Philadelphia, and by two years later owned his own gym. Roman appeared in four films with longtime pal and actor, Charles Bronson. He also performed in two Broadway plays, Twilight Walk and Infidel Caesar. Roman died in February 2018, at the age of 94.

 

Actor

Bugsy (1991)

Bugsy

6.8

Moe Sedway

1991

 

Jack Klugman and John Stamos in You Again? (1986)

You Again?

6.2

TV Series

Maury (as Joseph S. Roman)

1986

3 episodes

 

Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in Murphy's Law (1986)

Murphy's Law

5.9

Carl (as Joseph Spallina Roman)

1986

 

Jack Klugman in Quincy M.E. (1976)

Quincy M.E.

7.3

TV Series

Sgt. Brill

1976–1983

147 episodes

 

Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland in Love and Bullets (1979)

Love and Bullets

5.6

Coroner

1979

 

Run for the Roses (1977)

Run for the Roses

5.5

TV Interviewer

1977

 

The White Buffalo (1977)

The White Buffalo

6.1

Silky Smith (as Joe Roman)

1977

 

Jacqueline Bisset and Charles Bronson in St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives

6.2

Seymour

1976

 

Peter Falk in Columbo (1971)

Columbo

8.3

TV Series

Shop Foreman

1976

1 episode

 

Steve Railsback in Helter Skelter (1976)

Helter Skelter

7.3

TV Mini Series

The Bailiff (as Joe Roman)

1976

1 episode

 

Beverly Garland in Decoy (1957)

Decoy

7.7

TV Series

Frank Bernardino

1958

1 episode

 

You Are There (1953)

You Are There

8.4

TV Series

Soldier 3

1955

1 episode

 

The Stranger

TV Series

1954

1 episode

 

Studio One (1948)

Studio One

7.6

TV Series

Floor Manager

Sgt. Ray Whitley

Turk

1952–1954

3 episodes

James Sire obit

InterVarsity Press Editor and Author James Sire Dead at 84; Remembered as 'Keystone' of Intellectual Evangelicalism

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James W. Sire, an author and longtime senior editor of the evangelical publisher InterVarsity Press, passed away on Tuesday evening at age 84.

Andy Le Peau, former associate publisher with InterVarsity, said in a statement that Sire was "a keystone in the intellectual renewal of evangelicalism in the 1960s and 70s, championing the work of Francis Schaeffer and contributing his own landmark books on world views."

"He was also first to publish other influential figures such as Os Guinness and philosopher C. Stephen Evans. But his finely tuned radar for quality was not limited to the academy," said Le Peau.

"He had a major influence on the church when he saw the potential in the poetry of Calvin Miller's The Singer, the power for church renewal in the work of Howard Snyder, as well as the evangelistic insight of Rebecca Manley Pippert."

Sire authored more than 20 books, mostly on Christian apologetics, and worked as editor for InterVarsity Press for more than 30 years.

Le Peau noted that Sire "taught me more about editing and publishing than probably anyone" and that he will "miss his wit, his insight, his integrity, and his love for Jesus."

Born in 1933 and raised on ranch in Nebraska, Sire served in the U.S. Army as an officer and later became a Christian apologist and lecturer.

Sire received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and English from the University of Nebraska in 1955, a master's in English language and literature from Washington State College in 1958, and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1964.

In June 1968, Sire became chief editor of the Westmont, Illinois-based InterVarsity Press, a position he held until December 1998.

During his time as editor, he also authored several books, including the 1976 apologetics work The Universe Next Door, which as of 2018 has sold an estimated 350,000 copies. Its fifth edition was released in 2009.

"The Universe Next Door offers a unique resource for understanding the variety of worldviews that compete with Christianity for the allegiance of minds and hearts," a description on Amazon states.

"The Universe Next Door has been translated into over a dozen languages and has been used as a text at over one hundred colleges and universities in courses ranging from apologetics and world religions to history and English literature."

Sire is survived by his wife, Marjorie, and their four children, Carol, Gene, Richard, and Ann.

Caroline Brown obit

Cellist Caroline Brown, founder of the Hanover Band, dies aged 64

 

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Caroline Brown, who died yesterday at the age of 64, founded the Hanover Band in 1980 with the aim of performing Beethoven on appropriate period instruments, bringing the spirit of discovery which had energised Baroque performance to the Classical period and beyond.

A recorded Beethoven symphony cycle was complete by 1987 and the group went on to add the complete symphonies of Schubert, Weber and Schumann as well as the complete orchestral works of J.C. Bach to its discography, among around 176 albums on Nimbus Records, Hyperion Records, Sony, EMI Eminence, RCA, CPO and other labels.

Brown’s search for the earliest available versions of the Beethoven symphonies for the cycle, working with Jonathan Del Mar and others, led in time to the complete urtext edition prepared by Del Mar and published by Bärenreiter, which is now in wide use throughout the international orchestral world.

The Hanover Band made regular appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, the BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival and Lincoln Center within an international performing calendar that took in dozens of countries, ten US tours and a first visit to China in 2017.

Caroline Brown trained as a cellist at the Royal College of Music with Anna Shuttleworth and Joan Dickson, and the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, with André Navarra, graduating in 1976. She returned to study in 1998, gaining an MA in Music Education from Trinity College of Music.

She was diagnosed with Krukenberg tumour, a rare form of metastatic cancer, in 2012.

Zeno Roth obit

ULI JON ROTH's Younger Brother ZENO ROTH Dead At 61

 

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Zeno Roth, the younger brother of legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS),passed away on Monday (February 5). He was 61 years old.

Uli said in a statement: "[Zeno] died in his sleep after years of illness and finally moved on to a much better place.

"Speaking on behalf of all his family and friends, this is a tremendous loss, both on a human level, but also because Zeno was a true and incredibly gifted artist. We will always remember his songs, poetry and beautiful guitar playing. As a brother, I remember him as a gentle caring soul with the deepest feelings, but also as a person of great humour and wit. His songwriting abilities were of the first order. He was a truly outstanding guitar player and his talent for poetry was simply incredible and on the highest level imaginable, which was particularly evident in those poems which he had written in his mother tongue of German. Fortunately for us, he left us many of these precious gem stones and we shall publish a collection of his poems posthumously in due course.

"Just before he died, Zeno was working on three brand new songs which he played to me in a demo version before Christmas and I was amazed at what I heard, because he had reached a new plateau and his playing was better than ever, miraculously, despite his debilitating illness. We will try to finish these songs and release them because they are worth hearing and contain a lot of magic and beauty.

"To all the fans of Zeno worldwide, I want to say thank you on his behalf, I want to say thank you on his behalf, his son Shion, Naoko, his girlfriend Indu and his family, and that of his closest friend and band member, Ule W. Ritgen for all your support and loyalty. God bless Zeno's soul!"

Zeno is perhaps best known for his namesake band, which he formed in 1984 with Ule W. Ritgen (FAIR WARNING) and Michael Flexig. The group's self-titled debut album was released in 1986 and was supported by tours with bands like BLACK SABBATH, KEEL and KROKUS.

Jim Stillwagon obit

Jim Stillwagon, former Argos defensive lineman, dead at 68

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Jim Stillwagon, who helped Ohio State win two U.S. college football titles before playing five seasons with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts, has died.

Stillwagon died Sunday, the CFL team announced Monday. The cause of death wasn’t divulged. “We are saddened by the passing of All-Time Argo Jim Stillwagon,” the Argos said in a statement. “On behalf of the entire organization, and our fans, we extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to Jim’s friends and family.”

Stillwagon enjoyed a solid career at Ohio State, where he was a member of the Buckeyes’ “super sophomores.” His class finished its collegiate tenure with a 27-2 record.

Stillwagon was a three-year starter with the Buckeyes, helping them go undefeated in capturing the ’68 American college football title. The defensive tackle was a consensus all-American selection in both his junior and senior seasons.

And in 1970, he became the first U.S. college player to win both the Outland Trophy (outstanding interior lineman) and the Lombardi Award (top linebacker or lineman) in the same season.

Despite that, the six-foot, 220-pound Stillwagon wasn’t deemed big enough to play in the NFL. Stillwater was a fifth-round pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1971, but chose to join the Argos.

He was a three-time league all-star over his five seasons in Toronto before injuries cut short his CFL career. Stillwagon was named the East Division’s top defensive player in 1972 and recognized as an All-Time Argo in 2009.

Stillwagon helped Toronto reach the 1971 Grey Cup game against Calgary.

 

Personal information

Born    February 11, 1949

Mt. Vernon, Ohio, U.S.

Died    February 4, 2018 (aged 68)

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Listed height   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Listed weight  239 lb (108 kg)

Career information

College            Ohio State

NFL draft        1971: 5th round, 124th overall pick

Career history

1971–1975      Toronto Argonauts

Awards and highlights

3× CFL All-Star (1971, 1972, 1974)

3× CFL East All-Star (1971, 1972, 1974)

2× National champion (1968, 1970)

Outland Trophy (1970)

Lombardi Award (1970)

UPI Lineman of the Year (1970)

Unanimous All-American (1970)

Consensus All-American (1969)

2× First-team All-Big Ten (1969, 1970)

Second-team All-Big Ten (1968)

Ohio State Football All-Century Team

College Football Hall of Fame

Jack Davis Obit

Jack Davis Obituary

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Jack D Davis

Springfield, IL - Jack D Davis, 82, of Springfield, passed away on February 4, 2018. Services entrusted to Bisch and Son Funeral Home.

He was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989 representing Illinois's 4th congressional district.

Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6, 1935, to Edna (née Haflei) and Russell Bender. His biological father died when he was a child and his mother got remarried to Melcher "M.C." Davis, who adopted Jack. He graduated valedictorian from Woodlawn High School in 1952. He then attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he earned a Bachelor of Science in education in 1956. After graduation, he joined the United States Navy. He served as a flying officer, reaching the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade). He was released from active duty in 1959. He did graduate work in psychology while working for the State of Illinois as the assistant director of a job training center in Decatur, Illinois.

After one year, he left that position to enter the steel industry, eventually becoming the part-owner of Lexington Steel Corp, a steel processing warehouse he founded in 1969. He sold his stake in Lexington Steel in 1975 to focus on his political career.[2] Davis moved to Crete, Illinois after entering the steel industry. He became involved with the Will County Republican Party as a precinct committeeman and served one term as a village trustee from 1969-1973. He married Virginia "Ginny" Griffin of Shelbyville, Illinois, with whom he had three children.

In 1976, State Representative George Sangmeister ran for the Illinois Senate creating an open seat in the 42nd district in the Illinois House of Representatives.In that year's general election, Davis was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives as one of three representatives from the 42nd district alongside two incumbents; fellow Republican Harry Leinenweber and Democrat LeRoy Van Duyne. The 42nd district included most of Will County. Davis was an opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment. Davis served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. After the 1982 general election, Davis ran for House Minority Leader, ultimately losing to Lee A. Daniels. At the start of the 83rd Illinois General Assembly, Daniels named Davis an assistant minority leader. After he was nominated to run for Congress, the vacancy for the Republican nomination in the 84th district was filled by Larry Wennlund, who would go on to win the general election.

While in the state legislature, Davis continued his involvement in Republican Party affairs and was a delegate pledged to the 1980 Ronald Reagan Presidential campaign and in 1984 became the chairman the Will County Republican Party.

On May 16, 1986, incumbent Republican Congressman George M. O'Brien withdrew as the Republican nominee in the 1986 election. The various precinct and township committeeman in Illinois's 4th congressional district, a group which included Davis, nominated Davis to the vacancy. In the general election, Davis faced 28-year-old attorney/CPA and Democratic nominee Shawn Collins. Davis defeated Collins by a surprisingly narrow margin with 61,583 votes to Collins' 57,773 votes. Collins was able to win their shared home county of Will and also win Kane, while Davis won the portions of the district in Cook and Kendall counties.

He served one term, 1987 to 1989. Davis voted against the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1987. The Act asserts United States title to certain abandoned shipwrecks located on or embedded in submerged lands under state jurisdiction, and transfers title to the respective state, thereby empowering states to manage these cultural and historical resources more efficiently, with the goal of preventing treasure hunters and salvagers from damaging them. President Ronald Reagan signed it into law on April 28, 1988.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988, losing to the Democratic candidate, George E. Sangmeister.

Davis served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Readiness and Resources from 1990 to 1992; he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for activities in northern Iraq during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In the early to mid 2000s, Davis hosted a radio show, Davis and Company, on 970 WMAY in Springfield, Illinois. Davis died on February 4, 2018, at his home in Springfield, Illinois, from complications of dementia.

John Mahoney obit

John Mahoney, who played cranky dad on 'Frasier,' dies at 77

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John Mahoney, who as the cranky, blue-collar dad in Frasier played counterpoint to pompous sons Frasier and Niles, has died. Mahoney was 77.

The actor died Sunday in Chicago after a brief hospitalization, Paul Martino, his manager for more than 30 years, said Monday. The cause of death was not immediately provided.

In Frasier, the hit Cheers spinoff that aired from 1993 to 2004, Mahoney played Martin Crane, a disabled ex-policeman who parked himself in a battered old armchair in Frasier’s chic Seattle living room.

Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier and David Hyde Pierce’s Niles, both psychiatrists with lofty views of their own intellect, squabbled constantly with their dad but, when needed, the family closed ranks. Martin’s beloved dog, Eddie, also took up residence to annoy the fussy Frasier.

"He was my father.  I loved him," Grammer said in a statement Tuesday sent by publicist Stan Rosenfield.

Mahoney, a British native who made Chicago his hometown, was a two-time Emmy nominee for Frasier, won a 1986 Tony Award for The House of Blue Leaves, and worked steadily in movies.

John Cusack, who appeared with Mahoney is the 1989 film Say Anything, tweeted that he was a great actor and a “lovely kind human – any time you saw him you left feeling better.”

Mahoney’s recent TV credits included a recurring role as Betty White’s love interest on Hot in Cleveland and a 2015 guest appearance on Foyle’s War. On the big screen, he was in The American President, Eight Men Out and Tin Men, with 2007’s Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell among his last movie credits.

Mahoney's first voice job was in W. B. Yeats' "The Words upon the Window-Pane" for the award-winning National Radio Theater of Chicago. He provided the voices for several characters in Antz (1998), Preston Whitmore in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return, General Rogard in The Iron Giant (1999), and Papi in Kronk's New Groove (but was succeeded by Jeff Bennett in The Emperor's New School for an unknown reason). In 2007, Mahoney provided the voice of Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (Sideshow Bob's father) in The Simpsons episode "Funeral for a Fiend." This reunited him with his Frasier co-stars Kelsey Grammer (Sideshow Bob) and David Hyde Pierce (Cecil, Sideshow Bob's brother).

The actor was born in 1940 in Blackpool, England, during World War II. That’s where his pregnant mother had been evacuated for safety from Nazi attacks, but the family soon returned to its home in Manchester.

In a 2015 interview with The Associated Press, Mahoney recounted memories of huddling in an air raid shelter and playing among bombed-out houses. The accounts his four older sisters shared with him, he said, included tucking him into a baby carriage outfitted with a shield against feared gas attacks.

One sister, who moved to the Midwest after marrying a U.S. sailor, was responsible for Mahoney’s decision to make his life in America. He visited Chicago as a college student and fell in love with it.

“The lake, the skyline, the museums, the symphony, the lyric opera,” he said in extolling the city in 2015. Add in reliably friendly Midwesterners, Mahoney said, and it’s “my favorite place in the world.”

“I give up nothing (professionally) by being in Chicago,” said Mahoney, who at the time was preparing to begin rehearsal on a Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of The Herd.

The theater canceled Monday’s scheduled performance in honor of Mahoney, according to an outgoing phone message that said he had been an ensemble member since 1979.

“John’s impact on this institution, on Chicago theater and the world of arts and entertainment are great and will endure,” the theater said.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1981      Hudson Taylor                  

1982      Mission Hill         Michael Doyle   

1984      The Killing Floor                factory representative  

1985      Code of Silence Prowler Representative

1986      The Manhattan Project Lt. Col. Conroy  

1986      The Christmas Gift           The Town Mayor             

1986      Streets of Gold Linnehan             

1987      Tin Men               Moe Adams       

1987      Suspect                Judge Matthew Bishop Helms    

1987      Moonstruck        Perry    

1988      Frantic Williams, U.S. Embassy Official  

1988      Betrayed              Shorty  

1988      Eight Men Out   William "Kid" Gleason   

1989      Say Anything... James Court       

1990      Love Hurts           Boomer               

1990      The Russia House             Brady   

1991      Barton Fink         W. P. Mayhew  

1992      Article 99             Dr. Henry Dreyfoos        

1993      In the Line of Fire             Sam Campagna

1993      Striking Distance               Capt. Vince Hardy           

1994      The Hudsucker Proxy      Chief     

1994      Reality Bites       Grant Gubler     

1995      An Affectionate Look at Fatherhood        Bob       

1995      The American President                Leo Solomon     

1996      Primal Fear         Shaughnessy     

1996      She's the One    Mr. Fitzpatrick  

1996      Mariette in Ecstasy          Dr. Claude Baptiste          Unreleased

1998      Antz       Grebs the Drunken Scout (voice)              

1999      The Iron Giant   General Shannon Rogard (voice)               

2000      The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy      Jack       

2001      Almost Salinas   Max Harris         

2001      Atlantis: The Lost Empire              Preston B. Whitmore (voice)      

2003      Atlantis: Milo's Return    Preston B. Whitmore (voice)      

2005      Kronk's New Groove       Papi (voice)        

2007      Dan in Real Life          Poppy  

2010      Flipped          Chet Duncan     

 

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1982      Chicago Story     Lt. Roselli             Main role

1985      Lady Blue             Capt. Flynn          Television film

1986      Trapped in Silence           Doctor Winslow                Television film

1987      Saturday Night Live         Fast Eddie Felson / Paul Newman              Episode: "Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis"

1987      The House of Blue Leaves             Artie Shaughnessy           Television film

1988      Favorite Son       Lou Brenner       Episode: "Part One"

1989      Dinner at Eight Oliver Jordan      Television film

1990      The Image           Irv Mickelson     Television film

1990      H.E.L.P.                 Chief Patrick Meacham Main role

1991      The 10 Million Dollar Getaway   Jimmy Burke      Television film

1992      The Human Factor           Dr. Alec McMurtry           Main role

1992      The Water Engine            Mason Gross      Television film

1992      Screenplay          Walter Partin     Episode: "Buying a Landslide"

1992      Cheers Sy Flembeck       Episode: "Do Not Forsake Me, O' My Postman"

1992      Unnatural Pursuits           Paddy Quinn      Episode: "I Don't Do Cuddles"

1993–2004          Frasier Martin Crane      Main role

1995      Biography            Narrator               Voice, Episode: "Al Capone: Scarface"

1996      3rd Rock from the Sun   Dr. Leonard Hamlin         Episode: "Body & Soul & Dick"

1997      Tracey Takes On...            Jeffrey Ayliss      Episode: "Childhood"

1998      Nothing Sacred Vince Reyneaux                Episode: "The Coldest Night of the Year"

2000      Becker Father Joe D'Andrea        Episode: "Crosstalk"

2000      Teacher's Pet     Narrator / Tim Tim Tim Voice role; episode: #1.11

2000      Nature Narrator               Episode: "Intimate Enemies: Lions and Buffalo"

2003      Gary the Rat       Steele   Voice role; episode: "Strange Bedfellows"

2005      Fathers and Sons              Gene     Television film

2006      ER           Bennett Cray      Episode: "Somebody to Love"

2007      Mobsters             Narrator               Episode: "Al Capone"

2007      The Simpsons    Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr.              Voice role; episode: "Funeral for a Fiend"

2009      In Treatment      Walter Barnett Recurring role (season 2), 7 episodes

2009–2010          Burn Notice        Management     Episodes: "Lesser Evil", "Devil You Know"

2010      $#*! My Dad Says             Lt. Col. Wally Durham     Episode: "The Manly Thing to Do"

2011–2014          Hot in Cleveland               Roy        Recurring role (seasons 2–3, 5), 6 episodes

2015      Foyle's War         Andrew Del Mar               Episode: "High Castle"