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John Mahoney (20 June 1940) is an American actor, best known for playing Martin "Marty" Crane in the American sitcom Frasier on NBC. Born in England, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1959. He started his career on the stage in 1977, moving into film in 1980. He appeared in Frasier from its inception in 1993 until the final episode in 2004. He has also worked as a voice actor, and performed on Broadway and in Chicago theatre.
Mahoney, the seventh of eight children, was born in the seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England – the town to which his mother was evacuated as the Mahoneys' home city of Manchester was heavily bombed during the Second World War. He started school at St Joseph's College, Blackpool. After the war, the Mahoneys moved back to Manchester. Mahoney grew up in the Withington area of the city and discovered acting at the Stretford Children's Youth Theatre. His father, Reg, was a baker.
Mahoney moved to the United States as a young man when his older sister, Vera, a war-bride living in rural Illinois, agreed to sponsor him. He studied at Quincy University, Illinois, before joining the United States Army to speed up the U.S. citizenship process; he received citizenship in 1959. He lived in Macomb, Illinois, and taught English at Western Illinois University in the early 1970s, before settling in Forest Park, Illinois and later in Oak Park, Illinois. He served as editor of a medical journal through much of the decade.
David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier, for which he won four Emmy Awards during the series' run.
Pierce, the youngest of four siblings, was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Laura Marie (née Hughes) and George Hyde Pierce, an insurance agent and aspiring actor. He has three older siblings: Barbara, Nancy, and Thomas, and adapted his name as an adult.
As a child, Pierce became very interested in the piano and frequently played organ at the local Bethesda Episcopal Church in Saratoga Springs. He began acting while in high school, earning recognition as best Dramatic Arts student. In 1977, Pierce received the Yaddo Medal for character and scholarship and worked in theater while a counselor at Camp Kabeyun in New Hampshire. However, his love of music was still strong, so he decided to study classical piano at Yale University. However, Pierce soon grew bored with music history lessons and found that he wasn’t dedicated enough to practice the required number of hours to become a successful concert pianist. Instead, he graduated in 1981 with a double major in English and Theatre Arts.
Actors: Mike Crowhurst (editor), Jason Bray (writer), Jason Bray (director), Jason Bray (producer), Graham Hobson (composer), Dave Scotney (actor), Rowan Chapman (actor), David Ireland (actor), Jack Bradford (actor), Troy Stoilkovski (actor), Sue Chapman (actress), David Larkin (actor), Tristian Kleinschmidt (actor), Jared Hayward (actor), Chris Chapman (actor),
Plot: In the hidden corners of our society they gather, our society's elite, the cultural gate keepers - Film Critics. But the reviewers at this gathering aren't here to wax lyrical about the latest Scorsese release or reflect on Cannes. These men and women gather in shame and weakness to wrestle with the stark reality that film critics may not be the intellectual superiors they think they are. Join young upcoming film critic Philip Hughes as he attends his first night at Critics Anonymous where he will discover once and for all if he can "handle the truth".
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Margaret Cho (actress), Stephanie A. Marquardt (miscellaneous crew), Bernie McInerney (actor), Gary Perez (actor), Henry Strozier (actor), Donald Roman Lopez (actor), Carlo Alban (actor), Frank Girardeau (actor), Marla Sucharetza (actress), Cameron Dye (actor), Josh Apter (editor), Kevin Geer (actor), Steven Marcus (actor), Don Creech (actor), René Veilleux (producer),
Plot: Two men beg and borrow money to start a neighborhood bar. Initially the bar thrives, then the crowds start to dwindle. The two then add music and hire a top notch chef, which boosts business again - for a time. Basically the film examines the travails of a small business owner and shows the up and down nature of such a business. The twosome not only suffer business depressions, but also personal problems as one loses his long time girl friend and the other loses his day job.
Keywords: independent-film