Dick McMahon
- Actor
Dick is a native of Denver. After graduating from ASU and moving to Tennessee he became an announcer for Nashville's Grand 'Ole Opry. He and his wife, Mary Frances, raised their son & daughter in various places broadcasting opportunities eventually took them. He managed several radio & TV stations and was Vice President of European Operations for Telmar Communications in London.
Being an avid skydiver for several years he later discovered an adrenaline rush can also be found as an actor ... (with less chance of getting killed). Subsequently, he's played everything from a judge who likes wearing women's clothes in the movie comedy "Scamelot", to an accident-prone character for a TV commercial filmed in Singapore.
Other films include "Pathfinders", a WWII drama in which he plays an American General opposing the invasion of Normandy ... and was cast as the title character in "Franklin Wunder" - the touching story of a man trying to do something "good" for the world on the last day of his life. He murdered a couple of guys in "Flying Solo", and in a role-reversal became a beloved Catholic priest in "Where There Is Darkness" - a film winning multiple awards in Europe and the U.S..
Being an avid skydiver for several years he later discovered an adrenaline rush can also be found as an actor ... (with less chance of getting killed). Subsequently, he's played everything from a judge who likes wearing women's clothes in the movie comedy "Scamelot", to an accident-prone character for a TV commercial filmed in Singapore.
Other films include "Pathfinders", a WWII drama in which he plays an American General opposing the invasion of Normandy ... and was cast as the title character in "Franklin Wunder" - the touching story of a man trying to do something "good" for the world on the last day of his life. He murdered a couple of guys in "Flying Solo", and in a role-reversal became a beloved Catholic priest in "Where There Is Darkness" - a film winning multiple awards in Europe and the U.S..
