   det. martin "marty" crane (ret.) is a fictional character on the american television show frasier. he was played by actor john mahoney. martin is the father of frasier and niles crane. == biography == although martin is first mentioned in an episode of the sitcom cheers, his life history is mainly expanded on in frasier. in an eighth season cheers episode ("two girls for every boyd"), frasier claims that his father is dead and was a scientist in life. these comments are elaborated on frasier as the result of estrangement between martin and frasier at the time. (mahoney also appeared in cheers as a piano player/jingle writer.) the son of a police officer,"hot pursuit" martin was born in seattle in 1932 and is a lifelong resident of the city. his great-grandparents were noah crane and a scullery maid from russia."a tsar is born" he may be of irish descent, as he and frasier once sing the song "danny boy" while bonding over a beer. at the age of 19, martin joined the u.s. army, and saw combat in the korean war. after returning home martin joined the seattle police department, and would remain in this capacity until being forced to retire due to being shot in the hip when he was 62. he served in various roles including several years on mounted patrol,"the gift horse" and attained the position of homicide detective. he was married to hester rose crane, a forensic psychiatrist whom he met in 1952"room full of heroes" at a murder scene."odd man out" they remained married until her death from an unspecified illness in 1987, some six years before martin moves in with frasier."here's looking at you" hester rejected his first marriage proposal, but the two marri
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