Sean McClory

Sean McClory
Born March 8, 1924
Dublin, Ireland
Died December 10, 2003 (aged 79)
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
California, USA
Resting place
 Cremation
Ethnicity Irish
Years active 1947-1993
Known for Film Bandolero
Notable work film "The Rogues March (1952) with Richard Greene
Spouse(s) Peggy Webber (1983-2003) (his death)
Parent(s) Hugh Patrick
Mary Margaret Ball

Sean McClory (8 March 1924 – 10 December 2003) was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series.

Early years

Séan Joseph McClory was born in Dublin, Ireland, but spent his early life in County Galway. He was the son of Hugh Patrick McClory, an architect and civil engineer, and Mary Margaret (née Ball). He was not related to Kevin McClory.

Television appearances

McClory portrayed the Irishman Jack McGivern, the man known for having the best timing around, in the first season of NBC's western television series, The Californians, set in the San Francisco California Gold Rush rush of the 1850s. It aired from 1957-1959. His costars included Nan Leslie as Martha McGivern, Richard Coogan, Herbert Rudley and Adam Kennedy, the latter as newspaperman Dion Patrick.

In 1958, McClory was cast as Ted O'Malley in the episode "Short Haul" of the CBS crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen. Nan Leslie appeared with McClory on this episode in the role of Ted's wife, Myrna O'Malley.[1]

McClory appeared twice in the short-lived 1960 NBC western series, Overland Trail, starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. He was a guest star in the syndicated western series, Pony Express and in 1960 on ABC's western drama, The Man from Blackhawk, starring Robert Rockwell as a roving insurance investigator. Another 1960 role was as Quinn in "Talent for Danger" on the ABC adventure series, The Islanders, set in the South Pacific. In 1960 and 1961, McClory appeared in the episodes, "Heads, You Lose" and "Appointment at Tara-Bi", of another ABC series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay. In 1962, he was a guest star on an episode of the television Western The Rifleman.

McClory appeared as Jaimie MacDonald in the 1963 episode "Commando" of the CBS anthology series, GE True, hosted by Jack Webb. He was cast thereafter in a second season episode of Irwin Allen's CBS science fiction series Lost In Space called "The Astral Traveler", as a Scottish bagpiping "ghost" named Hamish. He made several guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Malicious Mariner", the defendant in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle," and the title character and husband of the defendant in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor." McClory made two appearances on NBC's Bonanza, as Mark Connors in the 1962 episode "The Tall Stranger", and as Professor James Aloysuis McCarthy in the 1963 comedic episode "Hoss and the Leprechauns".

Sean played Scott Winters in CBS's Mannix episode entitled "Then the Drink Takes the Man" that first aired on December 30, 1967.

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ↑ ""Short Haul" on Richard Diamond, Private Detective". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076984/fullcredits/
  3. ↑ The Long Patrol (Battlestar Galactica)

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