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Séan Joseph 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. He was sometimes billed as Shawn McGlory or Sean McGlory.




Early years


McClory was born Séan Joseph McClory on 8 March 1924 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), a model.
McClory studied at St. Ignatius Jesuit College and at the National University of Ireland Medical School. He served in the Irish Army Medical Corps during World War II.
After the War McClory was drawn to acting. When out of work, he turned to other employment, including washing dishes, driving trucks, working at a gold mine on the California-Nevada border and sailing around the world. At one point, he sold his blood to obtain money for food and drinks.




Career






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McClory began his career on stage, specializing in comedy at the Abbey Theatre. On Broadway, McClory portrayed Rory Commons in The King of Friday's Men (1951). His acting in regional theater included Dial "M" for Murder (1955) at the Sombrero Playhouse in Arizona and Shadow of a Gunman (1984) with the California Artists Repertory Theatre. He also acted in a summer theater in La Jolla, California.




= Film

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Jack Votion, a representative of RKO Pictures who was based in Europe, discovered McClory performing at the Abbey Theatre, after which McClory went to Hollywood in 1947 and began acting in films. His work included the role of an Irish policeman in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome and Dick Tracy's Dilemma. He was part of the John Ford Stock Company, appearing in the Ford productions What Price Glory, The Long Gray Line, The Quiet Man, and Cheyenne Autumn. McClory portrayed a ringmaster in Ring of Fear (1954) and a chauffeur in the comedy My Chauffeur (1986).




= Television

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On television, McClory portrayed Captain Clary on the NBC adventure series Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers,: 1051  Pat McShane on the CBS crime drama Kate McShane,: 557  Myles on the CBS adventure series Bring 'Em Back Alive, and Jack McGivern on NBC's Western television series, The Californians.: 153 
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.
McClory appeared twice in the 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. McClory was a guest star in episodes of the television Western The Rifleman, "Knight Errant" (1961) and "I Take This Woman" (S5 E6 1962), playing Dennis O'Flarrety, an Irish romantic rival opposite Chuck Connors' lead character of Lucas McCain., for the affection of Lou Mallory, played by Patricia Blair.
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 Traveller", 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 "Then the Drink Takes the Man", which first aired on 30 December 1967.




Personal life


McClory was married four times. His third marriage, to Sue Alexander, ended with her death in 1979. He married actress Peggy Webber in 1983. On 10 December 2003, McClory died of a heart condition at his home in Hollywood Hills, California.




Filmography


1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Officer Carney (uncredited)
1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma as Officer Dillon (uncredited)
1948 Beyond Glory as Barney
1949 Roughshod as Fowler
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as James Moore
1950 The Glass Menagerie as Richard (uncredited)
1951 Storm Warning as Shore
1951 Lorna Doone as Charleworth Doone
1951 David and Bathsheba as Aide to King David (First Scene) (uncredited)
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Jock (uncredited)
1951 Anne of the Indies as Hackett
1952 The Quiet Man as Owen Glynn
1952 What Price Glory as Lieutenant Austin (uncredited)
1952 Les Misérables as Bamtasbois (uncredited)
1952 Face to Face as Second Mate Robinson ('The Secret Sharer')
1952 Botany Bay as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
1953 Niagara as Sam (uncredited)
1953 Rogue's March as McGinty
1953 Plunder of the Sun as Jefferson
1953 Island in the Sky as Frank Lovatt
1953 Man in the Attic as Constable #1
1953 Charade as Jack Stuydevant
1954 Them! as Major Kibbee
1954 Ring of Fear as Dublin O'Malley
1955 The Long Gray Line as "Dinny" Maher
1955 I Cover the Underworld as Gunner O'Hara & John O'Hara
1955 Moonfleet as Elzevir Block
1955 The King's Thief as Sheldon
1956 Diane as Count Michel Montgomery
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Emmett Kettle
1961 Valley of the Dragons as Michael Denning
1964 Mary Poppins as Hound / Reporter #4 (voice, uncredited)
1964 Cheyenne Autumn as Dr. O'Carberry
1965 Mara of the Wilderness as Dr. Frank Wade (uncredited)
1966 Follow Me, Boys! as Edward White Sr.
1967 The Gnome-Mobile as Horatio Quaxton
1967 The King's Pirate as Sparkes

1967 The Happiest Millionaire as Police Sergeant
1968 Bandolero! as Robbie O'Hare
1971 The Day of the Wolves as The Sheriff
1979 Roller Boogie as "Jammer" Delany
1986 My Chauffeur as O'Brien
1987 The Dead as Mr. Grace




Television


Cavalcade of America (1953–54) (Episodes: "The Arrow and the Bow" & "Courage in Connecticut") – Andrew Johnson
Broken Arrow (1956) (Episode: "Passage Deferred") – Shawn
Frontier (1955) (Episode: "Tomas and the Widow") – Gavin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 22: "Place of Shadows") - Brother Gerard
The Restless Gun (1957) (Episode: "Silver Threads") – Mike O'Hara
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957) (Episode: "The Irishman") – Walter Holleran
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957) (Episode: "Convoy Gold") – Pat Donovan
The Californians (1957–58) (37 episodes) – Jack McGivern
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958) (Episode: "Short Haul") – Ted O'Malley
Steve Canyon (1958 (Episode: "The Gift") – Bert Quillan
Have Gun – Will Travel (1958) (Episode: "The Solid Gold Patrol") – Corporal Mike Callahan
Colgate Theatre (1958) (Episode: "McCreedy's Woman") – Aristotle
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 5 Episode 3: "Appointment at Eleven") as Irish Bar Patron
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1959) (Episode: "The Inheritance") - Michael Barry (broadcast October 27, US)
Wagon Train (1960) (Episode: "The Charlene Brenton Story") – Casey
The Overland Trail (1960) (Episodes: "The O'Mara's Ladies" & "All the O'Mara's Horses") – The O'Mara
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960) (Episode: "Jason") – 'Doc' Phillips
Stagecoach West (1961) (Episode: "Finn McColl") – Finn McColl
Bronco (1961) (Episode: "The Harrigan") – Terrence Harrigan
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961) (Episode: "Wyatt Earp's Baby") – Edgar 'Muley' Boles
Perry Mason (1961) (Episode: "The Case of the Malicious Mariner") – Fred Wenzel
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961) (Episode: The Swamp Fox: A Woman's Courage) – Captain Myles
The Rifleman (1961) (Episode: "Knight Errant") – Colonel Charles Black
The Detectives (1962) (Episode: "One Lousy Wednesday") – The Swami
Bonanza (1962) (Episode: "The Tall Stranger") – Mark Connors
The Untouchables (1962) (Episode: "The Eddie O'Gara Story") – Vince O'Gara
Checkmate (1962) (Episode: "The Heart Is a Handout") – Stamper
The Rifleman (1962) (Episode: "I Take This Woman") – Dennis O'Flarrety
The Untouchables (1962) (Episode: "The Whitey Steele Story") – Police Captain John Stanwood
Laramie (1962) (Episode: "The Turn of the Wheel") – Gordon
Perry Mason (1962) (Episode: "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle") – Harry Fothergill
Tales of Wells Fargo (1962) (Episode: "Incident at Crossbow") – Con Toole
Thriller (1962) (Episode: "The Hollow Watcher") – Sean O'Danagh
The Great Adventure (1963) (Episode: "The Story of Nathan Hale") – Major Carlton
Bonanza (1963) (Episode: "Hoss and the Leprechauns") – Professor James Aloysius McCarthy
Rawhide (1964) (Episode: "Damon's Road: Parts 1 & 2") – Finn
Perry Mason (1964) (Episode: "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor") – Hannibal Harvey
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1965) (Episode: "The Adventures of Gallegher: Parts 1–3") – Officer Madden
Daniel Boone (1965) (Episode: "The Devil's Four") – O'Hara
The Virginian (1965) (Episode: "Day of the Scorpion") – Cobb
Death Valley Days (1965) (Episode: "Magic Locket") – Joaquin Miller
My Favorite Martian (1965) (Episode: "How Are Things in Glocca, Martin?") – Seamus O'Hara
Iron Horse (1966) (Episode: "Right of Way Through Paradise") – Beau Sidell
Family Affair (1967) (Episode: "The Other Cheek") – Mr. Michaels
Mannix (1967) (Episode: "Then the Drink Takes the Man") – Scott Winters
Lost in Space (1967) (Episode: "The Astral Traveller") – Hamish
Lancer (1968) (Episode: "The High Riders") – Coley McHugh
Daniel Boone (1968) (Episode: "Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women") – Ephron Marsh
The High Chaparral (1969) (Episode: "The Glory Soldiers") – Sandy McIntire
Daniel Boone (1969) (Episode: "Jonah") – Bartender
The Beverly Hillbillies (1969) (Episode: "Manhattan Hillbillies") – Police Officer
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1969) (Episodes: "A Town in Terror: Parts 1 & 2") – Pat Murphy
Gunsmoke (1970) (Episode: "The Judas Gun") – Clete Bolden
The Virginian (1970) (Episode: "Holocaust") – Walter May
Death Valley Days (1970) (Episode: "Talk to Me, Charley") – Charley Gentry
"The Men From Shiloh" rebranded name of The Virginian (1971) (Episode: "The Town Killer") – Harry Post
Gunsmoke (1974) (Episode: "The Town Tamers") – Sham
The Blue Knight (1976) (Episode: "The Rose and the Gun")
Captains and the Kings (TV Mini-Series) (1976) – Boland
Little House on the Prairie (1976) (Episode: "The Runaway Caboose") – Sandy Nelson
Once an Eagle (TV Mini-Series – Part 7) (1977) – Militia Colonel
Battlestar Galactica (1978) (Episode: "The Long Patrol – Assault 9")
Columbo (1978) (Episode: "The Conspirators") – Captain
How the West Was Won (TV Mini-Series) (1978) – Ben Dodge
General Hospital (1980) (aired 16 May 1980) – Judge (uncredited)
Trapper John, M.D. (1981) (Episode: "'Tis the Season") – Reverend Flanagan
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) (6 episodes) – Myles Delaney
Simon & Simon (1983) (Episode: "Bon Voyage, Alonso") – Captain Cottrell
Fantasy Island (1983) (Episode: "Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo") – Butler
Falcon Crest (1985) (Episode: "Blood Brothers") – Frank O'Neal
Murder, She Wrote (1986) (Episode: "Dead Man's Gold") – Ross Barber
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1987) (Episode: "Young Harry Houdini") – Sean O'Casey




References






External links


Sean McClory at IMDb
Sean McClory at the Internet Broadway Database

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