Sean McClory

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.

Sean McClory
McClory in 1975
Born(1924-03-08)8 March 1924
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Died10 December 2003(2003-12-10) (aged 79)
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, US
Years active1947–1993
Known forFilm Bandolero
Notable work
film "The Rogues March (1952) with Richard Greene
Spouse(s)Peggy Webber (1983–2003) (his death)

Early years

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 California Gold Rush of the 1850s. It aired from 1957 to 1959. His co-stars 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 1961 and 1962, McClory was a guest star in episodes of the television Western The Rifleman, the 1961 episode "Knight Errant" in which he shared the guest star role with 3 other guest stars, one being late western film and TV icon Jack Elam. In 1962 McClory was the spotlight guest star of episode "I Take This Woman" playing an Irish romantic rival to star Chuck Connors' lead character of Lucas McCain.[2]

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".

In 1965, McClory was cast as the poet Joaquin Miller, with June Lockhart (who had played his wife in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor") in the role of Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California, in the episode "Magic Locket" of the syndicated western series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Ronald W. Reagan. In the story line, Coolbrith develops a tenuous friendship with the teen-aged "Dorita Duncan" (Kathy Garver), later known as the dancer Isadora Duncan. The two have identical portions of a broken locket.[3] In a later Death Valley Days episode, "Talk to Me Charley", McClory played gold prospector Charley Gentry, with other starring roles for Susan Brown and Hal Baylor.

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

Filmography

Television
  • Cavalcade of America – episodes – The Arrow and the Bow & Courage in Connecticut – Andrew Johnson (1953–54)
  • Broken Arrow – episode – Passage Deferred – Shawn (1956)
  • Frontier – episode – Tomas and the Widow – Gavin (1955)
  • The Restless Gun – episode – Silver Threads – Mike O'Hara (1957)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie – episode – The Irishman – Walter Holleran (1957)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie – episode – Convoy Gold – Pat Donovan (1957)
  • The Californians – 37 episodes – Jack McGivern (1957–58)
  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective – episode – Short Haul – Ted O'Malley (1958)
  • Steve Canyon – episode – The Gift – Bert Quillan (1958)
  • Have Gun – Will Travel – episode – The Solid Gold Patrol – Cpl. Mike Callahan (1958)
  • Wagon Train – episode – The Charlene Brenton Story – Casey (1960)
  • The Overland Trail – episodes – The O'Mara's Ladies & All the O'Mara's Horses – The O'Mara (1960)
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive – episode – Jason – 'Doc' Phillips (1960)
  • Stagecoach West – episode – Finn McColl – Finn McColl (1961)
  • Bronco – episode – The Harrigan – Terrence Harrigan (1961)
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp – episode – Wyatt Earp's Baby – Edgar 'Muley' Boles (1961)
  • Perry Mason – episode – The Case of the Malicious Mariner – Fred Wenzel (1961)
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – episode – The Swamp Fox: A Woman's Courage – Capt. Myles (1961)
  • The Rifleman – episode – Knight Errant – Col. Charles Black (1961)
  • The Detectives – episode – One Lousy Wednesday – The Swami (1962)
  • Bonanza – episode – The Tall Stranger – Mark Connors (1962)
  • The Untouchables – episode – The Eddie O'Gara Story – Vince O'Gara (1962)
  • Checkmate – episode – The Heart Is a Handout – Stamper (1962)
  • The Rifleman – episode – I Take This Woman – Dennis O'Flarrety (1962)
  • The Untouchables – episode – The Whitey Steele Story – Police Capt. John Stanwood (1962)
  • Laramie – episode – The Turn of the Wheel – Gordon (1962)
  • Perry Mason – episode – The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle – Harry Fothergill (1962)
  • Tales of Wells Fargo – episode – Incident at Crossbow – Con Toole (1962)
  • Thriller – episode – The Hollow Watcher – Sean O'Danagh (1962)
  • The Great Adventure – episode – The Story of Nathan Hale – Major Carlton (1963)
  • Bonanza – episode – Hoss and the Leprechauns – Professor James Aloysius McCarthy (1963)
  • Rawhide – episode – Damon's Road: Parts 1 & 2 – Finn (1964)
  • Perry Mason – episode – The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor – Hannibal Harvey (1964)
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – episode – The Adventures of Gallegher: Parts 1 – 3 – Officer Madden (1965)
  • Daniel Boone – episode – The Devil's Four – O'Hara (1965)
  • The Virginian – episode – Day of the Scorpion – Cobb (1965)
  • Death Valley Days – episode – Magic Locket – Joaquin Miller (1965)
  • My Favorite Martian – episode – How Are Things in Glocca, Martin? – Seamus O'Hara (1965)
  • Iron Horse – episode – Right of Way Through Paradise – Beau Sidell (1966)
  • Family Affair – episode – The Other Cheek – Mr. Michaels (1967)
  • Mannix – episode – Then the Drink Takes the Man – Scott Winters (1967)
  • Lost in Space – episode – The Astral Traveller – Hamish (1967)
  • Lancer – episode – The High Riders – Coley McHugh (1968)
  • Daniel Boone – episode – Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women – Ephron Marsh (1968)
  • The High Chaparral – episode – The Glory Soldiers – Sandy McIntire (1969)
  • Daniel Boone – episode – Jonah – Bartender (1969)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies – episode – Manhattan Hillbillies – Police Officer (1969)
  • The Guns of Will Sonnett – episodes – A Town in Terror: Parts 1 & 2 – Pat Murphy (1969)
  • Gunsmoke – episode – The Judas Gun – Clete Bolden (1970)
  • The Virginian – episode – Holocaust – Walter May (1970)
  • Death Valley Days – episode – Talk to Me, Charley – Charley Gentry (1970)
  • "The Men From Shiloh" rebranded name of The Virginian – episode – The Town Killer – Harry Post (1971)
  • Gunsmoke – episode – The Town Tamers – Sham (1974)
  • The Blue Knight – episode – The Rose and the Gun (1976)
  • Captains and the Kings – TV Mini-Series – Boland (1976)
  • Little House on the Prairie – episode – The Runaway Caboose – Sandy Nelson (1976)
  • Once an Eagle – TV Mini-Series – Part 7 – Militia Colonel (1977)
  • Battlestar Galactica – episode – The Long Patrol – Assault 9 (1978)[4][5]
  • Columbo – episode – The Conspirators – Captain (1978)
  • How the West Was Won – TV Mini-Series – Ben Dodge (1978)
  • General Hospital – 16 May 1980 – Judge (uncredited) (1980)
  • Trapper John, M.D. – episode – 'Tis the Season – Reverend Flanagan (1981)
  • Bring 'Em Back Alive – 6 episodes – Myles Delaney (1982)
  • Simon & Simon – episode – Bon Voyage, Alonso – Capt. Cottrell (1983)
  • Fantasy Island – episode – Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo – Butler (1983)
  • Falcon Crest – episode – Blood Brothers – Frank O'Neal (1985)
  • Murder, She Wrote – episode – Dead Man's Gold – Ross Barber (1986)
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – episode – Young Harry Houdini – Sean O'Casey (1987)

References
  1. ""Short Haul" on Richard Diamond, Private Detective". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. http://riflemanconnors.com/sean_mcclory.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Magic Locket on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Data Base. 17 March 1965. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076984/fullcredits/
  5. The Long Patrol
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