Sean McClory

Known For: Acting
Born: March 8, 1924
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Died: December 10, 2003

Sean McClory

Sean McClory was born in Dublin, Ireland, but spent his early life in Galway. He was the son of Hugh Patrick, an architect and civil engineer, and Mary Margaret Ball, who had been a model. Sean decided to become an actor and joined Dublin's renowned Abbey Theater (also known as the National Theater of Ireland, opened in 1904). He rose through the ranks playing in productions of the works of such authors as William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw, and soon began to play leads mostly in comedies (popular through most of the 1940s and into the 1950s). When comedies began to fade from the theater after World War II, McClory turned an eye toward film. In early 1947 he decided to make the jump to America and break into Hollywood. His first roles were that of a staple in American films: the Irish cop, which he played in two of the Dick Tracy series in 1947. In 1949 he signed a short cont…

Filmography

Body Bags

1993 · Minister

The Dead

1987 · Mr. Grace

Young Harry Houdini

1987 · Sean O'Casey

My Chauffeur

1986 · O'Brien

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Ross Barber

Bring 'Em Back Alive

1982

Falcon Crest

1981 · Frank O'Neal

Roller Boogie

1979 · Jammer Delany

Battlestar Galactica

1978 · Assault 9

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1976 · Codge Collier

Kate McShane

1975 · Pat McShane

Kate McShane

1975 · Pat McShane

S.W.A.T.

1975

The Day of the Wolves

1971 · The Sheriff

Columbo

1971 · Captain

Lancer

1968

The Outcasts

1968

Bandolero!

1968 · Robbie O'Hare

The Happiest Millionaire

1967 · Police Sergeant

Mannix

1967

The High Chaparral

1967 · Sandy McIntire

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

The King's Pirate

1967 · Sparkes

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 · Horatio Quaxton

Follow Me, Boys!

1966 · Edward White, Sr.

Family Affair

1966

Tarzan

1966

Honey West

1965 · Insurance Investigator Booth

Convoy

1965 · Major Perth-Whittaker

Lost in Space

1965 · Hamish

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 · Dr. O'Carberry

Daniel Boone

1964 · Liam O'Hara, Bartender, Ephron Marsh

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

The Great Adventure

1963 · Major Carlton

The Outer Limits

1963 · Karl Emmet

The Dakotas

1963

General Electric True

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

The Virginian

1962 · Cobb

Valley of the Dragons

1961 · Michael Denning

Surfside 6

1960

The Islanders

1960 · Quinn

Checkmate

1960 · Stamper

Thriller

1960 · Sean O'Danagh, Patrick Galt

The Swamp Fox

1959

The Detectives

1959

Adventures in Paradise

1959 · Mike Milligan, Shay

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959 · Father Ray

One Step Beyond

1959 · Michael Barry

Rawhide

1959 · Finn

The Rifleman

1958

Bronco

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · 'Doc' Phillips

The Californians

1957 · Jack McGivern

Perry Mason

1957 · Fred Wenzel, Harry Fothergill, Hannibal Harvey

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957 · Ted O'Malley

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957 · Emmett Kettle

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Graham Clague

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

Telephone Time

1956

Diane

1956 · Count Michel Montgomery

Matinee Theater

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Brother Gerard, Irish Bar Patron

Frontier

1955

Gunsmoke

1955 · Clete Bolden, Sham

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

The King's Thief

1955 · Sheldon

Moonfleet

1955 · Elzevir Block

I Cover the Underworld

1955 · Gunner O'Hara / John O'Hara

The Long Gray Line

1955 · Dinny Maher

Climax!

1954 · Mark Yorke

Lassie

1954

Ring of Fear

1954 · Dublin O'Malley

Them!

1954 · Maj. Kibbee

The Child

1954 · Reverend Smith

Man in the Attic

1953 · Constable #1

Charade

1953 · Jack Stuydevant

Island in the Sky

1953 · Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

Plunder of the Sun

1953 · Jefferson

General Electric Theater

1953

Niagara

1953 · Sam (uncredited)

Cavalcade of America

1952 · Andrew Johnson

Four Star Playhouse

1952 · Robert Upton

Les Miserables

1952 · Bamtasbois (uncredited)

The Quiet Man

1952 · Owen Glynn

Anne of the Indies

1951 · Hackett

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951 · Jock

Lorna Doone

1951 · Charleworth Doone

Storm Warning

1951 · Shore

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Albert

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 · James Moore

Roughshod

1949 · Fowler

Beyond Glory

1948 · Barney

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947 · Officer Carney (uncredited)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

1947 · Officer Dillon (uncredited)

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