Sean McClory
Biografia
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 contract with 20th Century-Fox. By 1950 he was showing up in more notable films - though uncredited, particularly in The Glass Menagerie (1950). Within a year McClory's talents were being showcased in various small feature roles. John Ford finally began casting - a painstaking process for the finicky director - for his long conceived The Quiet Man (1952) and chose McClory for a small but showy part, in which he was seen throughout the film feature with Charles B. Fitzsimons, the younger brother of the film's star, Maureen O'Hara, playing an Irish villager. Although some of the cast were familiar members of the "John Ford Stock Company", many roles were filled by actual Irish villagers (the film was shot on location) and included a generous helping of Abbey Theater alumni: the Shields brothers (Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields) and Jack MacGowran, in addition to O'Hara McClory. Ford wanted him for roles in several of his subsequent films, however McClory's busy film and TV schedule only allowed him to accept roles in two other Ford films, The Long Gray Line and Cheyenne Autumn. McClory had a cultured, neutral Irish brogue that fit well in small- or big-screen performances, unlike such Irish actors as Barry Fitzgerald who, though very effective and beloved, had a thick brogue that kept him forever cast as an Irishman. As a result, McClory was much more at home in American TV and had many memorable roles from 1953 onward, appearing in a gamut of episodic TV in addition to his feature film work. However, it was his frequent appearances on the small screen that enabled McClory to stand out in viewers' memories, especially in a range of western and adventure series (in which he played a good sprinkling of Irish characters) well into the 1970s. Though not as busy in the 1980s as he was in the '70s, one role in which he truly stood out was in an adaptation by John Huston of Irish writer James Joyce's famous 1907 short story "The Dead" made in 1987 (The Dead (1987)), his final film appearance. McClory's role as Mr. Grace was not a character in the original story but was created by Huston and his son Tony Huston to provide McClory with a reading of the medieval Irish poem "Young Donal", which was very effective to the mood of this look at Irish family remembrance.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Worek na zwłoki
Film • 1993
jako Minister
The Dead
Film • 1987
jako Mr. Grace
Young Harry Houdini
Film • 1987
jako Sean O'Casey
My Chauffeur
Film • 1986
jako O'Brien
Napisała: Morderstwo
Serial • 1984
jako Ross Barber
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Serial • 1982
Falcon Crest
Serial • 1981
jako Frank O'Neal
Roller Boogie
Film • 1979
jako Jammer Delany
Battlestar Galactica 1978
Serial • 1978
jako Assault 9
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Film • 1976
jako Codge Collier
Kate McShane
Serial • 1975
jako Pat McShane
Kate McShane
Film • 1975
jako Pat McShane
S.W.A.T.
Serial • 1975
The Day of the Wolves
Film • 1971
jako The Sheriff
Columbo
Serial • 1971
jako Captain
Lancer
Serial • 1968
jako Coley McHugh
The Outcasts
Serial • 1968
Bandolero!
Film • 1968
jako Robbie O'Hare
The Happiest Millionaire
Film • 1967
jako Police Sergeant
Mannix
Serial • 1967
The High Chaparral
Serial • 1967
jako Sandy McIntire
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Serial • 1967
The King's Pirate
Film • 1967
jako Sparkes
The Gnome-Mobile
Film • 1967
jako Horatio Quaxton
Za mną chłopcy!
Film • 1966
jako Edward White, Sr.
Family Affair
Serial • 1966
Tarzan
Serial • 1966
Honey West
Serial • 1965
jako Insurance Investigator Booth
Convoy
Serial • 1965
jako Major Perth-Whittaker
Lost in Space
Serial • 1965
jako Hamish
Jesień Czejenów
Film • 1964
jako Dr. O'Carberry
Daniel Boone
Serial • 1964
jako Liam O'Hara
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Serial • 1963
The Great Adventure
Serial • 1963
jako Major Carlton
The Outer Limits
Serial • 1963
jako Karl Emmet
The Dakotas
Serial • 1963
General Electric True
Serial • 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Serial • 1962
The Virginian
Serial • 1962
jako Cobb
Valley of the Dragons
Film • 1961
jako Michael Denning
Surfside 6
Serial • 1960
The Islanders
Serial • 1960
jako Quinn
Checkmate
Serial • 1960
jako Stamper
Thriller
Serial • 1960
jako Sean O'Danagh
The Swamp Fox
Serial • 1959
The Detectives
Serial • 1959
Adventures in Paradise
Serial • 1959
jako Mike Milligan
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Serial • 1959
jako Father Ray
Bonanza
Serial • 1959
jako Mark Connors
One Step Beyond
Serial • 1959
jako Michael Barry
Rawhide
Serial • 1959
jako Finn
The Rifleman
Serial • 1958
Bronco
Serial • 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Serial • 1958
jako 'Doc' Phillips
The Californians
Serial • 1957
jako Jack McGivern
Perry Mason
Serial • 1957
jako Fred Wenzel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Serial • 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Serial • 1957
jako Ted O'Malley
Fort się broni
Film • 1957
jako Emmett Kettle
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Serial • 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Graham Clague
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Serial • 1956
Telephone Time
Serial • 1956
Diane
Film • 1956
jako Count Michel Montgomery
Matinee Theater
Serial • 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Serial • 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Brother Gerard
Frontier
Serial • 1955
Gunsmoke
Serial • 1955
jako Clete Bolden
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Serial • 1955
Królewski złodziej
Film • 1955
jako Sheldon
Księżycowa flotylla
Film • 1955
jako Elzevir Block
I Cover the Underworld
Film • 1955
jako Gunner O'Hara / John O'Hara
The Long Gray Line
Film • 1955
jako Dinny Maher
Climax!
Serial • 1954
jako Mark Yorke
Lassie
Serial • 1954
Ring of Fear
Film • 1954
jako Dublin O'Malley
One!
Film • 1954
jako Maj. Kibbee
The Child
Film • 1954
jako Reverend Smith
Man in the Attic
Film • 1953
jako Constable #1
Charade
Film • 1953
jako Jack Stuydevant
Wyspa w niebie
Film • 1953
jako Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Plunder of the Sun
Film • 1953
jako Jefferson
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
Niagara
Film • 1953
jako Sam (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
Serial • 1952
jako Andrew Johnson
Four Star Playhouse
Serial • 1952
jako Robert Upton
What Price Glory
Film • 1952
jako Lt. Austin (uncredited)
Les Miserables
Film • 1952
jako Bamtasbois (uncredited)
Spokojny człowiek
Film • 1952
jako Owen Glynn
Anne of the Indies
Film • 1951
jako Hackett
Pustynny Lis
Film • 1951
jako Jock
Lorna Doone
Film • 1951
jako Charleworth Doone
Storm Warning
Film • 1951
jako Shore
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Albert
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Film • 1950
jako James Moore
Roughshod
Film • 1949
jako Fowler
Beyond Glory
Film • 1948
jako Barney
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Film • 1947
jako Officer Carney (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Film • 1947
jako Officer Dillon (uncredited)