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Sean McClory
Actor, Director
Born March 8, 1924 in Dublin, Ireland
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 with 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 and 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. In 1953 McClory played one of his standout roles as menacing, shady archaeologist Jefferson in Plunder of the Sun (1953), a good adventure thriller helped along by location shooting in Mexico. McClory, with a white-tinted crewcut and dark glasses (very effective), had the opportunity to reveal the depth of his talent and really stole the picture from star Glenn Ford, who couldn't get away from his usual mumbling delivery. 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.
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Thriller - Hosted By Boris Karloff, "Return Of Andrew Bentley"
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Man in the Funny Suit
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Filmography
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1993
Body Bags
1987
The Dead (1987)
1986
My Chauffeur
1984
Murder, She Wrote Season 1
1981
Falcon Crest: The Complete First Season
1978
Battlestar Galactica Classic Season 1
1976
How the West Was Won: The Complete First Season
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1975
S.W.A.T. Season 1
1974
Little House On the Prairie, Season
1971
Day Of The Wolves - Digital
Columbo Season 1
1968
Bandolero!
1967
The King's Pirate
Mannix Season 1
The Gnome-Mobile
The Happiest Millionaire
1966
Follow Me, Boys!
Family Affair
1965
Lost In Space Season 1
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
Daniel Boone - The Explorer
Mary Poppins
1963
The Outer Limits Season 1
My Favorite Martian - Season 1
General Hospital Season 51
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1960
Thriller - Hosted By Boris Karloff, "Return Of Andrew Bentley"
1959
Rawhide
Lorne Greene's Holiday Special - A Bonanza Of Christmas Cheer
One Step Beyond
1958
The Rifleman
Shirley Temple's Storybook: House Of Seven Gables (in Color)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Man in the Funny Suit
Steve Canyon S1
1957
The Californians: Season 1
Happy Holidays With Frank & Bing
Tales of Wells Fargo
Perry Mason Season 1
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Diane
1955
The King's Thief
The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke aka Marshal Dillon
The Long Gray Line
Miracle On 34th Street - The Classic Christmas Story
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1
1954
Bride Of Boogedy
Them!
Ring of Fear
Medic
Climax
Lassie ('54), Season 1
1953
Man In The Attic
Plunder of the Sun
Niagara (Colorized)
A Child is Born - A Christmas Story Presented By Ronald Reagan
Island in the Sky
1952
Les Miserables (1952)
The Quiet Man
Death Valley Days
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse: Dark Meeting
1951
David And Bathsheba
Anne Of The Indies
1950
Storm Warning
1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
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Connections
Pamela Mason
Ray Kellogg
John Wayne
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