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Sean McClory

Sean McClory

Actor

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.

Born: March 8, 1924 in Dublin, Ireland

Died: December 10, 2003 (Age 79)

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Sean McClory  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.9
ActorConstable #11953
Movie
5.7
ActorO'Brien1986
Movie
6.6
ActorFrank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot1953
Movie
7.9
ActorHound / Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)1964
Movie
6.2
ActorBarney1948
Movie
4.7
ActorMichael Denning1961
Movie
7.9
ActorOwen Glynn1952
Movie
6.2
ActorJefferson1953
Movie
5.6
ActorThe Sheriff1971
Movie
6.2
ActorGunner O'Hara / John O'Hara1955
Movie
4.8
ActorDublin O'Malley1954
Movie
6.6
ActorHoratio Quaxton1967
Movie
6.3
ActorJames Moore1950
Movie
5.6
ActorCharleworth Doone1951
Movie
6.4
ActorEmmett Kettle1957
Movie
7.3
ActorMaj. Kibbee1954
Movie
6.5
ActorElzevir Block1955
Movie
6.4
ActorHackett1951
Movie
4.9
ActorJammer Delany1979
Movie
7.2
ActorEdward White, Sr.1966
Movie
7.1
ActorDinny Maher1955
Movie
6.7
ActorRobbie O'Hare1968
Movie
6.7
ActorPolice Sgt.1967
Movie
7
ActorShore1951
Movie
6.5
ActorDr. O'Carberry1964
Movie
5.9
ActorCount Michel Montgomery1956
Movie
7.1
ActorMr. Grace1987
Movie
6.9
ActorSam (uncredited)1953
Movie
6.4
ActorFowler (as Shawn McGlory)1949
Movie
5.9
ActorOfficer Carney (uncredited)1947
Movie
5.6
ActorSheldon1955
Movie
5.3
ActorSparkes1967
Movie
6.8
ActorJock1951
Movie
5.6
ActorOfficer Dillon (uncredited)1947
Movie
6.2
ActorJack Stuydevant1953
Movie
6.6
ActorBamtasbois (uncredited)1952
Movie
7.4
ActorPat McShane1975
TV Show
6.4
ActorJack McGivern
69 Episodes
1957-1959
TV Show
6.9
ActorPat McShane
10 Episodes
1975
TV Show
6.9
Actor17 Episodes1982-1983
TV Show
6.9
Actor1 Episode1955-1957
TV Show
7.2
ActorAlbert
1 Episode
1950-1959
TV Show
7
ActorAndrew Johnson
1 Episode
1952-1957
TV Show
7.1
Actor1 Episode1962-1971
TV Show
7.9
ActorSham
1 Episode
1955-1975
TV Show
6.6
Actor2 Episodes1953-1962
TV Show
8.4
ActorIrish Bar Patron
1 Episode
1955-1962
TV Show
6.8
Actor1 Episode1968-1970
TV Show
8.2
Actor1 Episode1957-1963
TV Show
7.7
ActorFinn
2 Episodes
1959-1965
TV Show
6.6
Actor1 Episode1975-1976
TV Show
7.9
ActorShay
1 Episode
1959-1962
TV Show
8
ActorPatrick Galt
1 Episode
1960-1962
TV Show
6.6
Actor2 Episodes1956-1958
TV Show
8.1
Actor2 Episodes1958-1963
TV Show
7.4
Actor2 Episodes1967-1969
TV Show
Actor1 Episode1956-1957
TV Show
7.2
Actor1 Episode1959-1962
TV Show
6
ActorFrank O'Neal
1 Episode
1981-1990
TV Show
7.4
ActorRoss Barber
1 Episode
1984-1996
TV Show
6.8
Actor1 Episode1966-1971
TV Show
7.2
ActorMajor Carlton
1 Episode
1963-1964
TV Show
7.6
Actor1 Episode1960-1962
TV Show
7.2
Actor1 Episode1967-1975
TV Show
7.1
ActorHamish
1 Episode
1965-1968
TV Show
8.1
ActorHannibal Harvey
1 Episode
1957-1966
TV Show
6.5
ActorQuinn
1 Episode
1960-1961
TV Show
6.3
Actor1 Episode1954-1974
TV Show
7.4
ActorCobb
1 Episode
1962-1971
TV Show
6.8
Actor1 Episode1966-1968
TV Show
7.6
ActorMichael Barry
1 Episode
1959-1961
TV Show
7.1
ActorBartender
1 Episode
1964-1970
TV Show
7.4
ActorSandy McIntire
1 Episode
1967-1971
TV Show
7.5
ActorTed O'Malley
1 Episode
1956-1960
TV Show
7.2
Actor1 Episode1963-1967
TV Show
7.2
Actor1 Episode1968-1969
TV Show
7.4
Actor1 Episode1955-1961
TV Show
6.3
ActorMark Yorke
1 Episode
1954-1958
TV Show
6.9
Actor1 Episode1958-1962
TV Show
7.8
Actor'Doc' Phillips
1 Episode
1958-1961
TV Show
7.3
Actor1 Episode1962-1963
TV Show
7.3
ActorGraham Clague
1 Episode
1956-1961
TV Show
7.3
ActorInsurance Investigator Booth
1 Episode
1965-1966
TV Show
7.4
Actor1 Episode1955-1956
TV Show
7.1
ActorFather Ray
1 Episode
1959-1961
TV Show
6.8
Actor1 Episode1956-1958
TV Show
7.3
ActorStamper
1 Episode
1960-1962
TV Show
7.4
ActorAssault 9
1 Episode
1978-1979
TV Show
8
ActorKarl Emmet
1 Episode
1963-1965
TV Show
7.3
ActorRobert Upton
1 Episode
1952-1956
TV Show
8.1
ActorFred Wenzel
1 Episode
1957-1966
TV Show
8.1
ActorHarry Fothergill
1 Episode
1957-1966
TV Show
6.5
Actor1 Episode1955-1958
TV Show
8.4
ActorBrother Gerard
1 Episode
1955-1962
TV Show
7.1
ActorLiam O'Hara
1 Episode
1964-1970
TV Show
7.1
ActorEphron Marsh
1 Episode
1964-1970
TV Show
7.9
ActorClete Bolden
1 Episode
1955-1975
TV Show
8
ActorSean O'Danagh
1 Episode
1960-1962
TV Show
7.9
ActorMike Milligan
1 Episode
1959-1962
TV Show
8.2
ActorCaptain
1 Episode
1971-1978
TV Show
Actor1 Episode1962-1963
TV Show
Actor8 Episodes1959-1961
Short Film
ActorReverend Smith1954
Movie
6
ActorMinister1993
Movie
ActorCodge Collier1976
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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