22 Facts About Sean McClory

Sean Joseph McClory was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series.

Sean McClory was sometimes billed as Shawn McGlory or Sean McGlory.

Sean McClory was the son of Hugh Patrick McClory, an architect and civil engineer, and Mary Margaret, a model.

Sean McClory served in the Irish Army Medical Corps during World War II.

Sean McClory began his career on stage, specializing in comedy at the Abbey Theatre.

On Broadway, Sean McClory portrayed Rory Commons in The King of Friday's Men.

Sean McClory's acting in regional theater included Dial "M" for Murder at the Sombrero Playhouse in Arizona and Shadow of a Gunman with the California Artists Repertory Theatre.

Sean McClory acted in a summer theater in La Jolla, California.

Jack Votion, a representative of RKO Pictures who was based in Europe, discovered Sean McClory performing at the Abbey Theatre, after which Sean McClory went to Hollywood in 1947 and began acting in films.

Sean McClory was part of the John Ford Stock Company, appearing in the Ford productions What Price Glory, The Long Gray Line, The Quiet Man, and Cheyenne Autumn.

Sean McClory portrayed a ringmaster in Ring of Fear and a chauffeur in the comedy My Chauffeur.

On television, Sean McClory portrayed Captain Clary on the NBC adventure series Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers, Pat McShane on the CBS crime drama Kate McShane, Myles on the CBS adventure series Bring 'Em Back Alive, and Jack McGivern on NBC's Western television series, The Californians.

In 1958, Sean McClory was cast as Ted O'Malley in the episode "Short Haul" of the CBS crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen.

Sean McClory appeared twice in the 1960 NBC Western series, Overland Trail, starring William Bendix and Doug McClure.

Sean McClory 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.

In 1960 and 1961, Sean McClory appeared in the episodes, "Heads, You Lose" and "Appointment at Tara-Bi", of another ABC series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay.

Sean McClory was a guest star in episodes of the television Western The Rifleman, "Knight Errant" and "I Take This Woman", playing Dennis O'Flarrety, an Irish romantic rival opposite Chuck Connors' lead character of Lucas McCain.

Sean McClory appeared as Jaimie MacDonald in the 1963 episode "Commando" of the CBS anthology series, GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.

Sean McClory 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.

Sean 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".

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

On 10 December 2003, Sean McClory died of a heart condition at his home in Hollywood Hills, California.