Sean McClory

About

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...

Known for

ColumboSeries • 1971Perry MasonSeries • 1957BonanzaSeries • 1959LassieSeries • 1954Falcon CrestSeries • 1981Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984MannixSeries • 1967Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955The VirginianSeries • 1962Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952The RiflemanSeries • 1958The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Climax!Series • 1954Daniel BooneSeries • 1964RawhideSeries • 1959The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958Lost in SpaceSeries • 1965One Step BeyondSeries • 1959The High ChaparralSeries • 1967Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955ThrillerSeries • 1960