Sean McClory

Personal Info

Birthday

March 8, 1924

Day of Death

2003-12-10

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

Séan Joseph McClory

Seán McClory

Sean McGlory

Shawn McGlory

Sean McClory

Biography

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.

Known For

Columbo

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Four Star Playhouse

Climax!

Battlestar Galactica

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Virginian

Filmography

1993
Body Bags
as Minister
1987
The Dead
as Mr. Grace
Young Harry Houdini
as Sean O'Casey
1986
My Chauffeur
as O'Brien
1979
Roller Boogie
as Jammer Delany
1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
1971
The Day of the Wolves
as The Sheriff
1968
Bandolero!
as Robbie O'Hare
1967
The Happiest Millionaire
as Police Sgt.
The King's Pirate
as Sparkes
The Gnome-Mobile
as Horatio Quaxton
1966
Follow Me, Boys!
as Edward White, Sr.
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Dr. O'Carberry
1961
Valley of the Dragons
as Michael Denning
1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Emmett Kettle
1956
Diane
as Count Michel Montgomery
1955
The King's Thief
as Sheldon
Moonfleet
as Elzevir Block
I Cover the Underworld
as Gunner O'Hara / John O'Hara
The Long Gray Line
as Dinny Maher
1954
Ring of Fear
as Dublin O'Malley
Them!
as Maj. Kibbee
The Child
as Reverend Smith
1953
Man in the Attic
as Constable #1
Charade
as Jack Stuydevant
Island in the Sky
as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Plunder of the Sun
as Jefferson
Niagara
as Sam (uncredited)
1952
Les Miserables
as Bamtasbois (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
as Owen Glynn
1951
Anne of the Indies
as Hackett
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Jock
Lorna Doone
as Charleworth Doone
Storm Warning
as Shore
1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as James Moore
1949
Roughshod
as Fowler (as Shawn McGlory)
1948
Beyond Glory
as Barney
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Officer Carney (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Officer Dillon (uncredited)