Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/8/1924
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
Séan Joseph McClorySeán McClorySean 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 t...
Known For
Body Bags
as Minister
Cheyenne Autumn
as Dr. O'Carberry
Les Miserables
as Bamtasbois (uncredited)
Niagara
as Sam (uncredited)
Them!
as Maj. Kibbee
My Chauffeur
as O'Brien
The Quiet Man
as Owen Glynn
Island in the Sky
as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Moonfleet
as Elzevir Block
Anne of the Indies
as Hackett
Diane
as Count Michel Montgomery
Roughshod
as Fowler
Lorna Doone
as Charleworth Doone
The Long Gray Line
as Dinny Maher
Beyond Glory
as Barney
Valley of the Dragons
as Michael Denning
Plunder of the Sun
as Jefferson
Bandolero!
as Robbie O'Hare
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as James Moore
The King's Pirate
as Sparkes
Career Timeline
1967
1964
1963
1960
1959
1957
1956
1955
Matinee Theater
Role unknown
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Role unknown
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Brother Gerard
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irish Bar Patron
Frontier
Role unknown
Gunsmoke
as Clete Bolden
Gunsmoke
as Sham
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Role unknown
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