
Known for
Acting
Born
March 8, 1924
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Died
December 10, 2003 (aged 79)
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 j...
1993
as Minister
1987
as Mr. Grace
1987
as Sean O'Casey
1986
as O'Brien
1984
1982
1981
1979
as Jammer Delany
1978
1976
as Codge Collier
1975
1975
as Pat McShane
1975
1971
as The Sheriff
1971
1968
1968
1968
as Robbie O'Hare
1967
as Police Sergeant
1967
1967
1967
1967
as Sparkes
1967
as Horatio Quaxton
1966
as Edward White, Sr.