Jock Mahoney

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Jock Mahoney (born February 7, 1919 in Chicago , Illinois , † December 14, 1989 in Bremerton , Washington ) was an American actor and stuntman .

Life

Mahoney had French and Irish ancestry. He graduated from the University of Iowa , but dropped out and joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II . He later moved to Los Angeles and worked as a stunt double for Gregory Peck , Errol Flynn and John Wayne , among others . From 1948 he was mostly seen in westerns in which he took on minor or unnamed minor roles. From 1951 to 1953 he played the lead role in the television series The Range Rider in 78 episodes. In 1958 and 1959 he played the leading role alongside X Brands and Frances Bergen in 34 episodes of the western series Yancy Derringer filmed by CBS . After portraying the villain Coy Banton in Tarzan the mighty in 1960 , he became the thirteenth Tarzan actor two years later in two feature films . Until 1984 he was also seen as a guest star in various television series, including four episodes of the series Tarzan with Ron Ely .

In the opening and closing credits, he was often performed as Jack Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney .

Mahoney was married three times, had three biological children and five stepchildren. From 1952 to 1968 he was married to the actress Margaret Field , making him the stepfather of her daughter Sally Field . In her 2018 biography In Pieces , Sally Field stated that she had been sexually abused by Jack Mahoney on a number of occasions until she was 14.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Son of the Guardsman
  • 1948: Blood feud (The Swordsman)
  • 1951–1953: The Range Rider (TV series, 78 episodes)
  • 1956: Away All Boats
  • 1956: Shots lash through the night (Showdown at Abilene)
  • 1956: A Day of Fury
  • 1957: The flight to hell (The Land Unknown)
  • 1958: A Time to Love and a Time to Die (A Time to Love and a Time to Die)
  • 1958–1959: Yancy Derringer (TV series, 34 episodes)
  • 1960: Tarzan the Mighty (Tarzan the Magnificent)
  • 1962: Tarzan conquers India (Tarzan Goes to India)
  • 1963: Tarzan's Three Challenges (Tarzan's Three Challenges)
  • 1963: Fire Dragon Marine Division (Toraoji annun haebyong)
  • 1964: Delivered to Hell (Intramuros)
  • 1966: Once Again - Before I Die (Once Before I Die)
  • 1966–1967: Tarzan (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1967: The Glory Stompers
  • 1968: Bandolero!
  • 1968: A great beetle (The Love Bug)
  • 1971: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O ; double episode The Grandstand Play )
  • 1973: Kung Fu (TV series, episode The Hoots )
  • 1974: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , television series, 2 episodes)
  • 1978: Nobody Is Perfect (The End)
  • 1979–1981: BJ and the Bear ( BJ and the Bear ; TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 1982–1984: A Colt for All Cases ( The Fall Guy ; TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1984: The Master Ninja ( TV series, episode A Place to Call Home )
  • 1985: The All American Cowboy (TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hunter Harris: Sally Field Details Sexual Abuse by Her Stepfather in New Memoir. September 11, 2018, accessed March 24, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Mahoney, jock
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mahoney, Jack; O'Mahoney, Jock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and stunt performer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1989
Place of death Bremerton