Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally (born Horace Vincent McNally; July 29, 1911 – June 4, 1994) was an American actor remembered mostly for his appearances in many Westerns and action films. He often played hard-hearted characters, criminals, bullies, and other villains.
Early years
Stephen McNally was born Horace McNally in New York City. McNally attended Fordham University School of Law and was an attorney in the late 1930s before he pursued his passion for acting.
Career
He started his stage career using his real name, Horace McNally, and began appearing uncredited in many World War II-era films. In 1948, he changed his stage name to Stephen McNally (taking the name of his then-2-year-old son) and began appearing credited as both movie villains and heroes. In 1940, as "Horace McNally," he played Dr. Richardson in the Broadway stage production of Johnny Belinda.
He played menacing roles in such films as Johnny Belinda (1948) and the James Stewart Western Winchester '73 (1950). He co-starred in the Burt Lancaster film noir Criss Cross (1949). Other notable 1950s films included No Way Out (1950), Split Second (1953) and Johnny Rocco (1958).
McNally was cast in three episodes of the ABC religion anthology series Crossroads. He portrayed Monsigneur Harold Engle in "Ringside Padre" (1956) and Father Flanagan of the Boys Town orphanage in Nebraska in "Convict 1321, Age 21" (1957). In between, he was cast as United States Army General George S. Patton, in "The Patton Prayer" (also 1957). McNally also appeared in the episode "Specimen: Unknown" from the anthology series The Outer Limits.
McNally also co-starred on the 1958 episode, "The Ben Courtney Story" on Wagon Train as a former Union soldier turned sheriff. In 1959, he portrayed Clay Thompson, a bounty hunter, with Myron Healey as a sheriff, in the CBS Western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.
In the 1960 episode "The Mormons" on the CBS western, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre McNally played Matt Rowland, who tries to block a wagon train of Mormons from entering his town, as they are suspected of carrying cholera. Things change quickly, when Rowland's son, Tod (Mark Goddard), becomes interested in a young lady on the train, Beth Lawson (Tuesday Weld).
In 1967 he started as “Dal Neely”, a murdering outlaw who tries to take his daughter away with him in the (S12E23) episode “The Lure” on the TV Western Gunsmoke. In 1971 McNally appeared as Gus Muller in "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for the TV western The Virginian) in the episode titled "The Angus Killer." During the 1970s, McNally guest starred on television programs such as Fantasy Island, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, and James Garner's The Rockford Files and Police Story.
Death
McNally died of heart failure June 4, 1994, at age 82, at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He and his wife, Rita, had eight children.
Target: the Corruptors 1961 Tv series==Partial filmography==
Grand Central Murder (1942) – 'Turk'
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942) – Peters
Eyes in the Night (1942) – Gabriel Hoffman
For Me and My Gal (1942) – Mr. Waring
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) – Howard Allwinn Young
Keeper of the Flame (1942) – Freddie Ridges
Air Raid Wardens (1943) – Dan Madison
The Man from Down Under (1943) – 'Dusty' Rhodes
An American Romance (1944) – Teddy Roosevelt Dangos / Narrator
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) – 'Doc' White
Dangerous Partners (1945) – Co-pilot
Bewitched (1945) – Eric Russell
The Harvey Girls (1946) – 'Goldust' McClean
Up Goes Maisie (1946) – Tim Kingby
Magnificent Doll (1946) – John Todd
Johnny Belinda (1948) – Locky McCormick
Rogues' Regiment (1948) – Carl Reicher
Criss Cross (1949) – Pete Ramirez
City Across the River (1949) – Stan Albert
The Lady Gambles (1949) – Horace Corrigan
Sword in the Desert (1949) – David Vogel
Woman in Hiding (1950) – Selden Clark IV
Winchester '73 (1950) – Dutch Henry Brown
No Way Out (1950) – Dr. Dan Wharton
Wyoming Mail (1950) – Steve Davis
Air Cadet (1951) – Major Jack Page
Apache Drums (1951) – Sam Leeds
Iron Man (1951) – George Mason
The Lady Pays Off (1951) – Matt Braddock
The Raging Tide (1951) – Lt. Kelsey
Diplomatic Courier (1952) – Col. Mark Cagle
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) – Marshal Lightning Tyrone
Battle Zone (1952) – Sgt. Mitch Turner
The Black Castle (1952) – Count Karl von Bruno
Split Second (1953) – Sam Hurley
The Stand at Apache River (1953) – Lane Dakota
Devil's Canyon (1953) – Jessie Gorman
Make Haste to Live (1954) – Steve Blackford
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954) – Sheriff Munson
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955) – Alec Black
Violent Saturday (1955) – Harper (bank robber)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) – McNulty
Hell's Crossroads (1957) – Victor 'Vic' Rodell
Hell's Five Hours (1958) – Mike Brand
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) – Marshal Frank Emmett
Johnny Rocco (1958) – Tony Rocco
Hell Bent for Leather (1960) – Deckett
Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965) – Red Zimmer
Panic in the City (1968) – James Kincade
Once You Kiss a Stranger (1970) – Police Lt. Tom Gavin
Black Gunn (1972) – Laurento
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975, TV Movie) – Lt. Nesbitt
Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977) – Father Juan Salvatierra (uncredited)
Hi-Riders (1978) – Mr. Lewis
Radio appearances
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(as Horace McNally)
1911 births
1994 deaths
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American male actors
American Roman Catholics
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male Western (genre) film actors
Male actors from New York City
Western (genre) television actors