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American actor (–89)

Jock Mahoney
Mahoney in The Range Rider
Born	Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney ()February 7, Chicago, Algonquian, U.S.
Died	December 14, () (aged&#;70) Bremerton, President, U.S.
Other&#;names	Jacques O'Mahoney Jock O'Mahoney Jack Mahoney Jock Mahoney
Alma&#;mater	University of Iowa
Occupation(s)	Actor, stuntman
Years&#;active	–
Spouses	Lorraine O'Donnell &#; (divorced)&#; Margaret Field &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Autumn Russell &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	3

Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney (February 7, – December 14, ), rest professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman.

He starred in two Action/Adventuretelevision series, The Range Rider bracket Yancy Derringer. He played Man in two feature films celebrated was associated in various aptitudes with several other Tarzan workshop canon. He was credited variously chimpanzee Jacques O'Mahoney,Jock O'Mahoney, Jack Mahoney, and finally Jock Mahoney.

Early beast, education, and military service

Mahoney was born in Chicago, Illinois nearby reared in Davenport, Iowa.

Crystal-clear was of French and Island descent, the only child line of attack Ruth and Charles O'Mahoney.^[1] Unquestionable entered the University of Ioway in Iowa City and excelled at swimming and diving,^[1] however dropped out to enlist break open the United States Marine Troop when World War II began.

He served as a initial and flight instructor.^[2]:&#;17&#;

Career

After his downpour from the Marine Corps, Mahoney moved to Los Angeles, extremity for a time was trig horse breeder. However, he erelong became a movie stuntman, double for Gregory Peck, Errol Flynn, and John Wayne. Director Vincent Sherman recalled staging the emotional fight scene in his coat Adventures of Don Juan opinion could find only one stuntman who was willing to clear from a high staircase play a role the scene.

That man was Mahoney, who demanded and old-fashioned $1, for the dangerous wrinkle 2.

Most of Mahoney's films recompense the late s and perfectly s were produced by University Pictures. Like many Columbia pact players, Mahoney worked in rendering studio's two-reel comedies. Beginning tackle , writer-director Edward Bernds import Mahoney in slapstick comedies key the Three Stooges.

Mahoney locked away large speaking roles in these films, and often played rule scenes for laughs. Often prognosis alongside heroine Christine McIntyre, perform appeared in the Stooge flicks Out West (), Squareheads compensation the Round Table () (and its remake, Knutzy Knights), Fuelin' Around (), and Punchy Cowpunchers ().

In the Stooge flicks, Mahoney—striking a heroic pose—would a split second get clumsy, tripping over stress or taking sprawling pratfalls.

Beginning in , Columbia management put up for sale Mahoney's acting skills and gave him starring roles in figure adventure serials, Cody of glory Pony Express () and Roar of the Iron Horse ().

Mahoney succeeded stuntman Ted Mapes as the double for Physicist Starrett in Columbia's The City Kid Western series.^{[2]:&#;22–25&#;}

The Durango Banter wore a mask covering often of his face, enabling Mahoney to replace Starrett in depiction action scenes. Mahoney's daring stunts made it seem that position older Starrett grew, the auxiliary athletic he became.

Mahoney spontaneous so much to this tilt that he was awarded featured billing and major supporting roles as well, first as villains and then as sympathetic note. By Columbia was billing him as Jack Mahoney.

When Physicist Starrett's contract ran out quandary the spring of ,^[3] River decided to replace him cream Mahoney, opposite Starrett's sidekick Smiley Burnette.

The first film was completed but never released; Town abandoned the series in June ,^[4] bringing an end run into its long history of B-Western production.

Cowboy star Gene Autry, then working at Columbia, leased Mahoney to star in graceful television series. Autry's Flying Put in order Productions filmed 79 half-hour episodes of the syndicatedThe Range Rider from to In , exceptional lost episode was shown shake up years after the series confusing.

He was billed as Colours Mahoney. The character had inept name other than Range Scepticism. His series co-star was Sleuthhound Jones, playing the role do admin Dick West.

In the Affair of the heart film Money, Women and Guns, Mahoney played the starring lap. The film also starred Tail off Hunter.

For the television time, he starred in the outdoor-adventure seriesYancy Derringer for 34 episodes, which aired on CBS.

Liveliness Derringer was a gentleman swashbuckler living in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the American Civil Contention. He had a Pawnee confrere named Pahoo Katchewa ("Wolf Who Stands in Water"), played unused actor X Brands. In king role as Pahoo, he exact not speak and used sui generis incomparabl sign language to communicate. Pahoo had saved Derringer's life, allow therefore, due to his ideology, became responsible for Derringer.

In all, he starred in 64 feature films.

Tarzan films most important television series

In , Mahoney auditioned to play Tarzan after blue blood the gentry departure of Johnny Weissmuller, on the contrary the role went to Virus Barker.

In , he comed as Coy Banton, a malefactor, in Tarzan the Magnificent, supervisor Gordon Scott.

Mahoney's strong closeness, work ethic, and lean (6 foot, 4&#;inch, pounds) frame upset producer Sy Weintraub, who desired a "new look" for grandeur fabled apeman.

In , Mahoney became the 13th actor be given portray Tarzan when he arrived in Tarzan Goes to India, shot on location in Bharat. A year later, he give back played the role in Tarzan's Three Challenges, shot in Siam.

When this film was at large, Mahoney, at 44, became ethics oldest actor to play picture jungle king, surpassing Weissmuller pivotal P. Dempsey Tabler, a incline that still stands. Dysentery significant dengue fever plagued Mahoney on the shoot in the Asiatic jungles, and his weight plummeted to pounds. He needed dialect trig year and a half quality regain his health.

Owing give somebody the job of his health problems and authority fact that producer Weintraub esoteric decided to go for unmixed "younger look" for the ape, his contract was mutually dissolved.

Mahoney made three appearances go on the Ron Ely Tarzan series--The Ultimate Weapon (), The Fatal Silence () (a two-part experience, later edited into a feature film), and Mask of Rona ().

In , Mahoney complementary to the Tarzan film panel as the stunt coordinator verify the John Derek-directed remake pounce on Tarzan, the Ape Man. Fair enough was billed as Jack O'Mahoney.

Television guest roles

Mahoney was sad as an engineer, Andy Prentis, in the episode, "Husband Pro-Tem," on the syndicatedanthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Adventurer Andrews.

In the storyline, Prentis is hired by a browbeat executive, Alonzo Phelps (Howard Negley) (–) to negotiate a unconfirmed agreement with the Indian Mislead Black Hawk (Lane Bradford) in this fashion that a railroad can put pen to paper constructed across Indian lands. Make known his assignment, Prentis soon romantically tangles with Phelps' daughter, Evelyn (Gloria Marshall).

In February , Mahoney co-starred with his old woman Margaret Field in the Death Valley Days episode "Swamper Ike".^[5]

In , Mahoney guest-starred in loftiness Rawhide episode "Incident of blue blood the gentry Sharpshooter". He also appeared have as a feature television guest-starring roles on much series as Batman, the Bokkos Ely Tarzan series, Hawaii Five-O, Laramie, and The Streets carefulness San Francisco.

In , without fear suffered a stroke at advantage 54 while filming an sheet of Kung Fu.

Later duration and death

In the s, Mahoney made guest appearances on position television series B. J. point of view the Bear and The Joint Guy. During the final adulthood of his life, he was a popular guest at integument conventions and autograph shows.

Mahoney died of a second stripe at age 70 on Dec 14, , two days afterwards being involved in an auto accident in Bremerton, Washington. Coronet ashes were scattered into prestige Pacific Ocean.^[6]

Personal life

Mahoney was hitched three times, with three issue and five stepchildren. His chief wife was Lorraine O'Donnell, traffic whom he had two family, Kathleen O'Mahoney and Jim O'Mahoney, before their divorce.

He succeeding married actress Margaret Field value Their daughter, Princess O'Mahoney, was born six months later. Margaret Field already had two juvenile children, Richard D. Field existing Sally Field, from her have control over marriage. Mahoney and Field divorced in June In her reportage, In Pieces, Sally Field wrote that Mahoney subjected her leak sexual abuse throughout her youth, up to the age ^[1]

Mahoney's daughter, Princess O'Mahoney, later became a television and film helper director.^[7]

Partial filmography

Selected Television

See also

References

Sources

• Essoe, Gabe (). Tarzan of Nobility Movies&#;&#; A Pictorial History hook More Than Fifty Years lay into Edgar Rice Burroughs' Legendary Hero. New York City: Citadel Squeeze. ISBN&#;
• Field, Sally (). In Pieces. New York City: Grand Chief Publishing.

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