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Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney

Jock Mahoney

Feb 7, 1919 — Dec 14, 1989 (70 years) Chicago, Illinois, USA
59 Movies 17 Series
A career spanning 80+ years and 76+ titles makes Jock Mahoney one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Driver in 'The Love Bug' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
70R.I.P.
59Movies
17Series
A career spanning 80+ years and 76+ titles makes Jock Mahoney one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Driver in 'The Love Bug' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
70 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
59
Movies
17
Series
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The Master
Mark Richards · 1 episode
★ 5.3
1984
TV
Simon & Simon
Oldtimer #1 in Saloon · 1 episode
★ 6.7
1982
TV
The Fall Guy
Wild Dan Wilde · 1 episode
★ 7.6
1981–
TV
The Streets of San Francisco
Mr. Morley · 1 episode
★ 7.0
1974
TV
Emergency!
Hoyt Herrold · 2 episodes
★ 7.9
1972–1973
TV
Kung Fu
Davidson · 1 episode
★ 7.7
1973
TV
The Bad Bunch
Sgt. Berry
★ 5.6
1973
Film
Banacek
Albert Bates · 1 episode
★ 8.4
1972–
TV
Hawaii Five-O
Coley Bennett · 2 episodes
★ 7.2
1970–1971
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Jock Mahoney still alive?
Jock Mahoney passed away on December 14, 1989 at age 70.
What are the most famous roles of Jock Mahoney?
Jock Mahoney is best known for roles in The Love Bug, Bandolero!, A Time to Love and a Time to Die.
How many movies has Jock Mahoney been in?
Over a 43-year career (since 1946), Jock Mahoney has appeared in 59 movies and 17 TV shows.
What was Jock Mahoney's first movie?
The career of Jock Mahoney began with Son of the Guardsman (1946).
What is Jock Mahoney's most recent movie or series?
Jock Mahoney's most recent release is The Master, which premiered on January 20, 1984.
What TV shows has Jock Mahoney appeared in?
On television, Jock Mahoney has appeared in Batman, Kung Fu, The Fall Guy, Hawaii Five-O.
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Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
1919-02-07 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney, known professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Western television series, The Range Rider and Yancy Derringer. He played Tarzan in two feature films and was associated in various capacities with several other Tarzan productions. He was sometimes credited as Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney.

Jock entered the University of Iowa in Iowa City and excelled at swimming and diving, but dropped out to enlist in the United States Marine Corps when World War II began. He served as a pilot, flight instructor, and war correspondent. After his discharge from the Marine Corps, Mahoney moved to Los Angeles, and for a time was a horse breeder. However, he soon became a movie stuntman, doubling for Gregory Peck, Errol Flynn, and John Wayne. Most of Mahoney's films of the late 1940s and early 1950s were produced by Columbia Pictures. Like many Columbia contract players, Mahoney worked in the studio's two-reel comedies. Beginning in 1947, he starred with the Three Stooges in their films Out West, Squareheads of the Round Table (and its remake, Knutzy Knights), Fuelin' Around, and Punchy Cowpunchers.

Beginning in 1950, Columbia management gave him starring roles in adventure serials. Mahoney contributed so much to this series that he was awarded featured billing and major supporting roles as well, first as villains and then as sympathetic characters. By 1952 Columbia was billing him as Jack Mahoney. Cowboy star Gene Autry, then working at Columbia, hired Mahoney to star in a television series. Autry's Flying A Productions filmed 79 half-hour episodes of the syndicated The Range Rider from 1951 to 1953.

For the 1958 television season, he starred in the somewhat Western Yancy Derringer series for 34 episodes, which aired on CBS. Yancy Derringer was a gentleman adventurer living in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the American Civil War. He had a Pawnee Indian companion named Pahoo Katchewa ("Wolf Who Stands in Water"), who did not speak, played by X Brands. Pahoo had saved the life of Derringer, and thereafter was responsible for Derringer's life.

In 1962, Mahoney became the 13th actor to portray Tarzan when he appeared in Tarzan Goes to India, shot on location in India. A year later, he again played the role in Tarzan's Three Challenges, shot in Thailand. Dysentery and dengue fever plagued Mahoney during the shoot in the Thai jungles, and he plummeted to 175 pounds. He needed a year and a half to regain his health. Owing to his health problems and the fact that producer Weintraub had decided to go for a "younger look" for the apeman, his contract was mutually dissolved. In the 1980s, Mahoney made guest appearances on the television series B. J. and the Bear and The Fall Guy. During the final years of his life, he was a popular guest at film conventions and autograph shows.

Mahoney died of a second stroke at age 70, two days after being involved in an automobile accident in Bremerton, Washington. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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