Jock Mahoney

Jock Mahoney

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1919-02-07
Deathday: 1989-12-14 (70 years old)

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Biography

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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Filmography

all 82

Movies 64

TV Shows 18

self 3

Self (archive footage)
Salamat sa Alaala

Salamat sa Alaala (2015)

Movie
Mark Richards
The Master

The Master (1984)

TV
Self
The Making of the Stooges

The Making of the Stooges (1984)

Movie
Oldtimer #1 in Saloon
Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon (1981)

TV
6
Wild Dan Wilde
The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy (1981)

TV
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)

Movie
B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear (1979)

TV
4.25
Sgt. Berry
The Bad Bunch

The Bad Bunch (1973)

Movie
Davidson
Kung Fu

Kung Fu (1972)

TV
7.14
The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

TV
6.86
Albert Bates
Banacek

Banacek (1972)

TV
4
Hoyt Herrold
Emergency!

Emergency! (1972)

TV
8.33
The Colonel
Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)

Movie
Coley Bennett
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

TV
5.45
Stoner
Bandolero!

Bandolero! (1968)

Movie
Smiley
The Glory Stompers

The Glory Stompers (1967)

Movie
6.5
Hoby Wallington
Tarzan

Tarzan (1966)

TV
6
Leo / H.L. Hunter
Batman

Batman (1966)

TV
5
Randy Minola
Runaway Girl

Runaway Girl (1965)

Movie
CIA Agent Jefferson Stark
Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor (1964)

Movie
O'Connor
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1964)

TV
5.75
Lt. Jim Sorenson
The Walls of Hell

The Walls of Hell (1964)

Movie
Nick Rawlins
The Marines Who Never Returned

The Marines Who Never Returned (1963)

Movie
Don Michael O'Casey
California

California (1963)

Movie
Tarzan
Tarzan's Three Challenges

Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)

Movie
Tarzan
Tarzan Goes to India

Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

Movie
Duke Wallace
Three Blondes In His Life

Three Blondes In His Life (1961)

Movie
Coy Banton
Tarzan the Magnificent

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Movie
Captain Brian Donahoe
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
Barry James
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV
Yancy Derringer
Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer (1958)

TV
'Silver' Ward Hogan
Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns (1958)

Movie
Immerman
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

Movie
Brad Ellison
The Last of the Fast Guns

The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)

Movie
Slim Carter aka Hughie Mack
Slim Carter

Slim Carter (1957)

Movie
Joe Dakota
Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota (1957)

Movie
Commander Alan Roberts
The Land Unknown

The Land Unknown (1957)

Movie
Maj. Frank Moore
Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn (1957)

Movie
Jim Trask
Showdown at Abilene

Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Movie
John Bolan
I've Lived Before

I've Lived Before (1956)

Movie
Alvick
Away All Boats

Away All Boats (1956)

Movie
Marshal Allan Burnett
A Day of Fury

A Day of Fury (1956)

Movie
Vance Ludlow
The Millionaire

The Millionaire (1955)

TV
Ross Granger
Overland Pacific

Overland Pacific (1954)

Movie
Cedric the Blacksmith
Knutzy Knights

Knutzy Knights (1954)

Movie
Sgt. Joe Ward
Gunfighters of the Northwest

Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954)

Movie
Kim Ryan / Ernie McNally / Jim Vessey / Mike Elliott / Andy Hagen / Dan O'Hara
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta (1953)

TV
Jack Mahoney
The Kid from Broken Gun

The Kid from Broken Gun (1952)

Movie
Jack Mahoney
Junction City

Junction City (1952)

Movie
Big Jack Mahoney
The Rough, Tough West

The Rough, Tough West (1952)

Movie
Swift Eagle
Laramie Mountains

Laramie Mountains (1952)

Movie
Jack Mahoney
The Hawk of Wild River

The Hawk of Wild River (1952)

Movie
Jack Mahoney
Smoky Canyon

Smoky Canyon (1952)

Movie
Jack Mahoney
Pecos River

Pecos River (1951)

Movie
Tavern Troublemaker / Stunt Double
The Lady and the Bandit

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)

Movie
Duke Fisher / Stunts
The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers (1951)

Movie
Jim Grant
Roar of the Iron Horse

Roar of the Iron Horse (1951)

Movie
The Range Rider / Range Rider / Curt Manning
The Range Rider

The Range Rider (1951)

TV
Crake
Santa Fe

Santa Fe (1951)

Movie
Lieutenant Peck (uncredited)
Frontier Outpost

Frontier Outpost (1950)

Movie
Rob Saunders
Lightning Guns

Lightning Guns (1950)

Movie
Tex Kinnane
The Kangaroo Kid

The Kangaroo Kid (1950)

Movie
Bill Beck
Texas Dynamo

Texas Dynamo (1950)

Movie
Stoney Rhodes
Hoedown

Hoedown (1950)

Movie
Tod Jeffreys
Cow Town

Cow Town (1950)

Movie
Lt. Jim Archer
Cody of the Pony Express

Cody of the Pony Express (1950)

Movie
Sandy / Stunt Double
The Nevadan

The Nevadan (1950)

Movie
Elmer
Punchy Cowpunchers

Punchy Cowpunchers (1950)

Movie
Lieutenant Hunter
Renegades of the Sage

Renegades of the Sage (1949)

Movie
Bill Grant
Horsemen of the Sierras

Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)

Movie
Tim Starling (uncredited)
Bandits of El Dorado

Bandits of El Dorado (1949)

Movie
Pete Reagan
Rim of the Canyon

Rim of the Canyon (1949)

Movie
Stunts
Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold (1949)

Movie
Full-House Patterson
The Blazing Trail

The Blazing Trail (1949)

Movie
Tulsa Jack Blake
The Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)

Movie
Guard
Fuelin' Around

Fuelin' Around (1949)

Movie
Stunts
Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Movie
Stunt Double
You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

Movie
Cedric the Blacksmith
Squareheads of the Round Table

Squareheads of the Round Table (1948)

Movie
Henchman Tensleep (uncredited)
The Stranger From Ponca City

The Stranger From Ponca City (1947)

Movie
Arizona Kid
Out West

Out West (1947)

Movie
Waco (uncredited)
The Fighting Frontiersman

The Fighting Frontiersman (1946)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1919-02-07

Deathday
1989-12-14 (70 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Relationships
Margaret Field (1952-01-01 - 1968-01-01)

Relatives
Sally Field

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Jack Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney, Jacques O'Mahoney, Jock O'Mahoney, Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney


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