Stephen McNally

For the English singer/songwriter, see Stephen McNally (musician).

Stephen McNally
in Split Second (1953)
Born	Horace Vincent McNally July 29, 1913(1913-07-29) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 4, 1994(1994-06-04) (aged 80) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Other names	Horace "Stephen" McNally Horace McNally
Years active	1942-80
Spouse	Rita Wintrich (1941-?) 8 children

Stephen McNally (July 29, 1913 - June 4, 1994) was an American actor remembered mostly for his appearances in many westerns and action films. He was an attorney in the late 1930s before pursuing a career in 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 1946, he changed his stage name to Stephen McNally and began appearing credited as both movie villains and heroes.

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 appeared in three episodes of the ABC religious anthology series Crossroads. He was thereafter cast as Jim in the 1960 episode "Moment of Fear" of the CBS and Four Star Television Production, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, with episode co-stars Edgar Bergen and Darryl Hickman. Thereafter, he appeared in the NBC anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In the 1961-1962 season, McNally and Robert Harland had their own crime drama on ABC, another Four Star series called Target: The Corruptors!. This program aired on Friday in a good time slot after the popular 77 Sunset Strip, but it failed to gain renewal for a second season. McNally played a crusading newspaper reporter in the series, and Harland was his undercover agent.

During the 1970s, McNally guest starred in television programs such as Fantasy Island and James Garner's The Rockford Files.

He died of heart failure at the age of eighty.

Partial filmography

• For Me and My Gal (1942)
• Grand Central Murder (1942)
• Keeper of the Flame (1942)
• Air Raid Wardens (1943)
• The Man from Down Under (1943)
• Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
• Johnny Belinda (1948)
• The Lady Gambles (1949)
• Criss Cross (1949)
• Sword in the Desert (1949)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Wyoming Mail (1950)
• No Way Out (1950)
• Air Cadet (1951)
• The Raging Tide (1951)
• Diplomatic Courier (1952)
• The Black Castle (1952)
• Split Second (1953)
• Make Haste to Live(1954)
• Violent Saturday (1955)
• Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
• The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
• Johnny Rocco (1958)

The Harvey Girls (1949?) with Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury

External links

• Stephen McNally at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephen McNally at Find a Grave