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name: "Stephen McNally"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-mcnally"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1911"
died: "4 June 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:52:09.616656+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Stephen McNally

Actor. Born 29 July 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 4 June 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1911, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 4 June 1994
- **Active:** 1948–1974
- **Also known as:** Horace Vincent McNally, Horace McNally, Horace 'Stephen' McNally, Stephen Mc Nally, Steve McNally
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 78 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_McNally, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1712599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37448

## Biography

Stephen McNally (born Horace Vincent McNally) was an American actor who appeared in numerous Westerns, film noirs and action films, often as villains or hard-hearted characters. Born in New York City on 29 July 1911, he attended Fordham University School of Law and practised as an attorney in the late 1930s before turning to acting.

He began his career on stage and in films under the name Horace McNally. In 1948 he adopted the professional name Stephen McNally and played Locky McCormick in *Johnny Belinda*. He later appeared in *Criss Cross* (1949), *Winchester '73* (1950) and many television series including *The Six Million Dollar Man* and *Charlie's Angels*. He was a one-time president of the Catholic Actors Guild and died in Beverly Hills on 4 June 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, as Police Chief Austen Bailey — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), Fi1m 78, as Locky McCormick — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)

## Complete filmography (113)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Secrets of Midland Heights* (1980), series, as Dr. Loy
- *W.E.B.* (1978), series, Actor
- *Hi-Riders* (1978), as Mr. Lewis
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Judge Harper
- *The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries* (1977), series, Actor
- *Mission to Glory: A True Story* (1977), as Juan Salvatierra (uncredited)
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Joseph Thurgood
- *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), as Lt. Nesbitt
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Steve Morgan
- *Medical Story* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Police Chief Austen Bailey — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *Nakia* (1974), as Alva Chambers
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Dr. Louis Craig
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Manning Hargrove
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Hawkins* (1973), series, as William Hardy Vincent
- *Call to Danger* (1973), as Joe Barker
- *Black Gunn* (1972), as Laurento
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, as Myles Eisner
- *Vanished* (1971), series, as Gen. Palfrey
- *Once You Kiss a Stranger...* (1969), as Lt. Tom Gavin
- *The Lonely Profession* (1969), as Lt. Joseph Webber
- *The Whole World Is Watching* (1969), as The Governor
- *Panic in the City* (1968), as James Kincade
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Albert Lang, Ed Brock
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Kruger Schtelman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Casey Morton
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Corso
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Phil Beaumont, Mike Allen
- *Requiem for a Gunfighter* (1965), as Red Zimmer
- *Branded* (1965), series, Actor
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Major Sanford
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Ed Nickerson, Frank Walsh
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Jack Glennon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Col. MacWilliams
- *Stampede at Bitter Creek* (1962), as Bill Gallagher
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Captain
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Sheriff Avedon
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, as Paul Marino
- *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Bill
- *Hell Bent for Leather* (1960), as Harry Deckett
- *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Jim
- *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Jeb Randell
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Sky Blackstorm
- *Johnny Rocco* (1958), as Tony Rocco
- *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Fiend Who Walked the West* (1958), as Marshal Frank Emmett
- *Hell's Five Hours* (1958), as Mike Brand
- *Hell's Crossroads* (1957), as Vic Rodell
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Steve Leader, Big Luke Meredith, Mace, Matt Rowland
- *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor
- *Tribute to a Bad Man* (1956), as McNulty
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Dal Neely
- *The Man from Bitter Ridge* (1955), as Alec Black
- *Violent Saturday* (1955), as Harper (bank robber)
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Clark Rutman, Steve Corbett
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *A Bullet Is Waiting* (1954), as Sheriff Munson
- *Make Haste to Live* (1954), as Steve Blackford
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Dr. Richard Sherwood, George Ellsworth, Carson
- *The Stand at Apache River* (1953), as Lane Dakota
- *Devil's Canyon* (1953), as Jessie Gorman
- *Split Second* (1953), as Sam Hurley
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Actor
- *The Black Castle* (1952), as Count Karl von Bruno
- *Battle Zone* (1952), as Mitch Turner
- *The Duel at Silver Creek* (1952), as Marshal Lightning Tyrone
- *Diplomatic Courier* (1952), as Col. Cagle
- *The Raging Tide* (1951), as Lt. Kelsey
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Pvt. Earl Webb, Frank Dyson, Tom Novak, Police Chief Dan Grabow, Lt. Al Merrit
- *The Lady Pays Off* (1951), as Matt Bradock
- *Iron Man* (1951), as George Mason
- *Apache Drums* (1951), as Sam Leeds
- *Air Cadet* (1951), as Major Jack Page
- *Wyoming Mail* (1950), as Steve Davis
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Harry
- *No Way Out* (1950), as Dan Wharton
- *Winchester '73* (1950), as Dutch Henry Brown
- *Woman in Hiding* (1950), as Selden Clark
- *Sword in the Desert* (1949), as David Vogel
- *The Lady Gambles* (1949), as Horace Corrigan
- *City Across the River* (1949), as Stan Albert
- *Criss Cross* (1949), as Det. Lt. Peter 'Pete' Ramirez
- *Rogues' Regiment* (1948), as Carl Reicher
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), as Locky McCormick — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)
- *Magnificent Doll* (1946), as John Todd
- *Up Goes Maisie* (1946), as Tim Kingsby (as Horace McNally)
- *The Harvey Girls* (1946), as Gold Dust McClean
- *Bewitched* (1945), as Eric Russell (as Horace McNally)
- *Dangerous Partners* (1945), as Co-Pilot (as Horace McNally)
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), as 'Doc' White
- *An American Romance* (1944), as Teddy Roosevelt Dangos / Narrator
- *The Man from Down Under* (1943), as Dusty Rhodes
- *For God and Country* (1943), as Jumpmaster
- *Air Raid Wardens* (1943), as Dan Madison
- *Keeper of the Flame* (1943), as Freddie Ridges
- *Sucker Bait* (1943), as Nazi Spy Posing as Captain
- *Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant* (1942), as Howard Allwinn Young
- *For Me and My Gal* (1942), as Mr. Waring
- *Eyes in the Night* (1942), as Gabriel Hoffman
- *The Magic Alphabet* (1942), as Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
- *The War Against Mrs. Hadley* (1942), as Peters
- *For the Common Defense!* (1942), as Lt. Guytan
- *Grand Central Murder* (1942), as 'Turk' (as Horace McNally)
- *Inflation* (1942), as Joe Smith
- *Stage 7*, series, as Lt Chris Kellogg

## Gallery

- ![Stephen McNally](https://film.one/media/person/468721/gallery-b7cc818ce26c.jpg) Stephen McNally — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Stephen_McNally_in_Split_Second_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stephen McNally in No Way Out (1950) - trailer (cropped screenshot)](https://film.one/media/person/468721/gallery-939744e14b72.jpg) Stephen McNally in No Way Out (1950) - trailer (cropped screenshot) — Trailer screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Stephen_McNally_in_No_Way_Out_trailer.jpg/1280px-Stephen_McNally_in_No_Way_Out_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stephen McNally](https://film.one/media/person/468721/gallery-7df52df5f7a2.jpg) Stephen McNally — Image via TMDB
- ![Stephen McNally](https://film.one/media/person/468721/gallery-5aa9a81ef9e7.jpg) Stephen McNally — Image via TMDB

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