Stephen McNally made a bold decision in the late 1930s to leave his successful career as a lawyer and pursue acting instead. He started his acting career on stage under his real name, Horace McNally, and went on to appear in many World War II-era films, playing both heroic and villainous roles.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth
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The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
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$30,000 |
"B" actor Stephen McNally forsook a thriving career as a practicing attorney in the late 1930s when he made the decision to switch gears and pursue acting, which he did avidly. He began his career on stage using his real name of Horace McNally and earned minor status in World War II-era films as both a minor hero and heavy. In 1946 his career took a boost when he changed his stage name to Stephen McNally and carved out a niche as both villains and "tough guy" heroes. He was notably despicable in the Jane Wyman starrer Johnny Belinda (1948) and in Winchester '73 (1950) with James Stewart. His heroes fell into such secondary adventures as City Across the River (1949) and Flitsende vleuglels (1951). McNally continued duking it out with the leads in other 1950s fare, often for Universal Pictures, such as Geen uitweg (1950), Battle Zone (1952), the somewhat bizarre Don Siegel western The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), A Bullet Is Waiting (1954), Geladen zaterdag (1955), Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) and Johnny Rocco (1958). In the long run he proved much more interesting when his character had little redeeming qualities. He starred in a couple of TV series following his wave of movie-making but none of them really stuck and his name never became etched into the minds of audiences.
