Biographies on Jock Mahoney note that he was Chicago born, attended the University of Iowa where he excelled in sports, and did Marine Corp duty in Word War II.

6' 4" tall and with an infectious smile, Mahoney wound up in Hollywood after the war and worked his way up to being the dominant stuntman of the 1940s at Columbia Pictures ... appeared in front of the camera in several of the Three Stooges shorts ... took over doubling/stunting for Charles Starrett from stuntman Ted Mapes.

He starred in a batch of B+ (or A-) westerns at Columbia and Universal in the late 1940s to early 1950s ... had the lead in a several serials for Columbia, CODY OF THE PONY EXPRESS (1950), ROAR OF THE IRON HORSE (1951), and GUNFIGHTERS OF THE NORTHWEST (1954) ... wore buckskins as TV's RANGE RIDER which co-starred Dick Jones ... wore a moustache as TV's YANCY DERRINGER ... portrayed Tarzan in two films ... and was the stepdad of actress Sally Field.

On the A&E Network TV biography on Sally Field, Margaret Field Mahoney (Jock's 2nd wife) was interviewed and made some pro and con comments about Jock --- basically that his attitude and behavior was 'erratic'.

Mahoney passed away after suffering a stroke. You may want to go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral and do a search on the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).  You will find a record for: Jacques OMahoney, born February 7, 1919, passed away on December 14, 1989, and last resided in Poulsbo, Washington 98370.

(Courtesy of Jim Sorensen & Dale Crawford)

Above, Jim Sorensen and Mahoney circa 1982.