b'FROM STOOGESto StardomBy Charlie LeSueurCharlie LeSueur, AZs Official Western Film Historian. Encore Fellow @ Western Spirit,Scottsdales Museum of the West. azfilmhistorian@gmail.com, silverscreencowboyz.comI n just one year JacquesJacques Joseph O Mahoney is recognized as one of the foremost O Mahoney went from stooge for the Threestuntmen and to baby boomers hes one of our firstTV heroes.Stooges to star as The Range Rider at Gene Autrys Flying A Productions; under contract to Columbia Pictures, he was rechristenedYancy Derringer. The dapper looking mustachioed Jack Mahoney when the studio felt it was moreJock wasnt popular enough to go beyond 34 episodes, American sounding. although he would make an appearance as Yancy in a 1984 episode of The Fall Guy.Jack was an in-demand stuntman; from 1946 through 1951 he was the man behind the mask forAt 43 Jock returned to the big screen for the unusual azrusticweddings.com Charles Starretts Durango Kid. When Starrett hungrole of Tarzan in Tarzan Goes to India. While filming up his mask there was an attempt to pair Mahoneyhis second, Tarzans Three Challenges, he contracted Your own personal Weddingwith sidekick Smiley Burnette; one film was made butdysentery, mosquito-borne fever, and high-grade Coordinator handles EVERYTHINGnever released. pneumonia, going from 220 to 175 pounds; he would never fully from start to finish, and will be thereHe was then picked by Autry toregain his health, compoundedthe day of the wedding as well! star in The Range Rider with Dickby a major stroke while filming a Jones as sidekick Dick West; the duoKung Fu episode in 1973.would perform many of their own Only with this coupon! stunts. After Range Rider ended inReturning to the saddle in 1963stepdaughter, who by then had received recognition 1953 and his Columbia contractJock could be found on the oldin the film industry on her own; you might have $1,000 OFF!!! in 54, Jock appeared on programsRepublic backlot and then in theheard of her, Sally Field.like Death Valley Days, The LorettaPhilippines shooting what was Young Show, and Private Secretary,announced as the first westernBurt and Sally honored Mahoney in 1978 by casting now using a name closer to his own,filmed there, probably the last Brian Keith as an old stuntman simply known as If you book one of our all inclusive weddingJock Mahoney; his friends calledas well. Jocko in the film Hooper. That same year the duo packages on select dates in 2019. him Jocko. would cast an unbilled Jock in a brief stunt cameo for His career ended in 1985 with a TVThe End; watch the wheelchair-bound old man forced Signing with Universal-Internationalmovie, The All American Cowboyoff a bridge thats Jocko.in 1956 the next two years had him star in variousalongside icons like Gene Autry, James Drury, Chuck genres including five westerns. Finishing his UniversalConnors, Buck Taylor, and Ken Curtis. Jacques Joseph O Mahoney is recognized as onecontract in 1958 Mahoney went directly into the seriesof the foremost stuntmen, to baby boomers hes one In 1959 Mahoney had married actress Margaretof our first TV heroes, and it all started when he Field acquiring her children, a boy, and a girl, inplayed the Arizona Kid in a 1947 western called the deal. In later years Jock Mahoney fan, BurtOut West alongside his rugged co-stars, Moe, Larry, Reynolds, got to know him quite well through Jocks& Shemp. ITS COMING SOON. ARE YOU READY FOR IT?Clockwise from top: "Jack" Mahoney with Moe, Larry, Shemp; Jock and Dickie Jones performing a stunt for "The Range Derek James Photography Rider"; A mustachioed Jock as Yancy Derringer, with actor X Brands as Native American sidekick, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah ("Wolf Who Stands In Water"); Jock with Clint Walker and Leo V. Gordon on the set of The All American Cowboy"; "Tarzan\'s Three Challenges." The sinewy Jock lost 45 pound during filming due to illness; Jock with stepdaughter, Sally Field. For more information: 480-488-9129frontiertownaz.com ArizonaRealCountry.com August 2019 17'