Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Jock Mahoney

Jock Mahoney (1919–1989) was outstanding athlete in swimming, basketball and football at the University of Iowa.  During World War II he was a Marine fighter pilot and flight instructor. 

As a Hollywood cowboy, he was a noted stunt man and double for Errol Flynn, John Wayne and Gregory Peck.  Billed as Jacques O'Mahoney in the late 1940s, he performed in several features and serials for Columbia Pictures.  While at Columbia he became a stuntman and double for Charles Starrett in the Durango Kid western series.  As the Durango Kid he often wore a mask, and replaced Starrett in the action scenes.

In 1951 Gene Autry signed him to star in "The Range Rider" (1951) TV series produced by Autry's Flying A Productions.

Jock Mahoney's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Fighting Frontiersman, The (1946) starring Charles Starrett, Helen Mowery and Hank Newman (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) starring Ken Curtis, Jennifer Holt and Guy Kibbee - Columbia

Stranger from Ponca City, The (1947) starring Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter and Texas Jim Lewis (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) starring Charles Starrett, Patricia Barry and Paul Campbell (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Doolins of Oklahoma, The (1949) starring Randolph Scott, George Macready and Louise Allbritton (Iverson Ranch) Columbia (photo above, second from right)

Blazing Trail, The (1949) starring Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp and Fred F. Sears (Corriganville) Columbia

Rim of the Canyon (1949) starring Gene Autry, Champion and Nan Leslie - Columbia

Bandits of El Dorado (1949) starring Charles Starrett, George J. Lewis and Fred F. Sears (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Horsemen of the Sierras (1949) starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and T. Texas Tyler (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Renegades of the Sage (1949) starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and Leslie Banning (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Columbia

Nevadan, The (1950) starring Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone and Forrest Tucker  (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Cow Town (1950) starring Gene Autry, Champion and Gail Davis (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Texas Dynamo (1950) starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and Lois Hall (Iverson Ranch) Columbia (lobby photo courtesy Bruce Hickey)

Frontier Outpost (1950) starring Charles Starrett, Lois Hall and Steve Darrell - Columbia

Lightning Guns (1950) starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and Gloria Henry (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Santa Fe (1951) starring Randolph Scott, Janis Carter and Jerome Courtland (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Texas Rangers, The (1951) starring George Montgomery, Gale Storm and Jerome Courtland (Corriganville)(Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Pecos River (1951) starring Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Delores Sidener and Smiley Burnette (Corriganville) Columbia(photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Smoky Canyon (1952) starring Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney and Danni Sue Nolan (Iverson Ranch) Columbia

Hawk of Wild River, The (1952) starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and Jock Mahoney (Iverson Ranch) Columbia (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Laramie Mountains (1952) starring Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney and Fred F. Sears (Corriganville) Columbia (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Rough, Tough West, The (1952) starring Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney and Carolina Cotton (Iverson Ranch) Columbia (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Overland Pacific (1954) starring Jock Mahoney, Peggie Castle and Adele Jergens - United Artists

California (1963) starring Jock Mahoney, Faith Domergue, Michael Pate - Astral Films

Starring television roles:

"The Range Rider" (TV series) 1951-1953

"Yancy Derringer" (TV series) 1958-1959

Guest television roles include:

"Death Valley Days" (TV series) 1953-1954

"Wagon Train" (TV series) 1958

"Gunslinger" (TV series) 1961

"Rawhide" (TV series) 1960-1961

"Laramie" (TV series) 1961

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.