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Victor McLaglen

Actor | * 12/10/1886 († 72, 11/07/1959) | Stepney, East London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer. His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially as a leading man, though he was better known for his character acting. He was a well-known member of John Ford’s Stock Company, appearing in 12 of the director’s films, seven of which co-starred John Wayne. For his performance as a treacherous Irish Republican in the 1935 film The Informer, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Quiet Man, both directed by Ford. In 1960, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ()
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Victor McLaglen was a British-American film actor. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne. McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in The Informer.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British aut ...

The Informer

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1935 | 3.4/5 | 1h 31min
Crime, Drama
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Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-d ...

Fort Apache

NR

1948 | 3.6/5 | 2h 5min
Western
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In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her. ...

Hot Pepper

NR

1933 | 2.2/5 | 1h 16min
Comedy
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An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict. ...

The Quiet Man

NR

1952 | 3.7/5 | 2h 9min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Victor McLaglen

Academy Award for Best Actor Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Victor McLaglen as Actor(121)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)2019 John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
as Himself (archive footage)2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Bellew1958 Sea Fury
as Sergente O'Riley1958 The Italians They Are Crazy
as Tom Muldoon1957 The Abductors
as SS Henrietta Helmsman1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Cadmus Cherne1955 Many Rivers to Cross
as Grimald1955 Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Big Tim Channing1955 City of Shadows
as Robert Emmett Donovan1955 Bengazi
as Boltar1954 Prince Valiant
as Parlan1954 Trouble in the Glen
as O'Brien1953 Fair Wind to Java
as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher1952 The Quiet Man
as Officer O'Mara1951 O'Mara's Chain Miracle
as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon1950 Rio Grande
as First Sergeant Quincannon1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy1948 Fort Apache
as Curley Davis1947 Michigan Kid
as Mike Farrell1947 The Foxes of Harrow
as Matthew O'Neill1947 Calendar Girl
as Gitlo1946 Whistle Stop
as Owen McCarey1945 Rough, Tough and Ready
as Terry O'Farrell1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Fred Adamson1944 Tampico
as Herman "Owl" Banghart1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Captain Barrett / The Hook1944 The Princess and the Pirate
as Archibald Spavin1943 Forever and a Day
as Major Bull Weed1942 China Girl
as Jeems O'Shea1942 Powder Town
as Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis1942 Call Out the Marines
as Maurice "Mike" Monaghan1941 Broadway Limited
as Terrence Regan1940 Diamond Frontier
as Bucko Larson1940 South of Pago Pago
as Jerry Black aka Blackie1939 Captain Fury
as Tom 'Gunner' Grey1939 Ex-Champ
as Chris Mulligan1939 Let Freedom Ring
as Dirk1939 Rio
as Warden Bill Whitlock1939 The Big Guy
as MacChesney1939 Gunga Din
as Pat McGinnis1939 Full Confession
as Crusher McKay1939 Pacific Liner
as Big Ben Wheeler1938 Battle Of Broadway
as Marty Malone1938 The Devil's Party
as "Dobbie" Dobson1938 We're Going to Be Rich
as Steve Webb1937 Sea Devils
as Dannie O'Neill1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Jock Ramsay1937 This Is My Affair
as Sgt. Donald MacDuff1937 Wee Willie Winkie
as himself1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Bull Brackett1936 Klondike Annie
as J.C. Doyle1936 Under Two Flags
as 'Big Steve' Andrews1936 The Magnificent Brute
as Colonel Michael Donovan1935 Professional Soldier
as Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe1935 The Great Hotel Murder
as Jumbo Smith1935 Under Pressure
as Gypo Nolan1935 The Informer
as Junius P. Schulte1934 The Captain Hates the Sea
as Forty-Fathoms1934 No More Women
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
as Bill Murdock1934 Murder at the Vanities
as The Sergeant1934 The Lost Patrol
as Turk1934 Wharf Angel
as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale1933 Laughing at Life
as Dick Turpin1933 Dick Turpin
as Jim Flagg1933 Hot Pepper
as Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley1932 Guilty as Hell
as 'Knucks' McGloin1932 Rackety Rax
as Jacques Costaud1932 While Paris Sleeps
as Jem Meech1932 Devil's Lottery
as Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote1932 The Gay Caballero
as Sergeant Flagg1931 The Stolen Jools
as Colonel Kranau1931 Dishonored
as Scott Burrows1931 Wicked
as Bull Stanley1931 Three Rogues
as John Rawson / Hefly Jack1931 Annabelle's Affairs
as Captain Jim Flagg1931 Women of All Nations
as Biff Williams1930 On the Level
as Jerry Maxton1930 A Devil with Women
as John Patrick Duke1929 Hot for Paris
as Capt. Donald Gordon King1929 The Black Watch
as Top Sergeant Flagg1929 The Cock-Eyed World
as Captain Lash1929 Captain Lash
as Strong Boy1929 Strong Boy
as Minstrel Show Performer1929 Happy Days
as Sailor Fritz1928 The River Pirate
as Denis Hogan1928 Hangman's House
as Spike Madden1928 A Girl in Every Port
as Escamillo1927 The Loves of Carmen
as The Giant of Kilkenny1927 Mother Machree
1927 Life in Hollywood No. 5
as Doomsdorf1926 The Isle of Retribution
as Capt. Flagg1926 What Price Glory
as Hank1926 Beau Geste
as Pete Masarick1926 Men of Steel
as Quade1925 The Hunted Woman
as Soapy Williams1925 The Fighting Heart
as Reedy Jenkins1925 Percy
as Hercules1925 The Unholy Three
as Poleon Doret1925 Winds of Chance
as Squire Hardcastle1924 The Gay Corinthian
as Ned Travers1924 The Boatswain's Mate
as Tony Crabtree1924 In the Blood
as Herb Harris1924 The Passionate Adventure
as Charles Hinges1924 The Beloved Brute
as The Chief1923 The Romany
as Lord Annerley / John1923 M'Lord of the White Road
as Frank Wilson1923 Heartstrings
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)1923 Woman to Woman
as The Sailor Tramp1922 A Sailor Tramp
as Bulfinch1922 The Glorious Adventure
1922 The Crimson Circle
as Miski1922 A Romance of Old Baghdad
as King Kennidy1922 Little Brother of God
as Frank Rosedale1921 The Sport of Kings
as Jack Halstead1921 Corinthian Jack
as Brett 'Dragon' Mercer1921 The Prey of the Dragon
as Baron1921 Carnival
as Alfred Truscott1920 The Call of the Road

TV Shows/Series with Victor McLaglen as Actor(6)

1959 Rawhide
as Harry Wittman1959 Rawhide
as Mike O'Hare1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
as himself1952 This Is Your Life
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Michael O'Reilly1950 Lux Video Theatre

Full Name: Victor McLaglen
Born: Friday, 12/10 1886 (December) in Stepney, East London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 11/07 1959 (November) in Newport Beach (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Siblings: Cyril McLaglen, Sydney Temple Leopold McLaglen
Other names for Victor McLaglen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen"
Victor McLaglen frequently works together with these people:
John Ford (21x, Crew)
Edmund Lowe (13x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (13x, Actor)
Edmond O'Brien (12x, Actor)
Phyllis Thaxter (11x, Actress)
Vincent Price (10x, Actor)
John Wayne (10x, Actor)
Isobel Elsom (10x, Actress)
Raoul Walsh (10x, Crew)
J. Pat O'Malley (9x, Actor)
Don Taylor (9x, Crew)
Gene Lockhart (9x, Actor)
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