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Victor McLaglen (1886–1959)

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Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. McLaglen (pronounced Muh-clog-len... See full bio »

Born:

Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen
in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

Died:

(age 72) in Newport Beach, California, USA
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1959 Rawhide (TV series)
Harry Winston
– Incident of the Shambling Man (1959) … Harry Winston
 
1958 Sea Fury
Captain Bellew
 
1958 The Italians They Are Crazy
Sergente O'Riley
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Mike O'Hare
– The O'Hare Story (1958) … Mike O'Hare
 
1957 The Abductors
Tom Muldoon
 
1957 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Big Joe's Coming Home (1957)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Helmsman of the ' S. S. Henrietta'
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Big Joe
– Big Joe's Comin' Home (1955) … Big Joe
 
1955 Lady Godiva of Coventry
Grimald
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
Sweeney
– The Marine Went to Town (1955) … Sweeney
 
1955 Bengazi
Robert Emmett Donovan
 
1955 City of Shadows
Big Tim Channing
 
1955 Many Rivers to Cross
Cadmus Cherne
 
1954 Trouble in the Glen
Parlan
 
1954 Prince Valiant
Boltar
 
1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Michael O'Reilly
– The Exposure of Michael O'Reilly (1954) … Michael O'Reilly
 
1953 Fair Wind to Java
O'Brien
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Port of Call (1952)
 
1952 The Quiet Man
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
 
1951 O'Mara's Chain Miracle (short)
Officer O'Mara
 
1950 Rio Grande
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Top Sgt. Quincannon
 
1948 Fort Apache
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
 
1947 The Foxes of Harrow
Captain Mike Farrell
 
1947 The Michigan Kid
Curley Davis
 
1947 Calendar Girl
Matthew O'Neill
 
1946 Whistle Stop
Gitlo
 
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye
Terry O'Farrell
 
1945 Rough, Tough and Ready
Owen McCarey
 
1944 The Princess and the Pirate
Captain Barrett/The Hook
 
1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster
Herman 'Owl' Banghart
 
1944 Tampico
Fred Adamson
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Archibald Spavin
 
1942 China Girl
Major Bull Weed
 
1942 Powder Town
Jeems O'Shea
 
1942 Call Out the Marines
Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis
 
1941 Broadway Limited
Mike
 
1940 Diamond Frontier
Terrence Regan
 
1940 South of Pago Pago
Bucko Larson
 
1939 The Big Guy
Warden Bill Whitlock
 
1939 Rio
Dirk
 
1939 Full Confession
Pat McGinnis
 
1939 Captain Fury
Jerry Black aka Blackie
 
1939 Ex-Champ
Tom 'Gunner' Grey
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring
Chris Mulligan
 
1939 Gunga Din
MacChesney
 
1939 Pacific Liner
Crusher McKay
 
1938 We're Going to Be Rich
Dobbie
 
1938 The Devil's Party
Marty Malone
 
1938 Battle of Broadway
Big Ben Wheeler
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
Victor McLaglen - at Fictional Premiere (uncredited)
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie
Sergeant MacDuff
 
1937 This Is My Affair
Jock Ramsay
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Dannie O'Neill
 
1937 Sea Devils
CPO William 'Medals' Malone
 
1936 Magnificent Brute
'Big Steve' Andrews (as Victor McLaglen-Academy Award Winner)
 
1936 Under Two Flags
Major Doyle
 
1936 Klondike Annie
Bull Brackett
 
1935 Professional Soldier
Colonel Michael Donovan
 
1935 The Informer
Gypo Nolan
 
1935 Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
 
1935 The Great Hotel Murder
Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe
 
1935 Under Pressure
Jumbo Smith
 
1934 The Captain Hates the Sea
Junius P. Schulte
 
1934 Murder at the Vanities
Bill Murdock
 
1934 Wharf Angel
Turk
 
1934 No More Women
Forty-Fathoms
 
1934 The Lost Patrol
The Sergeant
 
1933 Laughing at Life
Dennis P. McHale/Burke/Captain Hale
 
1933 Hot Pepper
Jim Flagg
 
1932 Rackety Rax
'Knucks' McGloin
 
1932 Guilty as Hell
Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley
 
1932 While Paris Sleeps
Jacques Costaud
 
1932 Devil's Lottery
Jem Meech
 
1932 The Gay Caballero
Don Bob Harkness/El Coyote
 
1931 Wicked
Scott Burrows
 
1931 Annabelle's Affairs
John Rawson/Hefly Jack
 
1931 Women of All Nations
Captain Jim Flagg
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Sergeant Flagg
 
1931 Three Rogues
Bull Stanley
 
1931 Dishonored
Colonel Kranau
 
1930 A Devil with Women
Jerry Maxton
 
1930 On the Level
Biff Williams
 
1929 Hot for Paris
John Patrick Duke
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World
Top Sergeant Flagg
 
1929 Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
 
1929 The Black Watch
Capt. Donald Gordon King
 
1929 Strong Boy
Strong Boy
 
1929 Captain Lash
Captain Lash
 
1928 The River Pirate
Sailor Fritz
 
1928 Hangman's House
Citizen Hogan
 
1928 A Girl in Every Port
Spike Madden
 
1928 Mother Machree
The Giant of Kilkenny
 
1927 The Loves of Carmen
Escamillo
 
1926 What Price Glory
Capt. Flagg
 
1926 Beau Geste
Hank
 
1926 Men of Steel
Pete Masarick
 
1926 The Isle of Retribution
Doomsdorf
 
1925 The Fighting Heart
Soapy Williams
 
1925 Winds of Chance
Poleon Doret
 
1925 The Unholy Three
Hercules
 
1925 Percy
Reedy Jenkins
 
1925 The Hunted Woman
Quade
 
1924 The Beloved Brute
Charles Hinges
 
1924 The Passionate Adventure
Herb Harris
 
1924 Women and Diamonds
Brian Owen
 
1924 The Gay Corinthian
Squire Hardcastle
 
1924 The Boatswain's Mate (short)
Ned Travers
 
1923 Woman to Woman
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
 
1923 M'Lord of the White Road
Lord Annerley/John
 
1923 The Romany
The Chief
 
1923 In the Blood
Tony Crabtree
 
1923 Heartstrings
Frank Wilson
 
1922 A Sailor Tramp
The Sailor Tramp
 
1922 A Romance of Old Baghdad
Miski
 
1922 Little Brother of God
King Kennidy
 
1922 The Glorious Adventure
Bulfinch
 
1922 The Crimson Circle
 
1921 Carnival
Baron
 
1921 The Sport of Kings
Frank Rosedale
 
1921 The Prey of the Dragon
Brett 'Dragon' Mercer
 
1921 Corinthian Jack
Jack Halstead
 
1920 The Call of the Road
Alf Truscott
 
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1952 The Quiet Man ("The Wild Colonial Boy" - uncredited)
 
1942 Call Out the Marines (performer: "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn" 1868 - uncredited)
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring (performer: "Pat, Sez He" - uncredited, "The Irish Washerwoman" - uncredited)
 
1936 Under Two Flags (performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" 1867 - uncredited)
 
1929 Hot for Paris (performer: "Duke of Ka-ki-ak")
 
1929 Happy Days (performer: "Vic And Eddie")
 
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1953 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Victor McLaglen (1953) … Himself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1952 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Contestant
– Episode dated 13 August 1952 (1952) … Himself - Contestant
 
1941 Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 7 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Gypo Nolan [in "The Informer"] (uncredited)
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Jack Johnson (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Victor McLaglen-Academy Award Winner

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Personal Quote:

[about his early years] Acting never appealed to me, and I was dabbling in it solely as a means of making money. I rather felt that the greasepaint business was somewhat beneath a man who was once a reasonably useful boxer. See more »

Trivia:

Interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius