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Victor McLaglen

Acting

Born December 9, 1886 · Stepney, East London, England, UK

Died November 7, 1959

Also known as Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen · Victor Everleigh McLaglen

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1936
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1953 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1936 · nominated

Filmography37 titles

Forever and a Day

1943as Archibald Spavin

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Mike O'Hare

The Quiet Man

1952as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

Laughing at Life

1933as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

Rawhide

1959as Harry Wittman

Fort Apache

1948as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949as First Sergeant Quincannon

The Princess and the Pirate

1944as Captain Barrett / The Hook

Rio Grande

1950as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

Let Freedom Ring

1939as Chris Mulligan

The Informer

1935as Gypo Nolan

Dishonored

1931as Colonel Kranau

Around the World in 80 Days

1956as SS Henrietta Helmsman

The Unholy Three

1925as Hercules

Lux Video Theatre

as Michael O'Reilly

Wee Willie Winkie

1937as Sgt. Donald MacDuff

The Lost Patrol

1934as The Sergeant

Hangman's House

1928as Denis Hogan

Many Rivers to Cross

1955as Cadmus Cherne

Gunga Din

1939as MacChesney

Winds of Chance

1925as Poleon Doret

What Price Glory

1926as Capt. Flagg

Beau Geste

1926as Hank

Klondike Annie

1936as Bull Brackett

Prince Valiant

1954as Boltar

A Girl in Every Port

1928as Spike Madden

The Black Watch

1929as Captain Donald King

Fair Wind to Java

1953as O'Brien

Calendar Girl

1947as Matthew O'Neill

The Stolen Jools

1931as Sergeant Flagg

Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955as Grimald

The Devil's Party

1938as Marty Malone

Under Pressure

1935as Jumbo Smith

Broadway Limited

1941as Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

The Cock-Eyed World

1929as Top Sergeant Flagg

Whistle Stop

1946as Gitlo

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994as Self (archive footage)