
Victor McLaglen
Known for Acting · 127 credits
- Born
- 1886-12-09
- Died
- 1959-11-07
- Place of birth
- Stepney, East London, England, UK
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (122)

Fort Apache
1948
as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as SS Henrietta Helmsman

Rio Grande
1950
as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as First Sergeant Quincannon

The Quiet Man
1952
as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

Captain Fury
1939
as Jerry Black aka Blackie

The Informer
1935
as Gypo Nolan

Gunga Din
1939
as MacChesney

Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself

Prince Valiant
1954
as Boltar

Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Grimald

The Lost Patrol
1934
as The Sergeant

Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Chris Mulligan

China Girl
1942
as Bull Weed

The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as Captain Barrett / The Hook

Dishonored
1931
as Colonel Kranau

Bengazi
1955
as Robert Emmett Donovan

Many Rivers to Cross
1955
as Cadmus Cherne

Diamond Frontier
1940
as Terrence Regan

Ex-Champ
1939
as Tom 'Gunner' Grey

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Himself (archive footage)

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Whistle Stop
1946
as Gitlo

Full Confession
1939
as Pat McGinnis

Sea Devils
1937
as Steve Webb

Rio
1939
as Dirk

Rackety Rax
1932
as 'Knucks' McGloin

Fair Wind to Java
1953
as O'Brien

Wicked
1931
as Scott Burrows

Wee Willie Winkie
1937
as Sgt. Donald MacDuff

This Is My Affair
1937
as Jock Ramsay

Broadway Limited
1941
as Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934

Forever and a Day
1943
as Archibald Spavin

Hot Pepper
1933
as Jim Flagg

Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Bill Murdock

Tampico
1944
as Fred Adamson

Under Two Flags
1936
as J.C. Doyle

The Black Watch
1929
as Captain Donald King

The Loves of Carmen
1927
as Escamillo

Laughing at Life
1933
as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as Herman "Owl" Banghart

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Junius P. Schulte

The Stolen Jools
1931
as Sergeant Flagg

Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Dannie O'Neill

The Foxes of Harrow
1947
as Mike Farrell

Beau Geste
1926
as Hank

The Great Hotel Murder
1935
as Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe

Devil's Lottery
1932
as Jem Meech

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Devil's Party
1938
as Marty Malone

Klondike Annie
1936
as Bull Brackett

Pacific Liner
1939
as Crusher McKay

Sea Fury
1958
as Bellew

Happy Days
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer

Calendar Girl
1947
as Matthew O'Neill
The Hunted Woman
1925
as Quade

The Glorious Adventure
1922
as Bulfinch

A Girl in Every Port
1928
as Spike Madden

Wharf Angel
1934
as Turk

Hangman's House
1928
as Denis Hogan

Three Rogues
1931
as Bull Stanley

Trouble in the Glen
1954
as Parlan

Mother Machree
1927
as The Giant of Kilkenny

The Abductors
1957
as Tom Muldoon

The Fighting Heart
1925
as Soapy Williams

The Magnificent Brute
1936
as 'Big Steve' Andrews

The Gay Caballero
1932
as Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote

Battle of Broadway
1938
as Big Ben Wheeler

Annabelle's Affairs
1931
as John Rawson / Hefly Jack

Under Pressure
1935
as Jumbo Smith

Winds of Chance
1925
as Poleon Doret

While Paris Sleeps
1932
as Jacques Costaud
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
as Miski

Professional Soldier
1935
as Colonel Michael Donovan

The Italians They Are Crazy
1958
as Sergente O'Riley

City of Shadows
1955
as Big Tim Channing

Call Out the Marines
1942
as Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

Carnival
1921
as Baron

Captain Lash
1929
as Captain Lash

South of Pago Pago
1940
as Bucko Larson

The Unholy Three
1925
as Hercules

Rough, Tough and Ready
1945
as Owen McCarey

Strong Boy
1929
as Strong Boy
Heartstrings
1923
as Frank Wilson

Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Terry O'Farrell
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
as MacChesney (archive footage)

Guilty as Hell
1932
as Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley

Powder Town
1942
as Jeems O'Shea

A Devil with Women
1930
as Jerry Maxton

Michigan Kid
1947
as Curley Davis

Women of All Nations
1931
as Captain Jim Flagg
Little Brother of God
1922
as King Kennidy

The Big Guy
1939
as Warden Bill Whitlock

Percy
1925
as Reedy Jenkins

We're Going to Be Rich
1938
as "Dobbie" Dobson

Woman to Woman
1923
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)

The Cock-Eyed World
1929
as Top Sergeant Flagg
The Call of the Road
1920
as Alfred Truscott

The River Pirate
1928
as Sailor Fritz
In the Blood
1924
as Tony Crabtree
M'Lord of the White Road
1923
as Lord Annerley / John

Dick Turpin
1933
as Dick Turpin

Life in Hollywood No. 5
1927
Corinthian Jack
1921
as Jack Halstead
The Sport of Kings
1921
as Frank Rosedale

The Passionate Adventure
1924
as Herb Harris

The Isle of Retribution
1926
as Doomsdorf

Hot for Paris
1929
as John Patrick Duke

The Boatswain's Mate
1924
as Ned Travers

Men of Steel
1926
as Pete Masarick
The Romany
1923
as The Chief

The Crimson Circle
1922

The Beloved Brute
1924
as Charles Hinges

No More Women
1934
as Forty-Fathoms

On the Level
1930
as Biff Williams
A Sailor Tramp
1922
as The Sailor Tramp

What Price Glory
1926
as Capt. Flagg
O'Mara's Chain Miracle
1951
as Officer O'Mara
The Prey of the Dragon
1921
as Brett 'Dragon' Mercer
About Victor McLaglen
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. With 127 credits spanning from 1920 to 2019, Victor McLaglen has appeared in 122 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Victor McLaglen Movies
- Fort Apache (1948) — as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as SS Henrietta Helmsman
- Rio Grande (1950) — as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) — as First Sergeant Quincannon
- The Quiet Man (1952) — as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
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