Victor McLaglen

Known for

Acting

Born

December 9, 1886

Birthplace

Stepney, East London, England, UK

Died

November 7, 1959 (aged 72)

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.

Best known work

The Quiet Man

1952

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

Fort Apache

1948

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

Rio Grande

1950

Gunga Din

1939

The Informer

1935

The Lost Patrol

1934

Dishonored

1931

Prince Valiant

1954

Filmography

2019
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2004
On Location with Gunga Din
as MacChesney (archive footage)
1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1980
HollywoodTV
as Self (archive footage, uncredited) (1 episode)
1959
RawhideTV
as Harry Wittman (1 episode)
1958
Sea Fury
as Bellew
1958
The Italians They Are Crazy
as Sergente O'Riley
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelTV
as Mike O'Hare (1 episode)
1957
The Abductors
as Tom Muldoon
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as SS Henrietta Helmsman
1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Grimald
1955
Bengazi
as Robert Emmett Donovan
1955
City of Shadows
as Big Tim Channing
1955
Many Rivers to Cross
as Cadmus Cherne
1954
Trouble in the Glen
as Parlan
1954
Prince Valiant
as Boltar
1953
Fair Wind to Java
as O'Brien
1952
This Is Your LifeTV
as Self (1 episode)
1952
The Quiet Man
as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTV
1951
O'Mara's Chain Miracle
as Officer O'Mara
1950
Rio Grande
as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
as Michael O'Reilly (1 episode)
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as First Sergeant Quincannon