Victor McLaglen

Also known as Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen

British-American actor (1886–1959)

Film & TV

Stepney, East London, England, UK

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

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America — Self - Actor (archive footage)2019
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Himself (archive footage)2011
On Location with Gunga Din — MacChesney (archive footage)2004
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her — Self (archive footage)1994
Rawhide1959
Rawhide — Harry Wittman1959
Sea Fury — Bellew1958
The Italians They Are Crazy — Sergente O'Riley1958
The Abductors — Tom Muldoon1957
Have Gun, Will Travel — Mike O'Hare1957

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Key facts

Born: Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen , ( 1886-12-10 ) 10 December 1886, Stepney , East London , U.K.
Died: 7 November 1959 (1959-11-07) (aged 72), Newport Beach, California , U.S.
Burial place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery , Glendale, California
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States
Occupations: Actor, boxer
Years active: 1920–1959
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Victor
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Royal Tunbridge Wells
Place of death: Newport Beach
Child: Andrew V. McLaglen
Occupation: military officer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Genre: Western film
Sport: boxing
Conflict: World War I
Military branch: British Army
Image: Victor McLaglen, 1935.jpg

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writing language: English language
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category: Victor McLaglen
date of birth: 1886-12-10
date of death: 1959-11-07
cause of death: myocardial infarction
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1920-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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 posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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