Victor McLaglen

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Victor McLaglen

Acting December 9, 1886

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 th…

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

6.7 1956 Movie
The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

7.3 1952 Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.3 1957 TV Show
Fort Apache

Fort Apache

7.0 1948 Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

6.9 1949 Movie
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

6.8 1950 Movie
Rawhide

Rawhide

7.2 1959 TV Show
Gunga Din

Gunga Din

6.5 1939 Movie
This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

6.5 1952 TV Show
The Informer

The Informer

6.8 1935 Movie
The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol

6.5 1934 Movie
Dishonored

Dishonored

6.9 1931 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  2. 2011
    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  3. 2004
    On Location with Gunga Din

    Movie MacChesney (archive footage)

  4. 1994
    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 1959
    Rawhide

    TV show

  6. 1958
    Sea Fury

    Movie Bellew

  7. 1958
    The Italians They Are Crazy

    Movie Sergente O'Riley

  8. 1957
    Have Gun, Will Travel

    TV show Mike O'Hare

  9. 1957
    The Abductors

    Movie Tom Muldoon

  10. 1956
    Around the World in 80 Days

    Movie SS Henrietta Helmsman

  11. 1955
    Lady Godiva of Coventry

    Movie Grimald

  12. 1955
    Bengazi

    Movie Robert Emmett Donovan

  13. 1955
    City of Shadows

    Movie Big Tim Channing

  14. 1955
    Many Rivers to Cross

    Movie Cadmus Cherne

  15. 1954
    Trouble in the Glen

    Movie Parlan

  16. 1954
    Prince Valiant

    Movie Boltar

More credits
  1. 1953
    Fair Wind to Java

    Movie O'Brien

  2. 1952
    This Is Your Life

    TV show Self

  3. 1952
    The Quiet Man

    Movie Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

  4. 1951
    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    TV show

  5. 1951
    O'Mara's Chain Miracle

    Movie Officer O'Mara

  6. 1950
    Rio Grande

    Movie Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

  7. 1950
    Lux Video Theatre

    TV show Michael O'Reilly

  8. 1949
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    Movie First Sergeant Quincannon

  9. 1948
    Fort Apache

    Movie Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

  10. 1947
    The Foxes of Harrow

    Movie Mike Farrell

  11. 1947
    Michigan Kid

    Movie Curley Davis

  12. 1947
    Calendar Girl

    Movie Matthew O'Neill

  13. 1946
    Whistle Stop

    Movie Gitlo

  14. 1945
    Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Movie Terry O'Farrell

  15. 1945
    Rough, Tough and Ready

    Movie Owen McCarey

  16. 1944
    The Princess and the Pirate

    Movie Captain Barrett / The Hook

  17. 1944
    Roger Touhy, Gangster

    Movie Herman "Owl" Banghart

  18. 1944
    Tampico

    Movie Fred Adamson

  19. 1943
    Forever and a Day

    Movie Archibald Spavin

  20. 1942
    China Girl

    Movie Bull Weed

  21. 1942
    Powder Town

    Movie Jeems O'Shea

  22. 1942
    Call Out the Marines

    Movie Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

  23. 1941
    Broadway Limited

    Movie Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

  24. 1940
    Diamond Frontier

    Movie Terrence Regan