Victor 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

Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

The Quiet Man

Captain Barrett / The Hook

The Princess and the Pirate

Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

Rio Grande

MacChesney

Gunga Din

Hercules

The Unholy Three

Dirk

Rio

First Sergeant Quincannon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

Fort Apache

Archibald Spavin

Forever and a Day

Sgt. Donald MacDuff

Wee Willie Winkie

Gypo Nolan

The Informer

Big Tim Channing

City of Shadows

Boltar

Prince Valiant

The Crimson Circle

The Chief

The Romany

Baron

Carnival

Frank Rosedale

The Sport of Kings

Brett 'Dragon' Mercer

The Prey of the Dragon

King Kennidy

Little Brother of God

The Sailor Tramp

A Sailor Tramp

Tony Crabtree

In the Blood

Nubian Slave (uncredited)

Woman to Woman

Frank Wilson

Heartstrings

Lord Annerley / John

M'Lord of the White Road

Squire Hardcastle

The Gay Corinthian

Ned Travers

The Boatswain's Mate

Quade

The Hunted Woman

Charles Hinges

The Beloved Brute

Reedy Jenkins

Percy

Doomsdorf

The Isle of Retribution

Life in Hollywood No. 5

Biff Williams

On the Level

Captain Lash

Captain Lash

Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote

The Gay Caballero

Jem Meech

Devil's Lottery

Officer O'Mara

O'Mara's Chain Miracle

The Sergeant

The Lost Patrol

Bill Murdock

Murder at the Vanities

Cadmus Cherne

Many Rivers to Cross

Major Bull Weed

China Girl

Sergeant Flagg

The Stolen Jools

Colonel Kranau

Dishonored

Gitlo

Whistle Stop

J.C. Doyle

Under Two Flags

Bull Brackett

Klondike Annie

Junius P. Schulte

The Captain Hates the Sea

Dannie O'Neill

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Spike Madden

A Girl in Every Port

Capt. Flagg

What Price Glory

Grimald

Lady Godiva of Coventry

Jerry Black aka Blackie

Captain Fury

Big Ben Wheeler

Battle of Broadway

Denis Hogan

Hangman's House

Jeems O'Shea

Powder Town

Captain Jim Flagg

Women of All Nations

Herman "Owl" Banghart

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Matthew O'Neill

Calendar Girl

Jock Ramsay

This Is My Affair

Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley

Guilty as Hell

Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

Laughing at Life

Tom Muldoon

The Abductors

Parlan

Trouble in the Glen

Jacques Costaud

While Paris Sleeps

Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

Broadway Limited

Colonel Michael Donovan

Professional Soldier

Steve Webb

Sea Devils

Minstrel Show Performer

Happy Days

Captain Donald King

The Black Watch

Scott Burrows

Wicked

Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe

The Great Hotel Murder

Hank

Beau Geste

Chris Mulligan

Let Freedom Ring

The Giant of Kilkenny

Mother Machree

Mike Farrell

The Foxes of Harrow

Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

Call Out the Marines

Marty Malone

The Devil's Party

Bucko Larson

South of Pago Pago

Poleon Doret

Winds of Chance

Jim Flagg

Hot Pepper

Turk

Wharf Angel

Robert Emmett Donovan

Bengazi

O'Brien

Fair Wind to Java

Bellew

Sea Fury

Bull Stanley

Three Rogues

Pat McGinnis

Full Confession

Jerry Maxton

A Devil with Women

Jumbo Smith

Under Pressure

John Patrick Duke

Hot for Paris

Fred Adamson

Tampico

Himself (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

John Rawson / Hefly Jack

Annabelle's Affairs

MacChesney (archive footage)

On Location with Gunga Din

Crusher McKay

Pacific Liner

Top Sergeant Flagg

The Cock-Eyed World

Self (archive footage)

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Sergente O'Riley

Gli italiani sono matti

Alfred Truscott

The Call of the Road

"Dobbie" Dobson

We're Going to Be Rich

Terry O'Farrell

Love, Honor and Goodbye

Owen McCarey

Rough, Tough and Ready

Escamillo

The Loves of Carmen

'Big Steve' Andrews

The Magnificent Brute

Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin

Herb Harris

The Passionate Adventure

SS Henrietta Helmsman

Around the World in Eighty Days

Terrence Regan

Diamond Frontier

Brian Owen

Women and Diamonds

Miski

A Romance of Old Baghdad

Jack Halstead

Corinthian Jack

Strong Boy

Strong Boy

Soapy Williams

The Fighting Heart

'Knucks' McGloin

Rackety Rax

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Forty-Fathoms

No More Women

Tom 'Gunner' Grey

Ex-Champ

Pete Masarick

Men of Steel

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Self - Actor (archive footage)

John Ford : l'homme qui inventa l'Amérique

Bulfinch

The Glorious Adventure

Sailor Fritz

The River Pirate

Curley Davis

Michigan Kid

Warden Bill Whitlock

The Big Guy

Himself

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-12-09

Place of Birth

Stepney, East London, England, UK

Also Known As

Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen