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Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
Born: Dec 10, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, England, UK
Died: Nov 07, 1959 in Newport Beach, California
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '20s-'50s
Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: The Quiet Man, Gunga Din, The Lost Patrol
First Major Screen Credit: The Unholy Three (1925)
11 Videos for Victor McLaglen
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Fort Apache (1948) Murder at the Vanities (1934)
The Quiet Man (1952) The Loves of Carmen (1948) The Lost Patrol (1934)
Rio Grande (1950) Gunga Din (1939) The River Pirate (1928)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) The Informer (1935)
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Biography:

A boy soldier during the Boer War, British actor Victor McLaglen later worked as a prizefighter (once losing to Jack Johnson in six rounds) and a vaudeville and circus performer. He served in World War I as a captain with the Irish Fusiliers and as provost marshal of Baghdad. In the early '20s he broke into British films.

He soon moved to Hollywood, where he got lead and supporting roles; his basic screen persona was that of a large, brutish, but soft-hearted man of action. He appeared in many John Ford films, often as a military man. McLaglen made the transition to sound successfully, and for his work in Ford's The Informer (1935), he won the Best Actor Oscar.

He remained a busy screen actor until the late '50s. Five of his brothers were also film actors: Arthur, Clifford, Cyril, Kenneth, and Leopold. He was the father of director Andrew V. McLaglen. ~ All Movie Guide.