Portrait of Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

Acting

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.

Born: December 9, 1886

Place of Birth: Stepney, East London, England, UK

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)

1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

1959
Rawhide

as Harry Wittman

1958
Sea Fury

as Bellew

1958
The Italians They Are Crazy

as Sergente O'Riley

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Mike O'Hare

1957
The Abductors

as Tom Muldoon

1956
Around the World in 80 Days

as SS Henrietta Helmsman

1955
Bengazi

as Robert Emmett Donovan

1955
City of Shadows

as Big Tim Channing

1955
Many Rivers to Cross

as Cadmus Cherne

1954
1954
1953
1952
The Quiet Man

as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

1950
Rio Grande

as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as First Sergeant Quincannon

1948
Fort Apache

as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

1947
The Foxes of Harrow

as Mike Farrell

1947
Michigan Kid

as Curley Davis

1947
Calendar Girl

as Matthew O'Neill

1946
Whistle Stop

as Gitlo

1945
Love, Honor and Goodbye

as Terry O'Farrell

1945
Rough, Tough and Ready

as Owen McCarey

1944
The Princess and the Pirate

as Captain Barrett / The Hook

1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster

as Herman "Owl" Banghart

1944
Tampico

as Fred Adamson

1943
Forever and a Day

as Archibald Spavin

1942
China Girl

as Bull Weed

1942
Powder Town

as Jeems O'Shea

1942
Call Out the Marines

as Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

1941
Broadway Limited

as Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

1940
Diamond Frontier

as Terrence Regan

1940
South of Pago Pago

as Bucko Larson

1939
The Big Guy

as Warden Bill Whitlock

1939
Rio

as Dirk

1939
Full Confession

as Pat McGinnis

1939
Captain Fury

as Jerry Black aka Blackie

1939
Ex-Champ

as Tom 'Gunner' Grey

1939
Let Freedom Ring

as Chris Mulligan

1939
Gunga Din

as MacChesney

1939
Pacific Liner

as Crusher McKay

1938
We're Going to Be Rich

as "Dobbie" Dobson

1938
The Devil's Party

as Marty Malone

1938
Battle of Broadway

as Big Ben Wheeler

1937
1937
Wee Willie Winkie

as Sgt. Donald MacDuff

1937
This Is My Affair

as Jock Ramsay

1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Dannie O'Neill

1937
Sea Devils

as Steve Webb

1936
The Magnificent Brute

as 'Big Steve' Andrews

1936
Under Two Flags

as J.C. Doyle

1936
Klondike Annie

as Bull Brackett

1935
Professional Soldier

as Colonel Michael Donovan

1935
The Informer

as Gypo Nolan

1935
The Great Hotel Murder

as Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe

1935
Under Pressure

as Jumbo Smith

1934
The Captain Hates the Sea

as Junius P. Schulte

1934
Murder at the Vanities

as Bill Murdock

1934
1934
No More Women

as Forty-Fathoms

1934
The Lost Patrol

as The Sergeant

1933
Dick Turpin

as Dick Turpin

1933
Laughing at Life

as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

1933
Hot Pepper

as Jim Flagg

1932
Rackety Rax

as 'Knucks' McGloin

1932
Guilty as Hell

as Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley

1932
While Paris Sleeps

as Jacques Costaud

1932
Devil's Lottery

as Jem Meech

1932
The Gay Caballero

as Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote

1931
Wicked

as Scott Burrows

1931
Annabelle's Affairs

as John Rawson / Hefly Jack

1931
Women of All Nations

as Captain Jim Flagg

1931
Dishonored

as Colonel Kranau

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Sergeant Flagg

1931
Three Rogues

as Bull Stanley

1930
A Devil with Women

as Jerry Maxton

1930
On the Level

as Biff Williams

1929
Hot for Paris

as John Patrick Duke

1929
The Cock-Eyed World

as Top Sergeant Flagg

1929
Happy Days

as Minstrel Show Performer

1929
The Black Watch

as Captain Donald King

1929
Strong Boy

as Strong Boy

1929
Captain Lash

as Captain Lash

1928
The River Pirate

as Sailor Fritz

1928
Hangman's House

as Denis Hogan

1928
A Girl in Every Port

as Spike Madden

1927
Mother Machree

as The Giant of Kilkenny

1927
1926
What Price Glory

as Capt. Flagg

1926
Beau Geste

as Hank

1926
Men of Steel

as Pete Masarick

1926
1925
The Fighting Heart

as Soapy Williams

1925
Winds of Chance

as Poleon Doret

1925
The Unholy Three

as Hercules

1925
Percy

as Reedy Jenkins

1924
The Beloved Brute

as Charles Hinges

1924
1924
The Boatswain's Mate

as Ned Travers

1923
Woman to Woman

as Nubian Slave (uncredited)

1922
1921
Carnival

as Baron