Victor McLaglen
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Dec 10, 1886 Tunbridge Wells, England, UK |
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| Career: | 1921-1958 | ||
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Action Adventure Comedy Drama Crime |
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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.
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Filmography
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| Have Gun, Will Travel: The O'Hare Story | 1958 | Actor [Starring] | ||
| Sea Fury | 1958 |
 
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| Gunsmoke: Bloody Hands | 1957 | Director | ||
| Gunsmoke: Wrong Man | 1957 | Director | ||
| The Abductors | 1957 |
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| Around the World in 80 Days | 1956 |
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| Bengazi | 1955 |
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| City of Shadows | 1955 |
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| Lady Godiva | 1955 |
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| Many Rivers to Cross | 1955 |
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| Prince Valiant | 1954 |
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| Trouble in the Glen | 1954 |
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| Fair Wind to Java | 1953 |
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| The Quiet Man | 1952 |
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| Rio Grande | 1950 |
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| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 |
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Awards
| Year | Movie/Film | Role | |
| 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | The Quiet Man | Best Supporting Actor | (Nom) |
| 1935 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | The Informer | Best Actor | (Won) |
