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Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer. [1] His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially as a leading man, though he was better known for his character acting.
Actor: The Quiet Man. Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford.
Actor: The Quiet Man. Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford.
Victor McLaglen. Victor was born on 11 December 1883 in the genteel English town of Tunbridge Wells, the son of the Right Reverend Andrew McLaglen, a Protestant clergyman and former Bishop of Claremont in South Africa.
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.
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen. Born. December 10, 1886 • England. Died. November 7, 1959 (aged 72) • Newport Beach • California. Awards And Honors. Academy Award (1936) • Academy Award (1936): Actor in a Leading Role. Married To.
Jul 21, 2023 · Victor McLaglen (1886-1959) was an Irish-born actor known for his strong, rugged portrayals. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Informer" (1935)...
Feb 21, 2015 · Only the real Victor McLaglen was not in Milwaukee. Here's the story of how a future Oscar-winner had to fight to restore his own identity from an unlikely Cream City imposter.
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and activist. [1] He was known for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in The Informer.
Set in 1922, the plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence and centers on a disgraced Republican man, played by Victor McLaglen, who anonymously informs on his former comrades and spirals into guilt as his treachery becomes known.