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Victor McLaglen

Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor. He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing drunks, and Irishmen, winning an Academy Award for the best acting performance during 1935 for his role as Gyppo in the film The Informer

Aliases
  • 'Sharkey' McLaglen
  • Paul Romano
English
Filmography
  • Born In Mile End, London, England, UK
  • Born December 10, 1886
  • Died November 7, 1959
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011
as Himself (archive footage)

Jack Johnson

1970
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Without Make-Up

1963

Sea Fury

1958
as Bellew

Gli italiani sono matti

1958
as Sergente O'Riley

The Abductors

1957
as Tom Muldoon

Around the World in 80 Days

1956
as Helmsman of the S.S. Henrietta

Many Rivers to Cross

1955
as Cadmus Cherne

Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955
as Grimald

City of Shadows

1955
as Big Tim Channing

Bengazi

1955
as Robert Emmett Donovan

Prince Valiant

1954
as Boltar

Trouble in the Glen

1954
as Parlan

The Quiet Man

1952
as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

Fair Wind to Java

1952
as O'Brien

Rio Grande

1950
as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949
as First Sergeant Quincannon

Fort Apache

1948
as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

Calendar Girl

1947
as Matthew O'Neill

The Foxes of Harrow

1947
as Mike Farrell

Whistle Stop

1946
as Gitlo

Rough, Tough and Ready

1945
as Owen McCarey

Love, Honor and Goodbye

1945
as Terry O'Farrell

The Princess and the Pirate

1944
as Captain Barrett / The Hook

Tampico

1944
as Fred Adamson

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944
as Herman 'Owl' Banghart

Forever and a Day

1943
as Archibald Spavin (hotel doorman)

China Girl

1942
as Major Bull Weed

Powder Town

1942
as Jeems O'Shea

Broadway Limited

1941
as Mike

Diamond Frontier

1940
as Terrence Regan

South of Pago Pago

1940
as Bucko Larson

Pacific Liner

1939
as Crusher McKay

Full Confession

1939
as Pat McGinnis

Gunga Din

1939
as Sgt. 'Mac' MacChesney

Let Freedom Ring

1939
as Chris Mulligan

Rio

1939
as Dirk

Captain Fury

1939
as Jerry Black aka Blackie

The Devil's Party

1938
as Marty Malone

Battle Of Broadway

1938
as Big Ben Wheeler

We're Going to Be Rich

1938
as Dobbie

Sea Devils

1937
as Steve Webb

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937
as Dannie O'Neill

Wee Willie Winkie

1937
as Sergeant MacDuff

This Is My Affair

1937
as Jock Ramsay

Klondike Annie

1936
as Bull Brackett

Under Two Flags

1936
as J.C. Doyle

The Magnificent Brute

1936
as 'Big Steve' Andrews

Under Pressure

1935
as Jumbo Smith

The Informer

1935
as Gypo Nolan

The Great Hotel Murder

1935
as Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe

Professional Soldier

1935
as Colonel Michael Donovan

Wharf Angel

1934
as Turk

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934

The Lost Patrol

1934
as The Sergeant

No More Women

1934
as Forty-Fathoms

Murder at the Vanities

1934
as Bill Murdock

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934
as Junius P. Schulte

Dick Turpin

1933
as Dick Turpin

Laughing at Life

1933
as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

While Paris Sleeps

1932
as Jacques Costaud

Guilty as Hell

1932
as Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley

Rackety Rax

1932
as 'Knucks' McGloin

Women of All Nations

1931
as Captain Jim Flagg

Not Exactly Gentlemen

1931
as Bull Stanley

Annabelle's Affairs

1931
as John Rawson / Hefly Jack

The Stolen Jools

1931
as Sergeant Flagg

Dishonored

1931
as Colonel Kranau

A Devil with Women

1930
as Jerry Maxton

Captain Lash

1929
as Captain Lash

The Cock-Eyed World

1929
as Top Sergeant Flagg

Strong Boy

1929
as Strong Boy

Happy Days

1929
as Minstrel Show Performer

Hot for Paris

1929
as John Patrick Duke

The Black Watch

1929
as Capt. Donald Gordon King

A Girl in Every Port

1928
as Spike Madden

Hangman's House

1928
as Denis Hogan

The Loves of Carmen

1927
as Escamillo

Mother Machree

1927
as The Giant of Kilkenny

Beau Geste

1926
as Hank

Men of Steel

1926
as Pete Masarick

The Fighting Heart

1925
as Soapy Williams

The Unholy Three

1925
as Hercules

Winds of Chance

1925
as Poleon Doret

The Passionate Adventure

1924
as Herb Harris

Women and Diamonds

1924
as Brian Owen

The Glorious Adventure

1922
as Bulfinch

A Romance of Old Baghdad

1922
as Miski

The Crimson Circle

1922

Corinthian Jack

1921
as Jack Halstead

The Call of the Road

1920
as Alf Truscott

Guest Star

Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Shambling Man 		1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The O'Hare Story 		1958