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Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

Actor · 1886–1959 · Stepney, East London, England, UK

IMDb

Highest rated as cast or director

Victor McLaglen's 5 titles from the 1930s have a median Balasaur Score of 75, led by The Lost Patrol (78) and Dishonored (76), against 68 for those from the 1940s.

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.

Acted in 106

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    Sea Fury

    Bellew

  3. The Italians They Are Crazy

    Sergente O'Riley

  4. 1957
  5. The Abductors

    Tom Muldoon

  6. 1956
  7. 1955
  8. Bengazi

    Robert Emmett Donovan

  9. City of Shadows

    Big Tim Channing

  10. 1954

    Trouble in the Glen

    Parlan

  11. 1953

    Fair Wind to Java

    O'Brien

  12. 1952
  13. 1951

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    TV

  14. 1950

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1948
  3. 1947

    The Foxes of Harrow

    Mike Farrell

  4. Michigan Kid

    Curley Davis

  5. Calendar Girl

    Matthew O'Neill

  6. 1946
  7. 1945

    Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Terry O'Farrell

  8. Rough, Tough and Ready

    Owen McCarey

  9. 1944
  10. Roger Touhy, Gangster

    Herman "Owl" Banghart

  11. Tampico

    Fred Adamson

  12. 1943

    Forever and a Day

    Archibald Spavin

  13. 1942

    China Girl

    Bull Weed

  14. Powder Town

    Jeems O'Shea

  15. Call Out the Marines

    Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

  16. 1941
  17. 1940

    Diamond Frontier

    Terrence Regan

  18. South of Pago Pago

    Bucko Larson

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Big Guy

    Warden Bill Whitlock

  2. Rio

    Dirk

  3. Full Confession

    Pat McGinnis

  4. Captain Fury

    Jerry Black aka Blackie

  5. Ex-Champ

    Tom 'Gunner' Grey

  6. Let Freedom Ring

    Chris Mulligan

  7. Pacific Liner

    Crusher McKay

  8. 1938

    We're Going to Be Rich

    "Dobbie" Dobson

  9. The Devil's Party

    Marty Malone

  10. Battle of Broadway

    Big Ben Wheeler

  11. 1937
  12. This Is My Affair

    Jock Ramsay

  13. Nancy Steele Is Missing!

    Dannie O'Neill

  14. Sea Devils

    Steve Webb

  15. 1936

    The Magnificent Brute

    'Big Steve' Andrews

  16. Under Two Flags

    J.C. Doyle

  17. 1935

    Professional Soldier

    Colonel Michael Donovan

  18. The Great Hotel Murder

    Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe

  19. Under Pressure

    Jumbo Smith

  20. 1934

    The Captain Hates the Sea

    Junius P. Schulte

  21. Murder at the Vanities

    Bill Murdock

  22. Wharf Angel

    Turk

  23. No More Women

    Forty-Fathoms

  24. Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    Movie

  25. 1933

    Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

  26. Laughing at Life

    Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

  27. Hot Pepper

    Jim Flagg

  28. 1932

    Rackety Rax

    'Knucks' McGloin

  29. Guilty as Hell

    Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley

  30. While Paris Sleeps

    Jacques Costaud

  31. Devil's Lottery

    Jem Meech

  32. The Gay Caballero

    Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote

  33. 1931

    Wicked

    Scott Burrows

  34. Annabelle's Affairs

    John Rawson / Hefly Jack

  35. Women of All Nations

    Captain Jim Flagg

  36. The Stolen Jools

    Sergeant Flagg

  37. Three Rogues

    Bull Stanley

  38. 1930

    A Devil with Women

    Jerry Maxton

  39. On the Level

    Biff Williams

1920s

  1. 1929

    Hot for Paris

    John Patrick Duke

  2. The Cock-Eyed World

    Top Sergeant Flagg

  3. Happy Days

    Minstrel Show Performer

  4. The Black Watch

    Captain Donald King

  5. Strong Boy

    Strong Boy

  6. Captain Lash

    Captain Lash

  7. 1928

    The River Pirate

    Sailor Fritz

  8. Hangman's House

    Denis Hogan

  9. A Girl in Every Port

    Spike Madden

  10. 1927

    Mother Machree

    The Giant of Kilkenny

  11. The Loves of Carmen

    Escamillo

  12. Life in Hollywood No. 5

    Movie

  13. 1926

    What Price Glory

    Capt. Flagg

  14. Beau Geste

    Hank

  15. Men of Steel

    Pete Masarick

  16. The Isle of Retribution

    Doomsdorf

  17. 1925

    The Fighting Heart

    Soapy Williams

  18. Winds of Chance

    Poleon Doret

  19. Percy

    Reedy Jenkins

  20. 1924

    The Beloved Brute

    Charles Hinges

  21. The Passionate Adventure

    Herb Harris

  22. The Boatswain's Mate

    Ned Travers

  23. 1923

    Woman to Woman

    Nubian Slave (uncredited)

  24. 1922

    The Crimson Circle

    Movie

  25. The Glorious Adventure

    Bulfinch

  26. 1921

    Carnival

    Baron

Appearances7

2010s

  1. 2019

    John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

  2. 2011

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Himself (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1994

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1980

    Hollywood

    Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 episode

1930s

  1. 1937

    Ali Baba Goes to Town

    Himself

1920s

  1. 1927

    Life in Hollywood

    Self