Editing Victor McLaglen

{{Short description|British-American actor and boxer (1886–1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Victor McLaglen
| image              = Victor McLaglen, 1935.jpg
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| caption            = McLaglen in 1935
| birth_name         = Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1886|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]] or [[Stepney]], [[East London]], U.K.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age |1959|11|07|1886|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Newport Beach, California]], U.S.
| burial_place       = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]], [[Glendale, California]]
| occupation         = Actor, boxer
| citizenship          = United Kingdom<br>United States
| years_active       = 1920–1959
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Enid Lamont|1919|1942|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Suzanne M. Brueggeman|1943|1948|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Margaret Pumphrey<br>|1948}}
}}
| children           = 3
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'''Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen''' (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and [[boxing|boxer]].<ref name="WVobit">Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', 11 November 1959, page 79.</ref> His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially as a [[leading man]], though he was better known for his [[character actor|character acting]]. He was a well-known member of [[John Ford]]’s [[John Ford Stock Company|Stock Company]], appearing in 12 of the director’s films, seven of which co-starred [[John Wayne]].

For his performance as a treacherous Irish Republican in the 1935 film ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'', he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in ''[[The Quiet Man]],'' both directed by Ford. In 1960, he was given a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

==Early life and education==
McLaglen claimed to have been born in [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]], although his birth certificate records 505 [[Commercial Road]], [[Stepney]] in the [[East End of London]] as his true birthplace.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=57314|title=McLaglen, Victor Andrew de Bier (1886–1959)}}</ref> His father, Andrew Charles Albert Mclaglen, was a missionary in the Free Protestant Church in South Africa,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pocock|first=Roger|date=2015-08-11|title=The Fighting Macks (an extraordinary family of brothers)|url=https://frontiersmenhistorian.info/2015/08/11/the-fighting-macks-an-extraordinary-family-of-brothers/|access-date=2020-06-12|website=The Frontiersmen Historian|language=en}}</ref> and was later a bishop of the [[Free Protestant Episcopal Church]] of England.<ref>[http://bloomsburypeople.blogspot.com/2009/12/victor-mclaglens-father-new-revelations.html ''Victor McLaglen's father – new revelations'']; [[Peter Anson]] BISHOPS AT LARGE (1964) has further information on Bishop McLaglen.</ref>

The McLaglen family is ultimately of Scottish origin, descended from a MacLachlan who settled in [[South Africa]] in the 19th century. The name was rendered into McLaglen from Dutch pronunciation. A.C.A. McLaglen was christened Andries Carel Albertus McLaglen in [[Cape Town]] on 4 April 1851.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6224-Q34|title=Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976: Baptisms 1843-1852|access-date=20 April 2018|work=South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970|publisher=FamilySearch}}</ref>

One of ten siblings, Victor had eight brothers and a sister.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Father of Four Film Stars: Death of Bishop McLaglen |work=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=18 October 1928 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19281018/018/0004| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur, an actor and sculptor, and [[Clifford McLaglen|Clifford]], Cyril, and Kenneth.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224072356/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49416 ''Victor McLaglen, Query''], invisionzone.com, 19 March 2006.</ref>

Other siblings included Frederick, Lewis, and a sister, Lily. Another brother, Sydney Temple Leopold McLaglen, who appeared in one film, gained notoriety prior to World War I as a [[showman]] and self-proclaimed world [[jujutsu]] champion,<ref>[http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_McLaglan_1202.htm "The Science of Jiujitsu"]. ''Journal of Non-lethal Combatives''. December 2002.</ref> who authored a book on the subject.<ref>Noble, Graham. [http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/articlee.htm ''Early Ju-jutsu: The Challenges''], Dragon-Tsunami.org; accessed 17 December 2017.</ref>

Victor moved with his family to South Africa for a time, where his father was Bishop of Claremont.<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen Comes to Elstree |work=Western Daily Press |date=18 May 1933 |access-date=17 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19330518/083/0008| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Army service and boxing career==
McLaglen left home at 14 to join the [[British Army]] with the intention of fighting in the [[Second Boer War]],<ref name="Daley">Daley, Alex (2018) "Hollywood Heavyweight", ''Boxing News'', 13 September 2018, p. 44</ref> but much to his chagrin, he was stationed at [[Windsor Castle]] in the [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]] and was later forced to leave the army when his true age was discovered.<ref name="Daley" />

Four years later, he moved to [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada, where he became a local celebrity,<ref>[http://mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/67/quietman.shtml ''Winnipeg's 'Quiet' Man''] Manitoba Historical Society.</ref> earning a living as a [[Wrestling|wrestler]] and [[heavyweight]] boxer, with several notable wins in the ring.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166733648|title=VICTOR MclAGLEN MAY BE ANOTHER JIM JEFFRIES.|newspaper=[[Sydney Sportsman]]|volume=VIII|issue=402|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=8 April 1908|access-date=18 December 2017|page=7|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also briefly served as a constable in the Winnipeg Police Force in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manitoba History: Winnipeg's "Quiet" Man: The Early Public Life of Film Star Victor McLaglen|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/67/quietman.shtml|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.mhs.mb.ca}}</ref><ref>See the Winnipeg Police Museum, Police Commission Books.</ref>

One of his most famous fights was against heavyweight champion [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] in a six-round [[Exhibition fight|exhibition bout]] at the Vancouver Athletic Club on 10 March 1909.<ref name="Daley" /><ref name="boxing">[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/mclaglen.htm ''Victor McLaglen''], Cyber Boxing Zone; accessed 17 December 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79917115|title=GIANT ATHLETE|newspaper=The Daily News|volume=XXXIII|issue=12,088|location=Western Australia|date=27 March 1914|access-date=18 December 2017|page=2|edition=THIRD|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This was Johnson's first bout since winning the heavyweight title from [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Tommy Burns]]. Between bouts, McLaglen toured with a [[circus]], which offered $25 to anyone who could go three rounds with him.

He returned to Britain in 1913, and during the First World War was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant]] in the [[10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]], on 19 June 1915.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29197/page/5882 ''London Gazette'', 18 June 1915.]</ref> He landed at [[Basra]] on 10 August 1916 and served as an [[Provost marshal|Assistant Provost Marshal in Mesopotamia]], ending the war as a Temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]. (He may also have seen some service with the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]].)<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D3849941 McLaglen medal card, The National Archives, Kew, file WO 372/13/36272.]</ref><ref>[https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/49416-victor-mclaglen/page/2/ McLaglen thread at Great War Forum.]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=McLaglen Hopes He Won't Stay Long |work=Sheffield Independent |date=6 October 1937 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001465/19371006/017/0001| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He continued boxing, and was named heavyweight champion of the British Army in 1918.<ref name="boxing"/>

After the war, he continued boxing, including a defeat at the hands of British champion [[Frank Goddard]].<ref name="Daley" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140234312|title=A PREDICTION VERIFIED.|newspaper=[[The Australasian]]|volume=CVIII|issue=2,805|location=Victoria, Australia|date=3 January 1920|access-date=18 December 2017|page=19|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His final fight was a loss by knockout to Arthur Townley in October 1920.<ref name="Daley" /> He finished his professional career with a record of 16 wins, eight losses, and a draw.

==Acting career==
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===Britain===
McLaglen was visiting a sporting club when spotted by a film producer who was looking for a boxer to play the lead in a film, ''[[The Call of the Road]]'' (1920).<ref name="Daley" /> Although McLaglen had never acted before, he auditioned and got the part.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212980999|title=VICTOR McLAGLEN'S START|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|volume=18|issue=26|location=South Australia|date=4 September 1931|access-date=18 December 2017|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

He was in the adventure films: ''[[Corinthian Jack]]'' (1921) and ''[[The Prey of the Dragon]]'' (1921). He followed it with ''[[The Sport of Kings (1921 film)|The Sport of Kings]]'' (1921). [[Donald Crisp]] cast him in ''[[The Glorious Adventure (1922 film)|The Glorious Adventure]]'' (1922)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121166819|title=BOXER-FILM PERFORMER.|newspaper=[[The Referee (newspaper)|The Referee]]|issue=1810|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=16 November 1921|access-date=18 December 2017|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131645502|title=Actor 'rescues' man who gave him screen chance|newspaper=[[The World's News]]|issue=2713|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=19 December 1953|access-date=18 December 2017|page=28|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and he was in ''[[A Romance of Old Baghdad]]'' (1922), ''[[Little Brother of God]]'' (1922), ''[[A Sailor Tramp]]'' (1922), ''[[The Crimson Circle (1922 film)|The Crimson Circle]]'' (1922), ''[[The Romany]]'' (1922), and ''[[Heartstrings (1923 film)|Heartstrings]]'' (1922).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172046833|title=In the Limelight|newspaper=Critic|volume=XVII|issue=905|location=Tasmania, Australia|date=27 January 1923|access-date=18 December 2017|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

McLaglen played leads in ''[[M'Lord of the White Road]]'' (1923), ''[[In the Blood (1923 film)|In the Blood]]'' (1923), ''[[The Boatswain's Mate (film)|The Boatswain's Mate]]'' (1923), ''[[Women and Diamonds]]'' (1924), and ''[[The Gay Corinthian]]'' (1924).<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen |work=Bexhill-on-Sea Observer |date=20 December 1924 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001530/19241220/182/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was in ''[[The Passionate Adventure]]'' (1924), co-written by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], and ''[[The Beloved Brute]]'' (1924),<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen as a Modern Swashbuckler |work=Worthing Gazette |date=21 July 1937 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19370721/054/0003| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''[[The Hunted Woman]]'' (1925), and ''[[Percy (1925 film)|Percy]]'' (1925).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163314091|title=BOXER AS STAR|newspaper=[[The Newcastle Sun]]|issue=2142|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=7 February 1925|access-date=18 December 2017|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Hollywood===
McLaglen's career took a surprise turn in 1925 when he moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<ref name="Daley" /> He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing [[drunk]]s. He also usually played [[Irishmen]], leading many film fans to mistakenly assume he was Irish rather than English. McLaglen played one of the titular characters of ''[[The Unholy Three (1925 film)|The Unholy Three]]'' (1925) in [[Lon Chaney Sr.]]'s original silent version of the macabre [[Crime film|crime drama]].

McLaglen had a support part in ''[[Winds of Chance]]'' (1925), directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], then made ''[[The Fighting Heart (1925 film)|The Fighting Heart]]'' (1925) at Fox, directed by [[John Ford]]. Ford would have a major impact on McLaglen's career. McLaglen was in ''[[The Isle of Retribution]]'' (1925), ''[[Men of Steel (1926 film)|Men of Steel]]'' (1926), and ''[[Beau Geste (1926 film)|Beau Geste]]'' (1926), playing Hank in the last.

===''What Price Glory?'' and stardom===
[[File:WhatPriceGlory.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Edmund Lowe]], [[Dolores del Río]], and McLaglen in ''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory?]]'' (1926)]]
McLaglen was the top-billed [[leading man]] in director [[Raoul Walsh]]'s First World War classic ''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory?]]'' (1926) with [[Edmund Lowe]] and [[Dolores del Río]]. The film was a huge success, making over $2 million, and Fox signed McLaglen to a long-term contract.<ref name="box">{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878|title=WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]|issue=30,427|location=Victoria, Australia|date=4 March 1944|access-date=18 December 2017|page=3 (The Argus Weekend magazine)|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Fox put McLaglen in ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1927 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'' (1927) with del Río, directed by Walsh. He was top-billed in ''[[Mother Machree]]'' (1928), directed by Ford. He was top-billed in ''[[A Girl in Every Port (1928 film)|A Girl in Every Port]]'' (1928), co-starring [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] and [[Louise Brooks]]. He starred in ''[[Hangman's House]]'' (1928) for Ford, a romantic drama set in Ireland, and ''[[The River Pirate]]'' (1928), and ''[[Captain Lash]]'' (1929). McLaglen then made two films for Ford: ''[[Strong Boy]]'' (1929) and ''[[The Black Watch (film)|The Black Watch]]'' (1929).<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|104965087}}|title= VICTOR McLAGLEN'S FILM|date=19 May 1929|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

===Talking movies===
[[File:Lili Damita and Victor McLaglen.jpg|thumb|upright|right|With [[Lili Damita]] in ''[[The Cock-Eyed World]]'' (1929), an early talkie]]
McLaglen was one of many Fox stars who had cameos in the musical ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]'' (1929). He was reunited with Edmund Lowe and Raoul Walsh in a sequel to ''What Price Glory?'', ''[[The Cock-Eyed World]]'' (1929), which was another huge success at the box office.<ref name="box"/>

McLaglen made a musical with Walsh, ''[[Hot for Paris]]'' (1930), then made ''[[On the Level (1930 film)|On the Level]]'' (1930). ''[[A Devil with Women]]'' (1931) was a buddy comedy with [[Humphrey Bogart]] in which Bogart played McLaglen's [[sidekick]]. He was borrowed by Paramount for ''[[Dishonored (film)|Dishonored]]'' (1931), starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] and directed by [[Joseph von Sternberg]]. He was in ''[[Not Exactly Gentlemen]]'' (1931) and had a cameo in the short film ''[[The Stolen Jools]]'' (1931). McLaglen, Lowe, and Walsh reunited for a second sequel to ''What Price Glory?'', ''[[Women of All Nations]]'' (1931). He was in ''[[Annabelle's Affairs]]'' (1931), ''[[Wicked (1931 film)|Wicked]]'' (1931), ''[[The Gay Caballero (1932 film)|The Gay Caballero]]'' (1932), and ''[[Devil's Lottery]]'' (1932). McLaglen and Lowe went to Paramount for ''[[Guilty as Hell]]'' (1932).

Back at Fox he was in ''[[Rackety Rax]]'' (1932) then made a fourth ''What Price Glory?'' film with Lowe, ''[[Hot Pepper (1933 film)|Hot Pepper]]'' (1933). McLaglen starred in ''[[Laughing at Life]]'' (1933) and returned to Britain to make ''[[Dick Turpin (1933 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1933).<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen Goes |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=17 August 1933 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19330817/007/0001| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

McLaglen starred opposite [[Boris Karloff]]'s crazed religious fanatic in John Ford's ''[[The Lost Patrol (1934 film)|The Lost Patrol]]'' (1934) at RKO, a picture about desperate soldiers gradually losing their minds fighting [[Arabs]] in the desert of what is now [[Iraq]].

At Paramount, McLaglen and Lowe were in ''[[No More Women (1934 film)|No More Women]]'' (1934) (a non-''What Price Glory?'' film), then McLaglen made ''[[Wharf Angel]]'' (1934). He was one of many stars in ''[[Murder at the Vanities]]'' (1934). At Columbia, McLaglen starred in ''[[The Captain Hates the Sea]]'' (1934) with John Gilbert. Lowe and he reunited at Fox for ''[[Under Pressure (1935 film)|Under Pressure]]'' (1935) (directed by Walsh) and ''[[The Great Hotel Murder]]'' (1935).

===''The Informer''===
[[File:Victor McLaglen-Margot Grahame in The Informer.jpg|thumb|upright|right|With [[Margot Grahame]] in ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'' (1935)]]
Another highlight of his career was winning an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his role in Ford's ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'' (1935), shot at RKO, based on a [[The Informer (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Liam O'Flaherty]].<ref name="Daley" /> In 1945, McLaglen said that winning the Oscar had no economic benefit and that he didn't know where it was because his son had taken it to college for use as a paperweight.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heffernan |first1=Harold |title=How Good Is an Oscar? - Some Prize, Others Ignore Awards |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80228488/the-star-press/ |access-date=June 25, 2021 |work=The Star Press |agency=North America Newspaper Alliance |date=April 22, 1945 |location=Indiana, Muncie |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>

Back at Fox – now [[20th Century Fox]] – McLaglen made ''[[Professional Soldier]]'' (1935) with [[Freddie Bartholomew]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New Films |work=Daily Herald |date=15 May 1936 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19360515/322/0018| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> At Paramount, he was teamed with [[Mae West]] in ''[[Klondike Annie]]'' (1936), then he went back to Fox for ''[[Under Two Flags (1936 film)|Under Two Flags]]'' (1936) with [[Rosalind Russell]] and [[Ronald Colman]].

McLaglen starred in ''[[The Magnificent Brute (1936 film)|The Magnificent Brute]]'' (1936) for Universal, ''[[Sea Devils (1937 film)|Sea Devils]]'' (1937) for RKO and ''[[Nancy Steele Is Missing!]]'' (1937) for Fox. He stayed at Fox to support Robert Taylor in ''[[This Is My Affair]]'' (1937), and notably, [[Shirley Temple]] in ''[[Wee Willie Winkie (film)|Wee Willie Winkie]]'' (1937) directed by John Ford at Fox.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Art Now Beats Nature |work=Daily Herald |date=13 August 1937 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19370813/211/0013| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He had a cameo in ''[[Ali Baba Goes to Town]]'' (1937). [[Brian Donlevy]] and he made a comedy ''[[Battle of Broadway]]'' (1938) at Fox,<ref>{{cite news |title="Battle of Broadway" – with Victor McLaglen as a Doughboy |work=The Sketch |date=17 August 1938 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001860/19380817/040/0037| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> then he went to Universal for ''[[The Devil's Party]]'' (1938).

===''Gunga Din''===
[[File:Gunga Din (1939) trailer 1.jpg|upright|thumb|McLaglen and [[Cary Grant]] in ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'' (1939)]]
McLaglen returned to Britain for ''[[We're Going to Be Rich]]'' (1938) with [[Gracie Fields]]. Back in Hollywood, he did some films for RKO: ''[[Pacific Liner]]'' (1939) and ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'' (1939).<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen at Odeon |work=Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald |date=21 July 1939 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000541/19390721/356/0018| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The latter, with [[Cary Grant]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]], was an adventure epic loosely based on [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s poem that served as the template decades later for ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984).

He supported [[Nelson Eddy]] in ''[[Let Freedom Ring (film)|Let Freedom Ring]]'' (1939) at MGM, and was in ''[[Ex-Champ]]'' (1939). He supported [[Brian Aherne]] in ''[[Captain Fury]]'' (1939), and starred in ''[[Full Confession]]'' (1939) for [[John Farrow]] at RKO, the latter film being somewhat a remake of ''The Informer''.

At Universal, McLaglen teamed with [[Basil Rathbone]] in ''[[Rio (1939 film)|Rio]]'' (1939) and [[Jackie Cooper]] in ''[[The Big Guy]]'' (1939). He was top-billed in [[Edward Small]]'s South Seas adventure, ''[[South of Pago Pago]]'' (1940). He remained top-billed for ''[[Diamond Frontier]]'' (1940) and ''[[Broadway Limited (film)|Broadway Limited]]'' (1941).

McLaglen and Lowe reprised their roles from ''What Price Glory?'' in the radio program ''[[Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt]]'', broadcast on the [[Blue Network]] (28 September 1941 – 25 January 1942, and on [[NBC]] 13 February 1942 – 3 April 1942).<ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Captain+Flagg+and+Sergeant+Quirt,+situation+comedy%22&pg=PA136 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=136–137 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref>

McLaglen and Lowe then played basically the same roles, but under different names in ''[[Call Out the Marines]]'' (1942) at RKO. He starred in ''[[Powder Town]]'' (1942), and went to Fox to support [[Gene Tierney]] in ''[[China Girl (1942 film)|China Girl]]'' (1942). He was one of many stars in ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943), and had a support role in ''[[Tampico (film)|Tampico]]'' (1943) and ''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]'' (1944). McLaglen was a villain in [[Bob Hope]]'s ''[[The Princess and the Pirate]]'' (1944), and he was in ''[[Rough, Tough and Ready]]''.

===Supporting actor===
McLaglen began to be exclusively a supporting actor, with parts in ''[[Love, Honor and Goodbye]]'' (1945), ''[[Whistle Stop (1946 film)|Whistle Stop]]'' (1946) with [[George Raft]] and [[Ava Gardner]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Skegness Cinemas |work=Skegness Standard |date=13 November 1946 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001935/19461113/058/0004| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''[[Calendar Girl (1947 film)|Calendar Girl]]'' (1947), ''[[The Michigan Kid]]'' (1947), and ''[[The Foxes of Harrow]]'' (1947).

McLaglen was back with John Ford for ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]'' (1948) with [[John Wayne]] and [[Henry Fonda]]. It was very much a support part, as a cavalry sergeant, but so well received that McLaglen basically reprised it in the other two films in the Ford-Wayne "cavalry trilogy": ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' (1949) and ''[[Rio Grande (1950 film)|Rio Grande]]'' (1950) with [[Maureen O'Hara]] and [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]].

McLaglen was later nominated for another Oscar, this time for a [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his role opposite John Wayne in ''[[The Quiet Man]]'' (1952).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953|title=The 25th Academy Awards {{!}} 1953|website=www.oscars.org|date=4 October 2014 |language=en|access-date=2023-09-03}}</ref> He continued to be in demand as a support actor in action films: ''[[Fair Wind to Java]]'' (1953) with [[Fred MacMurray]] and ''[[Prince Valiant (1954 film)|Prince Valiant]]'' (1954) with [[James Mason]] and [[Robert Wagner]]. He went to Britain for ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'' (1954), an unsuccessful attempt to do for Scotland what ''The Quiet Man'' did for Ireland. Back in Hollywood, he was in ''[[Many Rivers to Cross (film)|Many Rivers to Cross]]'' (1955) at MGM with [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Eleanor Parker]].

===Later career===
McLaglen had a rare late career lead role in ''[[City of Shadows (1955 film)|City of Shadows]]'' (1955) at Republic with [[Patricia Crowley]], and he was second-billed in ''[[Bengazi (film)|Bengazi]]'' (1955), but he went back to supports with ''[[Lady Godiva of Coventry]]'' (1955). He had a cameo in ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) with [[David Niven]] and [[Cantinflas]], then had another lead in ''[[The Abductors]]'' (1957), directed by his son, [[Andrew V. McLaglen]].

Toward the end of his career, McLaglen made several guest appearances on television, particularly in Western series such as ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' and ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''. The episodes in which McLaglen guest-starred were both directed by his son, Andrew, who later became a [[film director]] frequently directing John Wayne.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105833917|title=McLaglen, born to be a 'star'|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|volume=38|issue=10,901|date=16 July 1964|access-date=18 December 2017|page=19|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

He went to Italy for ''[[Gli Italiani sono matti]]'', and had a good part in ''[[Sea Fury (1958 film)|Sea Fury]]'' (1958) with [[Stanley Baker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sea Fury (1958) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b5461c0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909225927/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b5461c0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Activism==
In 1933, he founded the California Light Horse Regiment, which included a "riding parade club, a polo-playing group and a precision motorcycle contingent".<ref name="Parker">{{cite news |author=Parker, Stanley|title=Victor McLaglen: Tinker, Tailor...Poor Man, Rich Man |work=Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News |date=5 November 1937 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001857/19371105/039/0034| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He described it in a press interview as promoting "[[Americanism (ideology)|Americanism]]". He said it was organized to fight communists and others "opposed to the American ideal", both inside and outside the country. McLaglen was attacked by some on the left as fascist, which he denied. He said he was a "patriot of the good old-fashioned American kind".<ref name="Critchlow">{{cite book|last1=Critchlow|first1=Donald T.|title=When Hollywood was right : how movie stars, studio moguls, and big business remade American politics|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0521199186|pages=35–36|edition=1}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Not Exactly Gentlemen lobby card.JPG|thumb|right|225px|[[Fay Wray]], [[Robert Warwick]] (left), and McLaglen in ''Not Exactly Gentlemen'', also known as ''Three Rogues'' (1931)<ref name=IMDB>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022480/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ''Not Exactly Gentlemen'' aka ''Three Rogues'' (1931)], IMDb.com; accessed 4 June 2020.{{unreliable source?|date=March 2023}}</ref>]] 
In 1935, McLaglen spent a reported $40,000 (equal to ${{Inflation|US|40000|1935|fmt=c}} today) to build his own stadium near [[Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)|Riverside Drive]] and Hyperion Avenue, near [[Griffith Park]] and the [[Atwater Village, Los Angeles|Atwater Village]] neighborhood of Los Angeles. The stadium was used for [[American football|football]] and many other activities. The [[Los Angeles River]] [[Los Angeles flood of 1938|flood of 1938]] seriously damaged the stadium, and it fell into disuse thereafter.<ref>Jim Thurman, [http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/12/los_angeles_sports_venues.php "10 L.A. Sports Venues That Are No More"], ''[[LA Weekly]]'', 23 December 2013.</ref><ref>Ted Elrick, ''Los Angeles River'' ([[Arcadia Publishing]], 2008), {{ISBN|978-0738547183}}, pp. 27, 45–47. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KLwH5Aggq_AC&dq=victor+mclaglen+stadium&pg=PA45 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref> In 1941, he was selected as the [[grand marshal]] of the Clovis Rodeo parade in [[Clovis, California]].<ref>102nd Clovis Rodeo Official Souvenir Program, p. 12</ref>

McLaglen was married three times. He first married Enid Lamont in 1919. The couple had two sons, Andrew, Walter, and one daughter, Sheila.<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor McLaglen and Son |work=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |date=4 April 1939 |access-date=22 September 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000770/19390404/064/0003| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Andrew McLaglen]] was a television and film director who worked on several film projects with John Wayne. Andrew's children, Mary and Josh McLaglen, are both film producers and directors. Sheila's daughter, [[Gwyneth Horder-Payton]], is a television director. Enid Lamont McLaglen died in 1942 as a result of a [[Equestrianism|horse-riding]] accident.

His second marriage was to Suzanne M. Brueggeman. That marriage lasted from 1943 until 1948. His third and final marriage was to divorcée Margaret McNichols Pumphrey, a [[Seattle]] socialite he married in 1948.<ref>''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, ''Milestones''</ref> They remained married until his death from [[congestive heart failure]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103106575|title=VETERAN FILM STAR DIES.|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|volume=34|issue=9,442|date=9 November 1959|access-date=18 December 2017|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

He had by that time become a [[Naturalization|naturalized U.S. citizen]]. His cremated remains are interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale]], in the Garden of Memory, Columbarium of Eternal Light.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desert Sun 11 November 1959 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19591111.2.67&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|access-date=2021-10-13|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}</ref>

On 8 February 1960, McLaglen received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1735 [[Vine Street]], for his contributions to the motion-picture industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/victor-mclaglen|title=Victor McLaglen profile|website=walkoffame.com|access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/victor-mc-laglen|title=Victor McLaglen profile|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>

McLaglen spoke five languages, including [[Arabic]].<ref name="Parker" />

==Filmography==
[[File:Greta Nissen, Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Promotional photo of McLaglen, with [[Greta Nissen]] and [[Edmund Lowe]], for the 1931 comedy film ''[[Women of All Nations]]'']]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1920
| ''{{sortname|The|Call of the Road}}''
| Alf Truscott
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921
| ''[[Carnival (1921 film)|Carnival]]''
| Baron
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921
| ''[[Corinthian Jack]]''
| Jack Halstead
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921
| ''{{sortname|The|Prey of the Dragon}}''
| Brett 'Dragon' Mercer
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921
| ''{{sortname|The|Sport of Kings|The Sport of Kings (1921 film)}}'' 
| Frank Rosedale
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922
| ''{{sortname|The|Glorious Adventure|The Glorious Adventure (1922 film)}}''
| Bulfinch
|
|-
| 1922
| ''{{sortname|A|Romance of Old Baghdad}}''
| Miski
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922
| ''[[Little Brother of God]]''
| King Kennidy
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922
| ''{{sortname|A|Sailor Tramp}}''
| {{sortname|The|Sailor Tramp|nolink=1}}
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922
| ''{{sortname|The|Crimson Circle|The Crimson Circle (1922 film)}}''
|
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''{{sortname|The|Romany}}''
| {{sortname|The|Chief|nolink=1}}
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''[[Heartstrings (1923 film)|Heartstrings]]'' 
| Frank Wilson
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]'' 
| Nubian slave
| Uncredited <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''[[M'Lord of the White Road]]''
| Lord Annerley / John
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''[[In the Blood (1923 film)|In the Blood]]'' 
| Tony Crabtree
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''{{sortname|The|Boatswain's Mate}}''
| Ned Travers
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Women and Diamonds]]''
| Brian Owen
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''{{sortname|The|Gay Corinthian}}''
| Squire Hardcastle
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''{{sortname|The|Passionate Adventure}}''
| Herb Harris
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''{{sortname|The|Beloved Brute}}''
| Charles Hinges
|
|-
| 1925
| ''{{sortname|The|Hunted Woman}}''
| Quade
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Percy (1925 film)|Percy]]'' 
| Reedy Jenkins
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925
| ''{{sortname|The|Unholy Three|The Unholy Three (1925 film)}}''
| Hercules, the strongman
|
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Winds of Chance]]''
| Poleon Doret
|
|-
| 1925
| ''{{sortname|The|Fighting Heart|The Fighting Heart (1925 film)}}''
| Soapy Williams
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''{{sortname|The|Isle of Retribution}}''
| Doomsdorf
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Men of Steel (1926 film)|Men of Steel]]''
| Pete Masarick
|'''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Beau Geste (1926 film)|Beau Geste]]''
| Hank
|
|-
| 1926
| ''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory?]]''
| Capt. Flagg
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1927 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'' 
| Escamillo
|
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Mother Machree]]''
| {{sortname|The|Giant of Kilkenny (Terence O'Dowd)|nolink=1}}
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]]. <br /> '''Incomplete''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''{{sortname|A|Girl in Every Port|A Girl in Every Port (1928 film)}}''
| Spike Madden
|
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Hangman's House]]'' 
| Citizen Denis Hogan
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]].
|-
| 1928
| ''{{sortname|The|River Pirate}}''
| Sailor Fritz
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Captain Lash]]''
| Captain Lash
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Strong Boy]]''
| Strong Boy
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929
| ''{{sortname|The|Black Watch|link=The Black Watch (film)}}''
| Capt. Donald Gordon King
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]].
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]''
| Minstrel Show Performer #1
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929
| ''{{sortname|The|Cock-Eyed World}}''
| Top Sergeant Flagg
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Hot for Paris]]'' 
| John Patrick Duke
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1930
| ''[[On the Level (1930 film)|On the Level]]''
| Biff Williams
|
|-
| 1930
| ''{{sortname|A|Devil with Women}}''
| Jerry Maxton
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Dishonored (film)|Dishonored]]''
| Col. Kranau
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Not Exactly Gentlemen]]''
| Bull Stanley
|
|-
| 1931
| ''{{sortname|The|Stolen Jools}}''
| Sergeant Flagg
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Women of All Nations]]''
| Captain Jim Flagg
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Annabelle's Affairs]]''
| John Rawson / Hefly Jack
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Wicked (1931 film)|Wicked]]'' 
| Scott Burrows
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[The Gay Caballero (1932 film)|The Gay Caballero]]''
| Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Devil's Lottery]]''
| Jem Meech
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[While Paris Sleeps]]''
| Jacques Costaud
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Guilty as Hell]]''
| Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Rackety Rax]]''
| 'Knucks' McGloin
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Hot Pepper (1933 film)|Hot Pepper]]''
| Jim Flagg
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Laughing at Life]]''
| Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale
|
|-
| 1934
| ''{{sortname|The|Lost Patrol|The Lost Patrol (1934 film)}}''
| {{sortname|The|Sergeant|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[No More Women (1934 film)|No More Women]]''
| Forty-Fathoms
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Wharf Angel]]''
| Turk
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Dick Turpin (1933 film)|Dick Turpin]]''
| Dick Turpin 
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Murder at the Vanities]]''
| Police Lt. Bill Murdock
|
|-
| 1934
| ''{{sortname|The|Captain Hates the Sea}}''
| Junius P. Schulte
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Under Pressure (1935 film)|Under Pressure]]'' 
| Jumbo Smith
|
|-
| 1935
| ''{{sortname|The|Great Hotel Murder}}''
| Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe
|
|-
| 1935
| ''{{sortname|The|Informer|The Informer (1935 film)}}''
| Gypo Nolan 
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br>Nominated — [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Professional Soldier (film)|Professional Soldier]]''
| Michael Donovan
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Klondike Annie]]''
| Bull Brackett
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Under Two Flags (1936 film)|Under Two Flags]]''
| J.C. Doyle
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Magnificent Brute (1936 film)|The Magnificent Brute]]'' 
| 'Big Steve' Andrews
| as Victor McLaglen – Academy Award Winner
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Sea Devils (1937 film)|Sea Devils]]''
| CPO William 'Medals' Malone
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Nancy Steele Is Missing!]]''
| Dannie O'Neill
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[This Is My Affair]]''
| Jock Ramsay 
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Wee Willie Winkie (film)|Wee Willie Winkie]]''
| Sgt. Donald MacDuff
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Ali Baba Goes to Town]]''
| Himself
| Uncredited
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Battle of Broadway]]''
| Big Ben Wheeler
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Devil's Party]]''
| Marty Malone
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[We're Going to Be Rich]]''
| Dobbie
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Pacific Liner]]''
| J.B. 'Crusher' McKay, Chief Engineer
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]''
| Sgt. 'Mac' MacChesney
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Let Freedom Ring (1939 film)|Let Freedom Ring]]''
| Chris Mulligan
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Ex-Champ]]''
| Tom 'Gunner' Grey
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Captain Fury]]''
| Jerry Black aka Blackie
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Full Confession]]''
| Patt McGinnis
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Rio (1939 film)|Rio]]'' 
| Dirk
|
|-
| 1939
| ''{{sortname|The|Big Guy}}''
| Warden Bill Whitlock
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[South of Pago Pago]]''
| Bucko Larson
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Diamond Frontier]]''
| Terrence Regan
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Broadway Limited (film)|Broadway Limited]]''
| Maurice 'Mike' Monohan
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[Call Out the Marines]]''
| Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[Powder Town]]''
| Jeems O'Shea
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[China Girl (1942 film)|China Girl]]''
| Major Bull Weed
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]''
| Archibald Spavin (hotel doorman)
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Tampico (1944 film)|Tampico]]'' 
| Fred Adamson
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]''
| Herman 'Owl' Banghart
|
|-
| 1944
| ''{{sortname|The|Princess and the Pirate}}''
| Captain Barrett ak The Hook
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Rough, Tough and Ready]]''
| Owen McCare
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Love, Honor and Goodbye]]''
| Terry O'Farrell
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Whistle Stop (1946 film)|Whistle Stop]]''
| Gitlo
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Calendar Girl (1947 film)|Calendar Girl]]''
| Matthew O'Neil
|
|-
| 1947
| ''{{sortname|The|Michigan Kid}}''
| Curley Davis
|
|-
| 1947
| ''{{sortname|The|Foxes of Harrow}}''
| Captain Mike Farrell
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]''
| Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]].
|-
| 1949
| ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]''
| Top Sgt. Quincannon
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]].
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Rio Grande (1950 film)|Rio Grande]]''
| Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon 
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]].
|-
| 1952
| ''{{sortname|The|Quiet Man}}''
| Squire 'Red' Will Danaher 
| With [[John Ford]] & [[John Wayne]]<br>Nominated — [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Fair Wind to Java]]''
| O'Brien
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]''
| Himself
| episode: Victor McLaglen
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Prince Valiant (1954 film)|Prince Valiant]]''
| Boltar
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]''
| Parlan
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Many Rivers to Cross (film)|Many Rivers to Cross]]''
| Mr. Cadmus Cherne
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[City of Shadows (1955 film)|City of Shadows]]''
| Big Tim Channing
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Bengazi (1955 film)|Bengazi]]''
| Robert Emmett Donovan
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Lady Godiva of Coventry]]''
| Grimald
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' 
| Helmsman of the SS Henrietta
|
|-
| 1957
| ''{{sortname|The|Abductors}}''
| Tom Muldoon
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]''
| Mike O'Hare
| Episode: "The O'Hare Story"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The Italians They Are Crazy]]'' 
| Sergente O'Riley
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Sea Fury (1958 film)|Sea Fury]]''
| Captain Bellew
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| Harry Wittman 
| Episode: "Incident of the Shambling Man", (final appearance)
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
* [[List of bare-knuckle boxers]]

==References==
{{BoxRec|11644}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,886507,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513143143/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,886507,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2009|title=Milestones|work=Time Magazine|date=27 December 1948|access-date=19 January 2010}}
* {{IMDb name|0572142}}
* [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/mclaglen.htm McLaglen's Record at Cyber Boxing Zone]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=879 Photographs of Victor McLaglen]
* [http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz002cwqn8 Portrait of Victor McLaglen, Los Angeles, 1930s]. [[Los Angeles Times]] Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, [[Charles E. Young Research Library]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]].
* [https://kelleepratt.com/2016/12/17/7600/ Victor McLaglen: A Man as Big as the Screen]

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