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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
Fort Apache
(1948)
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Rio Grande
(1950)
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
SS Henrietta Helmsman
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949)
First Sergeant Quincannon
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
Captain Barrett / The Hook
Prince Valiant
(1954)
Boltar
Gunga Din
(1939)
MacChesney
The Informer
(1935)
Gypo Nolan
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Gitlo
Wee Willie Winkie
(1937)
Sgt. Donald MacDuff
Dishonored
(1931)
Colonel Kranau
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Sergeant Flagg
Many Rivers to Cross
(1955)
Cadmus Cherne
Full Filmography
Acting
The Call of the Road
(1920)
Alfred Truscott
Corinthian Jack
(1921)
Jack Halstead
Carnival
(1921)
Baron
The Prey of the Dragon
(1921)
Brett 'Dragon' Mercer
The Sport of Kings
(1921)
Frank Rosedale
A Romance of Old Baghdad
(1922)
Miski
The Glorious Adventure
(1922)
Bulfinch
Little Brother of God
(1922)
King Kennidy
A Sailor Tramp
(1922)
The Sailor Tramp
The Crimson Circle
(1922)
The Romany
(1923)
The Chief
Heartstrings
(1923)
Frank Wilson
Woman to Woman
(1923)
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
M'Lord of the White Road
(1923)
Lord Annerley / John
The Passionate Adventure
(1924)
Herb Harris
Women and Diamonds
(1924)
Brian Owen
In the Blood
(1924)
Tony Crabtree
The Boatswain's Mate
(1924)
Ned Travers
The Gay Corinthian
(1924)
Squire Hardcastle
The Beloved Brute
(1924)
Charles Hinges
The Unholy Three
(1925)
Hercules
Winds of Chance
(1925)
Poleon Doret
The Fighting Heart
(1925)
Soapy Williams
The Hunted Woman
(1925)
Quade
Percy
(1925)
Reedy Jenkins
What Price Glory
(1926)
Capt. Flagg
Beau Geste
(1926)
Hank
Men of Steel
(1926)
Pete Masarick
The Isle of Retribution
(1926)
Doomsdorf
Mother Machree
(1927)
The Giant of Kilkenny
The Loves of Carmen
(1927)
Escamillo
Life in Hollywood No. 5
(1927)
A Girl in Every Port
(1928)
Spike Madden
Hangman's House
(1928)
Denis Hogan
The River Pirate
(1928)
Sailor Fritz
Happy Days
(1929)
Minstrel Show Performer
The Black Watch
(1929)
Captain Donald King
Hot for Paris
(1929)
John Patrick Duke
The Cock-Eyed World
(1929)
Top Sergeant Flagg
Strong Boy
(1929)
Strong Boy
Captain Lash
(1929)
Captain Lash
A Devil with Women
(1930)
Jerry Maxton
On the Level
(1930)
Biff Williams
Dishonored
(1931)
Colonel Kranau
Women of All Nations
(1931)
Captain Jim Flagg
Wicked
(1931)
Scott Burrows
Three Rogues
(1931)
Bull Stanley
Annabelle's Affairs
(1931)
John Rawson / Hefly Jack
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Sergeant Flagg
Guilty as Hell
(1932)
Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley
While Paris Sleeps
(1932)
Jacques Costaud
Rackety Rax
(1932)
'Knucks' McGloin
The Gay Caballero
(1932)
Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote
Devil's Lottery
(1932)
Jem Meech
Laughing at Life
(1933)
Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale
Hot Pepper
(1933)
Jim Flagg
Dick Turpin
(1933)
Dick Turpin
The Lost Patrol
(1934)
The Sergeant
Murder at the Vanities
(1934)
Bill Murdock
The Captain Hates the Sea
(1934)
Junius P. Schulte
Wharf Angel
(1934)
Turk
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
(1934)
No More Women
(1934)
Forty-Fathoms
The Informer
(1935)
Gypo Nolan
Professional Soldier
(1935)
Colonel Michael Donovan
The Great Hotel Murder
(1935)
Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe
Under Pressure
(1935)
Jumbo Smith
Under Two Flags
(1936)
J.C. Doyle
Klondike Annie
(1936)
Bull Brackett
The Magnificent Brute
(1936)
'Big Steve' Andrews
Wee Willie Winkie
(1937)
Sgt. Donald MacDuff
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Jock Ramsay
Sea Devils
(1937)
Steve Webb
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
(1937)
Dannie O'Neill
Ali Baba Goes to Town
(1937)
Himself
Battle Of Broadway
(1938)
Big Ben Wheeler
The Devil's Party
(1938)
Marty Malone
We're Going to Be Rich
(1938)
"Dobbie" Dobson
Gunga Din
(1939)
MacChesney
Rio
(1939)
Dirk
Captain Fury
(1939)
Jerry Black aka Blackie
Let Freedom Ring
(1939)
Chris Mulligan
Full Confession
(1939)
Pat McGinnis
Pacific Liner
(1939)
Crusher McKay
Ex-Champ
(1939)
Tom 'Gunner' Grey
The Big Guy
(1939)
Warden Bill Whitlock
South of Pago Pago
(1940)
Bucko Larson
Diamond Frontier
(1940)
Terrence Regan
Broadway Limited
(1941)
Maurice "Mike" Monaghan
China Girl
(1942)
Major Bull Weed
Powder Town
(1942)
Jeems O'Shea
Call Out the Marines
(1942)
Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Archibald Spavin
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
Captain Barrett / The Hook
Roger Touhy, Gangster
(1944)
Herman "Owl" Banghart
Tampico
(1944)
Fred Adamson
Love, Honor and Goodbye
(1945)
Terry O'Farrell
Rough, Tough and Ready
(1945)
Owen McCarey
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Gitlo
Calendar Girl
(1947)
Matthew O'Neill
The Foxes of Harrow
(1947)
Mike Farrell
Michigan Kid
(1947)
Curley Davis
Fort Apache
(1948)
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949)
First Sergeant Quincannon
Rio Grande
(1950)
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
O'Mara's Chain Miracle
(1951)
Officer O'Mara
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
Fair Wind to Java
(1953)
O'Brien
Prince Valiant
(1954)
Boltar
Trouble in the Glen
(1954)
Parlan
City of Shadows
(1955)
Big Tim Channing
Many Rivers to Cross
(1955)
Cadmus Cherne
Lady Godiva of Coventry
(1955)
Grimald
Bengazi
(1955)
Robert Emmett Donovan
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
SS Henrietta Helmsman
The Abductors
(1957)
Tom Muldoon
Sea Fury
(1958)
Bellew
The Italians They Are Crazy
(1958)
Sergente O'Riley
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din
(2004)
MacChesney (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
(2019)
Self - Actor (archive footage)