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