Victor McLaglen Overview:

Legendary actor, Victor McLaglen, was born Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Dec 10, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. McLaglen died at the age of 72 on Nov 7, 1959 in Newport Beach, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

MINI BIO:

A British-born Wallace Beery. A great cheerful hulk of a man with tousled hair, McLaglen was a soldier, farmer, prospector, boxer (his battered features testified to that) and vaudeville performer before coming to the British cinema and quickly becoming popular by riding roughshod through action roles. Went to Hollywood in 1925, winning an Academy Award ten years later in The Informer but being largely used as aggressive, Irish-biased comedy relief. Also received an Oscar nomination for The Quiet Man. Died from a heart attack.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

.

Victor McLaglen was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actor for The Informer (as Gypo Nolan) in 1935.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1935Best ActorThe Informer (1935)Gypo NolanWon
1952Best Supporting ActorThe Quiet Man (1952)Red Will DanaherNominated
.

He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Victor McLaglen's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #31 on May 25, 1936.

BlogHub Articles:

The Informer (1935): John Ford and

By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 22, 2022 From 4 Star Films

The opening title card sets the stage in strife-torn Dublin in 1922 with a reference to Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus Christ to be killed. The allusive nature of the story becomes apparent only with time, connecting with John Ford’s own deeply religious inclinations as an Irish Catholic. I... Read full article


Photoplay Cookbook: ’s “Chili Con Carne”

By Fritzi Kramer on Aug 4, 2014 From Movies Silently

By Fritzi Kramer on August 4, 2014 in Article, Blog, Feature, Photoplay Cookbook Welcome back! I am cooking my way through the 1929 Photoplay cookbook (recipes of the stars!) and you are invited to tag along. (I have listed all the recipes I have tested on this dedicated page. Check back often.) Tod... Read full article


, in a Jeep or: a 4 by Ford. McLaglen, Boxer, Actor and a Squire of the Hollywood Landscape

By C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014 From Classic Film Aficionados

Classic Film Aficionados Born?Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in?Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories that he might relay t... Read full article


, in a Jeep or: a 4 by Ford. McLaglen, Boxer, Actor and a Squire of the Hollywood Landscape

By C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014 From Classic Film Aficionados

Classic Film Aficionados Born?Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in?Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories that he might relay t... Read full article


, in a Jeep or: a 4 by Ford. McLaglen, Boxer, Actor and a Squire of the Hollywood Landscape (3)

By C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014 From Classic Film Aficionados

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: Born?Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in?Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories... Read full article


See all articles

Victor McLaglen Quotes:

The Sergeant: What's the use of chewin' the rag about something we might of done?
Morelli: Right you are, Sarge!
The Sergeant: Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'. Perhaps I've done everything wrong! Perhaps this and perhaps that! But what I've done I've done, and what I haven't, I haven't!


Katie Madden: Ah, Gypo, what's the use? I'm hungry, and I can't pay my room rent. Have you the price of a flop on you?
Gypo Nolan: No.
Katie Madden: What's the use? Ah. don't look at me like that, Gypo! You're all I got! You're the only one. You know that. But what chance do we have to escape? Money! Some people have all the luck!
[Indicating the ad in the travel agency window]
Katie Madden: Look at that thing handing us the ha-ha! Ten pounds to America! Twenty pounds and the world is ours?
Gypo Nolan: What are you saying that for?


Bull Brackett: We've never had a woman passenger on this boat. That is, none like you!


read more quotes from Victor McLaglen...



Share this page:
Visit the Classic Movie Hub Blog CMH
Also a Sagittarius






See All Sagittariuses >>
Best Actor Oscar 1935






See more Best Actor awards>>
Grauman's Imprints

Also at Grauman's




See All Imprint Ceremonies >>
Victor McLaglen on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame



See All Walk of Fame Stars >>
Victor McLaglen Facts
In 1932, while still a British citizen, McLaglen captained a band called the Hollywood Light Horse, described as "a military organization formed to promote Americanism and combat Communism and radicalism subversive to Constitutional government." For the most part, McLaglen and his troopers marched around in their specially tailored military uniforms to their favorite restaurants and bars. When that bid for social attention began to wane, Hollywood Light Horse members began drifting over to a parallel organization known as the Hollywood Hussars. The more serious purpose of the Hussars was to invade the Soviet Republic of Georgia to secure drilling rights for an American oil millionaire who was bankrolling their enterprise. At one point, McLaglen was a member along with George Brent, the sheriff of Los Angeles County and the city police chief. Gary Cooper was described as one of the sponsors, but that assertion was withdrawn following protests by Cooper's representatives. In any event the Hussars never got to invade Georgia - their most conspicuous public outing was a march one afternoon down to the Los Angeles newspaper offices of William Randolph Hearst, where they serenaded the publisher from the sidewalk in a group song, in gratitude for his anti-Communi

Brother of actor Kenneth McLaglen

Before becoming an actor, he worked as a carnival boxer. If anyone could stay in the ring with him for one round and not be knocked down, they won a box of cigars.

See All Related Facts >>
Related Lists
Create a list


See All Related Lists >>