Victor McLaglen

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Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (born December 11, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells , England - † November 7, 1959 in Newport Beach , California ) was a British-American actor. For his title role in The Traitor , he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1936 .

Life

Victor McLaglen was born the third of ten children to an Anglican priest in Kent and attended St. Boniface School for Boys in London . His father got a job as Bishop of Claremont in South Africa . At the age of 14, the sturdy boy joined the British Army to take part in the Boer War. When his real age became known, he was released without having fought in South Africa. He then began a career as a prize boxer at fairs in Canada. He fought in the First World War.

In 1920 McLaglen made his film debut in the English film The Call of the Road . He quickly took on major film roles, such as in James Stuart Blackton's British-American The Glorious Adventure (1921). In 1924 he went to the USA. His first film there was The Beloved Brute (1924). He first starred in The Fighting Heart in 1925 under the direction of John Ford , with whom he worked frequently for the next 27 years. Victor McLaglen's most successful roles in American silent films include Captain Flagg in Raoul Walsh's What Price Glory? (1926) and that of the sailor Spike Madden in Howard Hawks ' A Girl in Every Port (1928).

The characters played by McLaglen were often simply structured, coarse fellows. These role characters shape his film appearances in the 1930s, especially with John Ford as a sergeant in The Lost Patrol (1933) and as an Irish informer in The Informer (1935) as well as in numerous adventure films. In the late 1940s, McLaglen appeared in Ford's cavalry western Fort Apache , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande alongside John Wayne . In the role of an Irish farmer in the film The Quiet Man (1952) had success. His last film appearance was as a drinker in the British film Sea Fury by Cyril Endfield . Shortly before his death in the late 1950s, he was still working for television.

Victor McLaglen published the book Express to Hollywood in 1935 . He was married three times, from 1919 to 1942 to Enid Lamont (widowed), from 1943 to 1948 to Suzanne M. Brueggeman (divorced) and from 1948 to his death with Margaret Pumphrey. He had two children from his first marriage, Andrew (1920–2014) and Sheila (* 1920). Andrew began his own directing career in 1956, especially in westerns and action films as well as television. Victor McLaglen's younger brothers Arthur , Clifford , Cyril and Kenneth were also actors.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1936: Oscar as best leading actor for The Traitor
  • 1953: Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for Der Sieger

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personal data
SURNAME McLaglen, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Bier Everleigh McLaglen, Victor Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunbridge Wells , England
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1959
Place of death Newport Beach , California