He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne. You can unsubscribe at any time. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] http://knowshowbiz.blogspot.com/. Dick Turpin (1933) . Dick Turpin69. 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,[8] who authored a book on the subject. Their ties to him went back to the silent film era, and they had loved him anyway. The night before filming the fight, Ford had McLaglen rehearse throwing his sisters dowry on the floor. The Giant of Kilkenny (Terence O'Dowd), He starred and appeared, in a few pre- The Big Trail films,of which Duke, may or may not played a part. "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" aka Jane Wyman Presents (USA: rerun title) aka Jane Wyman Theater (USA)- Big Joe's Comin' Home (1955) TV Episode . Big Joe9. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne. Here is some interesting reading about Victor McLaglen -, http://www.nndb.com/people/452/000047311/http://www.movieactors.com/winm/m35.htmhttp://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Victor_McLaglen.htmlhttp://www.meredy.com/mclaglentriv.htmlhttp://www.jwayne.com/costars/Victor_McLaglen.shtmlhttp://www.silentsaregolden.com/photos/vicaglenphoto.htmlhttp://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=879http://silentgents.com/OGMcLaglen.htmlhttp://www.filmbug.com/db/344704http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_br_last=McLaglenhttp://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Victor_McLaglenhttp://theoscarsite.com/whoswho/mclaglen_v.htm. Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he wasn't Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of . "I always hated a flabby handshake myself" Victor McLaglen and Duke appeared in 7 movies together, all directed by John Ford. McKinley aka Guilty as Charged (UK)71. Under Two Flags (1936) . J.C. Doyle56. . [38], He went to Italy for Gli Italiani sono matti and had a good part in Sea Fury (1958), shot in England with Stanley Baker. He befriended countless co-stars and crew members as well as plenty of folks outside the film industry who were among the biggest and brightest stars of the era. The Princess and the Pirate (1944) . Captain Barrett ak The Hook30. Carnival (1921)117. He went to Britain for Trouble in the Glen (1954), an unsuccessful attempt to do for Scotland what The Quiet Man did for Ireland. The Giant of Kilkenny (Terence O'Dowd)91. . I enjoyed it quite a bit. McLaglen finished out the 1930s in a variety of roles, many of them secondary leads, most of them in melodramas or spectacular adventure films, including Professional Soldier (1935), Klondike Annie (opposite Mae West), Under Two Flags, The Magnificent Brute (all 1936), Sea Devils, Nancy Steel Is Missing, This Is My Affair, Wee Willie Winkie (all 1937, the last fortuitously paired with Shirley Temple, again for director Ford), The Devil's Party, We're Going to Be Rich (both 1938), Pacific Liner, Let Freedom Ring, Captain Fury, Ex-Champ, Full Confession and Rio (all 1939). Beau Geste (1926) . Hank94. John called it The Wild Goose and wild it was. Heartstrings (1923) . Frank Wilson108. (also 1926, directed by Raoul Walsh), the antiwar smash adapted from a hit Broadway play. . The Devil's Party (1938) . Marty Malone48. Movie audiences seemed less interested in the film's pacifistic sentiments than in the gregarious, ribald byplay between Flagg and his sergeant, Quirt (played by Edmund Lowe). ". What movie these three. Andrew's children, Mary and Josh McLaglen, are both film producers and directors. In Volume 34 of The Official John Wayne Collectors Edition, get to know Duke for the loyal friend and honest man that he was. John Ford: Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Boris Karloff: Aventure, film de guerre: The Lucky Texan . - recalling his early years, Mini Biography Rambunctious British leading man and later character actor primarily American films, a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. However, not all the other actors would put up with Fords manipulations including OHara who got him right back. Express. 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) with Maureen O'Hara and Ben Johnson. Register yourself now and be a part of our community! [41], In 1935, McLaglen spent a reported $40,000 to build his own stadium near Riverside Drive and Hyperion Avenue, near Griffith Park and the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. . Whistle Stop (1946) . Gitlo27. What Price Glory (1926) . Capt. The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the edition of May 30, 1907, that Wayne weighed 13 lbs. "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater"- The Marine Went to Town (1955) TV Episode11. Usually these were alongside John Wayne in such classics as Fort Apache (as Sergeant Festus Mulcahy) in 1948. William Dieterle: Dolores del Ro, Victor Jory, Osgood Perkins: Comdie, drame: The Man from Utah: Robert N. Bradbury: John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, George 'Gabby' Hayes . McLaglen's blunt features were a familiar sight in films by John Ford, and he won an Oscar as the heavy-drinking title character of the director's gripping classic, "The Informer" (1935). [11] He finished his professional career with a record of 16 wins, eight losses, and a draw. "Lux Video Theatre" aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)- The Exposure of Michael O'Reilly (1954) TV Episode . Michael O'Reilly16. Andrew McLaglen was a television and film director who worked on several film projects with John Wayne. Of course, this scene and the final fight almost didnt end up in the movie until Ford pushed for the final cut in his usual uncompromising manner. Donald Gordon King aka King of the Khyber Rifles (UK) 85. All of my thoughts about John Wayne are warm and affectionate. The Informer (1935) . Gypo Nolan59. While Paris Sleeps (1932) . Jacques Costaud72. Here is a Funny little story about Victor Bugging John Ford about a Navajo Dog, that I had put up on Duke Stories a while back and tells you a little about how Victor McLaglen was. There he met his match with Maureen OHaras Mary Kate Danaher and her difficult brother Red, played by Victor McLaglen. American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. (and no, we don't watch those four over and over again! His the best movies are The Quiet Man (1952), The Informer (1935), Rio Grande (1950), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Gunga Din (1939). Donald Crisp cast him in The Glorious Adventure (1922)[22][23] and he was in A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922), Little Brother of God (1922), A Sailor Tramp (1922), The Crimson Circle (1922), The Romany (1922), and Heartstrings (1922). In his striped doorman's uniform, Victor McLaglen was almost as jaw . His 1909 bout with legendary champion Jack Johnson in Vancouver was a six-round exhibition bout. Captain Lash (1929) . Captain Lash87. Years later, cast and crew deferentially referred to him as "Pappy" or "Coach," but to Harry Jr., Ford was always "Uncle Jack. Strong Boy (1929) . Strong Boy86. The Foxes of Harrow (1947) . Captain Mike Farrell24. Hangman's House (1928) . Citizen Denis Hogan89. Devil's Lottery. They were both "discovered" by John Ford, who went on to direct both in several films, with Wayne taking the starring position and Bond as the supporting actor. See the Winnipeg Police Museum, Police Commission Books. Dick Turpin. He starred as the titular gladiator in the 1960 epic historical drama, Take a Sneak Peek of The Official Collector's Edition John Wayne, Vol. No More Women (1934) . Forty-Fathoms65. Edited 6 times, last by ethanedwards (Jan 25th 2017). Do you think Duke ever felt jealous that Victor got his Oscar before he did? Ford and McLaglen's relationship was fruitful: Ford gave McLaglen's career a fresh impetus with a number of roles that completely transformed him into the lovable Irish rogue. Laughing at Life (1933) . Dennis P. McHale67. Rackety Rax (1932) . 'Knucks' McGloin70. For all his gruffness in some movies, I consider Victor McLaglen kind of like a big teddy bear, probably from some of the Shirley Temple movies I have seen him in. McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in The Informer. The sergeants are sent on an important mission to investigate an outpost that has had its telegraph lines cut. Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) . Grimald aka Lady Godiva of Coventry (UK)10. The Abductors (1957) . Tom Muldoon6. Sergeant Flagg aka The Stolen Jools79. Victor McLaglen remains one of the most loved character actors of all time. Former prizefighter (he once went six rounds against the great Jack Johnson) who entered British films in 1920 and moved to the USA five years later. The Michigan Kid (1947) . Curley25. After the war, he continued boxing, including a defeat at the hands of British champion Frank Goddard. Trivia Father of film director Andrew V. McLaglen. He first married Enid Lamont in 1919. The young McLaglen, eldest of eight brothers, attempted to serve in the Boer War by joining the Life Guards, though his father secured his release. and How Do You Become a John Wayne Fan? Himself - Contestant5. John Wayne died 41 years ago, but his legacy looms large over Hollywood to this day and remains the face of the American Western. Was over 50 before he became a bankable actor in films like The Lost Patrol (1934) and The Informer (1935). Powder Town (1942) . Jeems O'Shea35. He was in Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931) and had a cameo in the short film The Stolen Jools (1931). However, Ford insisted that she do it, so as to get the genuinely shocked reaction from her co-star, which totally worked. Republic Pictures had insisted that The Quiet Man be no longer than two hours, believing that audiences wouldnt want to sit in a cinema for any time beyond that. McLaglen and Lowe reprised their characterizations in The CockEyed World (1929) and Women of All Nations (1931), then went on to embellish them, without the Quirt or Flagg cognomen, in the similarly boisterous Guilty as Hell (1932), Hot Pepper (1933), No More Women (1934), Under Pressure and The Great Hotel Mystery (both 1935). 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). The Crimson Circle (1922)113. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a carnival boxer. Victor McLaglen Biography. With the coming of sound, his ability to be persuasively debonair diminished by reason of his native speech patterns, but his popularity increased, particularly when cast by John Ford as the tragic Gypo Nolan in The Informer (1935), for which McLaglen won the Best Actor Oscar. Between bouts, McLaglen toured with a circus, which offered $25 to anyone who could go three rounds with him. Trouble in the Glen (1953) . Parlan18. They cared, some of them, about the agony Barbara Stanwyck displays in The Plough and the Stars in which the young, talented actress was badly miscast as a clingy young housewifewhen her husband takes up arms to fight in the battle escalating under her . McLaglen was in The Isle of Retribution (1925), Men of Steel (1926), and Beau Geste (1926), playing Hank in the last. Ford gave McLaglen juicy supporting parts in his Cavalry trilogy-Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950)-before awarding the burly Englishman his last formidable role, that of Maureen O'Hara's bullying brother in The Quiet Man (1952, for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination). ", "How Good Is an Oscar? orders@topixmedia.com Having fumed all that night, the Red star was right where the filmmaker wanted him, filled with genuine rage to be captured on film. . McLaglen formed a semi- militaristic riding and polo club, the Light Horse Brigade, and a similarly arrayed precision motorcycle team, the Victor McLaglen Motorcycle Corps, both of which led to apparently erroneous conclusions that McLaglen had fascist sympathies and was forming his own private army. film), then McLaglen made Wharf Angel (1934). His second marriage was to Suzanne M. Brueggeman. McLaglen was attacked by some on the left as fascist, which he denied. To John Wayne, though, they were simply people who, like him, knew that a good time is always better when shared in the company of others. At 6 2 and 195 pounds, Bond was a starting lineman on USC's first national championship team in 1928. Coming of age when his father, the gifted actor Victor McLaglen, won an Oscar for Best Actor . The Quiet Man returns to US cinemas today for St Patricks Day, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Ireland-set John Wayne and John Ford collaboration. The Hunted Woman (1925) . Quade101. Din Din Gunga DIn Your A Better Man Then I Am Gunga Din I think this chap is one of the best to come out of England. Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945) . Terry O'Farrell28. McLaglen, who was married four times, is survived by a son, Josh, and a daughter, Mary, both film producers, who got their start on their father's films. When Douglas passed away on February 5, 2020, Hollywood lost not only a legend, but one of the last remaining stars of its Golden Age. Maj. 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