Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was an English film actor who held both British and American citizenship. 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.
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| Full name at birth | Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen
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| Claim to fame | The Informer
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| Date of birth | 10 December 1886
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| Place of birth | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
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| Date of death | 7 November 1959
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| Age | 72 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Newport Beach, CA
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| Cause of death | Heart Attack
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
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- Father-in-law of actress Veda Ann Borg.
- He died about a month after his final role in an episode of "Rawhide" (1959), directed by his son Andrew V. 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.
- In spite of being a powerful hulk his whole life (his huge shoulders making even John Wayne's look small), he was sixty-four and in declining health by the time he was in The Quiet Man (1952). Even prickly John Ford had to be sensitive to McLaglen's condition while shooting that movie's grueling fight sequence.
- Is portrayed by Ron Kamien in Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001) (TV).
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