FILM DIRECTOR

Andrew V. McLaglen

1920 - 2014

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Andrew Victor McLaglen (July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-born American film and television director, known for Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart. According to one obituary "His career in many ways mirrored that of Ted Post, another inexhaustible director of series television and undemanding movies: reliable rather than stylish, both were nimble soldiers of fortune renowned for bringing work in on time and on budget... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew V. McLaglen has received more than 394,493 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Andrew V. McLaglen is the 774th most popular film director (down from 759th in 2019), the 2,745th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,679th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 20

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  • 3.80

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  • 2.78

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Andrew V. McLaglen ranks 774 out of 2,041. Before him are Harald Reinl, Albert Capellani, Joshua Logan, Laura Mulvey, Isabel Coixet, and Boris Kaufman. After him are Giuseppe Rotunno, Antoine Fuqua, Péter Bacsó, Ted Post, Herbert Brenon, and Mark Robson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Andrew V. McLaglen ranks 235. Before him are Gerda Lerner, Henry Eriksson, Silvestre Igoa, Natalya Kovshova, Hans Ørberg, and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. After him are John Lewis, Siegfried Buback, Antonina Makarova, Michel Audiard, Lygia Clark, and Werner Klemperer. Among people deceased in 2014, Andrew V. McLaglen ranks 213. Before him are Simin Behbahani, Said Akl, Ilija Pantelić, François Cavanna, René Burri, and Saul Zaentz. After him are Dennis Frederiksen, Sándor Rozsnyói, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Marco Cé, Halet Çambel, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew V. McLaglen ranks 2,745 out of 8,785. Before him are Laura Mulvey (1941), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Graham McTavish (1961), Alan White (1949), Antony Gormley (1950), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915). After him are John Gilbert Baker (1834), Minette Walters (1949), Jordan Henderson (1990), Trevor Pinnock (1946), Harry Styles (1994), and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Andrew V. McLaglen ranks 58. Before him are Richard Marquand (1937), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), James Whale (1889), Stephen Daldry (1960), Terence Fisher (1904), and Laura Mulvey (1941). After him are Sally Potter (1949), Edmund Goulding (1891), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), and Steven Knight (1959).

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Filmography

The Wild Geese
Director
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Jun 28th 19786.8 / 10
McLintock!
Director
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
Nov 12th 19636.5 / 10
Chisum
Director
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
Jul 23rd 19706.714 / 10