ACTOR

Victor McLaglen

1886 - 1959

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Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer. His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially as a leading man, though he was better known for his character acting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor McLaglen has received more than 1,570,141 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Victor McLaglen is the 1,323rd most popular actor (down from 1,297th in 2019), the 1,391st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,386th in 2019) and the 185th most popular British Actor.

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  • 56.89

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

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  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Victor McLaglen ranks 1,323 out of 13,578. Before him are Pat Hingle, Hannah Chaplin, Peter Mayhew, Matt Dillon, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, and Anny Ondra. After him are Stella Adler, Paul Sorvino, Lee Grant, Josef Abrhám, Treat Williams, and Holly Hunter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Victor McLaglen ranks 77. Before him are Frederic Bartlett, Taimur bin Feisal, Edward Bach, Ali Sami Yen, Henry King, and Amédée Ozenfant. After him are May Ziade, Henry H. Arnold, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Hitoshi Imamura, and Yevgeni Preobrazhensky. Among people deceased in 1959, Victor McLaglen ranks 51. Before him are Zhang Jinghui, Elias, Duke of Parma, William Halsey Jr., Grock, Edvard Eriksen, and Aleksandar Tsankov. After him are Benjamin Péret, Curt Sachs, Jose P. Laurel, George Antheil, Imre Schlosser, and Jean Behra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor McLaglen ranks 1,391 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Mansfield (1933), John Bowring (1792), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Adrian Newey (1958), and Vidal Sassoon (1928). After him are Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), Jimmy Greaves (1940), William Aiton (1731), Paul Gascoigne (1967), and M. Stanley Whittingham (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Victor McLaglen ranks 185. Before him are Rupert Everett (1959), Jack Hawkins (1910), Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), Hannah Chaplin (1865), and Peter Mayhew (1944). After him are Vinnie Jones (1965), Michael Redgrave (1908), Timothy Spall (1957), Julia Ormond (1965), Sophie Turner (1996), and Alison Steadman (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Quiet Man
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Jul 21st 19527.3 / 10
The Informer
Gypo Nolan
Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
May 9th 19356.714 / 10
Gunga Din
MacChesney
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Jan 26th 19396.49 / 10