Victor McLaglen Movies

Want to know the best Victor McLaglen movies?  How about the worst Victor McLaglen movies?  Curious about Victor McLaglen box office grosses or which Victor McLaglen movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Victor McLaglen movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Victor McLaglen (1886-1959) was an Oscar®-winning British-American actor.   McLaglen was a well-known character actor, appearing in movies for almost 40 years.  He won the Academy Award® for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in The Informer.  His IMDb page shows 124 acting credits from 1920 to 1959.  This page will rank Victor McLaglen movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  Sadly many of his movies from the 1920s and early 1930s did not make the table (no box office). To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.

1935’s The Informer

Victor McLaglen Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

1939’s Gunga Din

Victor McLaglen Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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1952’s The Quiet Man

Best IMDb Trivia On Victor McLaglen

1. Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in 1886.  Four of his brothers became actors. His son Andrew became a successful director.

2. Before becoming an actor, Victor McLaglen 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.  Boxed and wrestled under the nickname ‘Sharkey’ McLaglen, as well as under his real name, prior to his movie career. His lifetime boxing record (as far as is known) was 11-6-1, with 9 KOs. His 1909 bout with legendary champion Jack Johnson in Vancouver was a six-round exhibition bout. Two years later, he boxed Jess Willard, the “Great White Hope” who eventually beat Johnson in a heavyweight title bout in 1915.

3.  Victor 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). Although McLaglen had never acted before he auditioned and got the part.

4. Some of his most famous roles co-starred John Wayne and were directed by John Ford.   Those movies were 1948’s Fort Apache, 1949’s She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1950’s Rio Grande, and 1952’s The Quiet Man.

5. Victor McLaglen died about a month after his final role in an episode of Rawhide (1959), directed by his son Andrew V. McLaglen.  Donald Crisp delivered the eulogy at his funeral.

Steve’s Victor McLaglen YouTube Video

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36 thoughts on “Victor McLaglen Movies”

  1. Victor McLaglen, is the # 20 most connected actor of the 1950’s, the # 49 most connected of the 1920’s, and the # 76 most connected of the 1930’s (3 decades).

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  2. Steve’s latest video….on Victor has been added to this page. Our thoughts on the video and Vic’s career…originally found on his channel are now listed below.

    Good ole Victor. So many movies but his role in The Quiet Man will be the one I think of first whenever I hear his name. I have seen 7 of the ones listed here and a total of 9 when looking at our VM page. Favorites are living in the Top 10. #1 The Quiet Man, #2 Gunga Din and #4 Fort Apache. I have seen 3 others in the Top 10. The Informers is very very dated….but it is now 85 years old. Voted up and shared.

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    1. Hi Bruce, for some reason I’ve never seen The Informer, one of the few top rated John Ford films I’ve missed over the years.

      Your tally 7 of the 35 on the video, I’ve seen 10 and Flora 14. Thanks as always for the share, vote and comment, much appreciated.

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