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Victor McLaglen
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Actor Born: December 10, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, England, UK Death: November 7, 1959 in Newport Beach, CA Biography:A boy soldier during the Boer War, British actor "Victor McLaglen" later worked as a prizefighter (once losing to Jack Johnson in six rounds) and a vaudeville and circus performer. He served in World War I as a captain with the Irish Fusiliers and as provost marshal of Baghdad. In the early '20s he broke into British films. He soon moved to Hollywood, where he got lead and supporting roles; his basic screen persona was that of a large, brutish, but soft-hearted man of action. He appeared in many "John Ford" films, often as a military man. McLaglen made the transition to sound successfully, and for his work in Ford's "The Informer" (1935), he won the Best Actor Oscar. He remained a busy screen actor until the late '50s. Five of his brothers were also film actors: Arthur, Clifford, Cyril, Kenneth, and Leopold. He was the father of director "Andrew V. McLaglen". ~ All Movie Guide
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