Portrait of Victor McLaglen

Acting

Victor McLaglen

Career

Active from 1920 to 2004, with a break from 1959 to 2003, busiest in 1939 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
89
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fort Apache
Fort Apache
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Victor McLaglen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Intrigue 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Romance 4
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Redemption Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
On Location with Gunga Din
On Location with Gunga Din (2004)

as MacChesney (archive footage)

1950s

18 titles ยท average score 60
Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Harry Wittman

Sea Fury
Sea Fury (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as Bellew

The Italians They Are Crazy
The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)

as Sergente O'Riley

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Mike O'Hare

The Abductors
The Abductors (1957)

as Tom Muldoon

Lady Godiva of Coventry
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
GoodWatch score 51

as Grimald

Many Rivers to Cross
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

as Cadmus Cherne

City of Shadows
City of Shadows (1955)

as Big Tim Channing

Bengazi
Bengazi (1955)
GoodWatch score 34

as Robert Emmett Donovan

Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant (1954)
GoodWatch score 52

as Boltar

Fair Wind to Java
Fair Wind to Java (1953)
GoodWatch score 56

as O'Brien

The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952)
GoodWatch score 83

as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

1940s

18 titles ยท average score 63
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
GoodWatch score 80

as First Sergeant Quincannon

Fort Apache
Fort Apache (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

as Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

Whistle Stop
Whistle Stop (1946)
GoodWatch score 44

as Gitlo

Love, Honor and Goodbye
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)

as Terry O'Farrell

Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

as Herman "Owl" Banghart

The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
GoodWatch score 73

as Captain Barrett / The Hook

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Archibald Spavin

Call Out the Marines
Call Out the Marines (1942)

as Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis

China Girl
China Girl (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bull Weed

Powder Town
Powder Town (1942)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jeems O'Shea

Broadway Limited
Broadway Limited (1941)
GoodWatch score 54

as Maurice "Mike" Monaghan

South of Pago Pago
South of Pago Pago (1940)

as Bucko Larson

1930s

43 titles ยท average score 63
Gunga Din
Gunga Din (1939)
GoodWatch score 79

as MacChesney

Rio
Rio (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dirk

Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

as Sgt. Donald MacDuff

This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jock Ramsay

Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as J.C. Doyle

Klondike Annie
Klondike Annie (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

as Bull Brackett

The Informer
The Informer (1935)
GoodWatch score 65

as Gypo Nolan

The Lost Patrol
The Lost Patrol (1934)
GoodWatch score 71

as The Sergeant

Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
GoodWatch score 61

as Bill Murdock

Hot Pepper
Hot Pepper (1933)

as Jim Flagg

Laughing at Life
Laughing at Life (1933)

as Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale

Dishonored
Dishonored (1931)
GoodWatch score 81

as Colonel Kranau

1920s

39 titles ยท average score 64
The Cock-Eyed World
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)

as Top Sergeant Flagg

The Black Watch
The Black Watch (1929)
GoodWatch score 38

as Captain Donald King

Hot for Paris
Hot for Paris (1929)

as John Patrick Duke

A Girl in Every Port
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
GoodWatch score 61

as Spike Madden

Hangman's House
Hangman's House (1928)
GoodWatch score 57

as Denis Hogan

The River Pirate
The River Pirate (1928)

as Sailor Fritz

The Loves of Carmen
The Loves of Carmen (1927)

as Escamillo

Mother Machree
Mother Machree (1927)
GoodWatch score 60

as The Giant of Kilkenny

What Price Glory
What Price Glory (1926)
GoodWatch score 84

as Capt. Flagg

The Boatswain's Mate
The Boatswain's Mate (1924)

as Ned Travers

M'Lord of the White Road
M'Lord of the White Road (1923)

as Lord Annerley / John

Corinthian Jack
Corinthian Jack (1921)

as Jack Halstead