Victor McLaglen Net Worth
Victor McLaglen Net Worth is
$800,000
Victor McLaglen Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. McLaglen (pronounced Muh-clog-len, not Mack-loff-len) was the son of the ... | Date Of Birth | December 10, 1886 |
| Died | 1959-11-07 |
| Place Of Birth | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK |
| Height | 6' 3" (1.91 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Suzanne M. Brueggeman |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Gunga Din (1939) | $62,000 |
| The Beloved Brute (1924) | $300 per week |
| The Call of the Road (1920) | £180 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have no illusions about acting and certainly I have none about myself. Long ago I came to the conclusion that actors are victims of luck and circumstance. If the role you are in fits the size of your head and some inherent quality in yourself, you do it well. |
| 2 | [about his professional bout with boxer Jack Johnson] He never knocked me down . . . but he sure beat the livin' be-Jesus out of me. |
| 3 | [about his early years] Acting never appealed to me, and I was dabbling in it solely as a means of making money. I rather felt that the greasepaint business was somewhat beneath a man who was once a reasonably useful boxer. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although he claimed to have been born in Tunbridge Wells, his birth records show he was actually born in Stepney. |
| 2 | Donald Crisp delivered the eulogy at his funeral. |
| 3 | He formed a uniformed private army in the early 1930s made up of British and Irish World War I veterans. He called it the California Light Horse Troop and gave himself the rank of colonel. At one point it numbered 800 members, with 150 airmen. Public opinion at the time was very negative but, according to writer Philip Blzeibfred, the entire group volunteered for service during World War II and was accepted. |
| 4 | He became a bodyguard for an Indian rajah. After one of his employer's guests accidentally shot him in the leg during a hunt, he was promoted to food taster. Luckily for McLaglen he quit the job--before the rajah was poisoned to death. |
| 5 | Victor and brother Fred did a strongman/boxer vaudeville act in Canada and were billed as "The Romano Brothers." They posed as 'living statue,' recreated the boxing styles of well-known pugilists, and Fred crushed rocks on Victor's chest using a sledgehammer. |
| 6 | Prospected for gold and silver during strikes in Cobalt, Ontario just after the turn of the century. |
| 7 | McLaglen and brother Arthur at one time hunted lions in Africa,. |
| 8 | Claimed he was four years older than he really was so he could enlist in the London Life Guards and fight in the Boer War. |
| 9 | Grandfather of Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton. |
| 10 | Grandfather of Assistant Director and Executive Producer Josh McLaglen. |
| 11 | He died about a month after his final role in an episode of Rawhide (1959), directed by his son Andrew V. McLaglen. |
| 12 | When he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Quiet Man (1952), he became the first male actor to be nominated for a supporting role after having already won an Oscar for a leading role, having won the Best Actor Oscar for The Informer (1935) seventeen years earlier. The first performer to do this was Jennifer Jones, who won the Best Actress Oscar for The Song of Bernadette (1943) and was a Supporting Actress nominee for Since You Went Away (1944). |
| 13 | He left home at 14 to join the British army with the intention of fighting in the Second Boer War. However, much to his disappointment, he was stationed at Windsor Castle and was later forced to leave the army when his true age was discovered. |
| 14 | In 1932, while still a British citizen, McLaglen captained a band called the Hollywood Light Horse, described as "a military organization formed to promote Americanism and combat Communism and radicalism subversive to Constitutional government." For the most part, McLaglen and his troopers marched around in their specially tailored military uniforms to their favorite restaurants and bars. When that bid for social attention began to wane, Hollywood Light Horse members began drifting over to a parallel organization known as the Hollywood Hussars. The more serious purpose of the Hussars was to invade the Soviet Republic of Georgia to secure drilling rights for an American oil millionaire who was bankrolling their enterprise. At one point, McLaglen was a member along with George Brent, the sheriff of Los Angeles County and the city police chief. Gary Cooper was described as one of the sponsors, but that assertion was withdrawn following protests by Cooper's representatives. In any event the Hussars never got to invade Georgia - their most conspicuous public outing was a march one afternoon down to the Los Angeles newspaper offices of William Randolph Hearst, where they serenaded the publisher from the sidewalk in a group song, in gratitude for his anti-Communist editorials. |
| 15 | During the British administration of the League of Nations mandate of Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the 1920s, McLaglen, who was a sergeant in the British army, was appointed provost marshal - chief of military police - for Baghdad. |
| 16 | Born British, McLaglen became a U.S. citizen in January, 1933. |
| 17 | First performer to win an Oscar for a performance in a remake. The Informer (1935), the movie that won him an Oscar, was a remake of The Informer (1929). |
| 18 | According to a 1912 newspaper report, McLaglen participated in a fencing duel with one Carl Brosius in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, prior to that date. |
| 19 | Under the pseudonym Paul Romano, McLaglen boxed future heavyweight champion Jess Willard in a four-round exhibition match in Springfield, Missouri, on 26 September 1911. |
| 20 | Younger brother of boxer Fred McLaglen, aka Fred McKay (lifetime boxing record 6-11-2) |
| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | He was cast mostly as Irishmen, particularly by John Ford, but he was actually British, his ancestry being mainly Scot. |
| 23 | Was nearly 50 before he became a bankable actor in films like The Lost Patrol (1934) and The Informer (1935). |
| 24 | In spite of being a powerful hulk his whole life (his huge shoulders making even John Wayne's look small), he was 64 and in declining health by the time he was in The Quiet Man (1952). Even prickly John Ford had to be sensitive to McLaglen's condition while shooting that movie's grueling fight sequence. |
| 25 | Before becoming an actor, he 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. |
| 26 | Brother of actor Leopold McLaglen. |
| 27 | Grandfather of Mary McLaglen. |
| 28 | Interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA. |
| 29 | Daughter Sheila McLaglen born 1920. |
| 30 | Father-in-law of actress Veda Ann Borg. |
| 31 | Brother of actor and sculptor Arthur McLaglen. |
| 32 | Brother of actor Kenneth McLaglen |
| 33 | Brother of actor Cyril McLaglen. |
| 34 | Brother of actor Clifford McLaglen. |
| 35 | Father of film director Andrew V. McLaglen. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Fury | 1939 | Blackie / Jerry Black | |
| Ex-Champ | 1939 | Tom 'Gunner' Grey | |
| Let Freedom Ring | 1939 | Chris Mulligan | |
| Gunga Din | 1939 | MacChesney | |
| Pacific Liner | 1939 | Crusher McKay | |
| We're Going to Be Rich | 1938 | Dobbie | |
| The Devil's Party | 1938 | Marty Malone | |
| Battle of Broadway | 1938 | Big Ben Wheeler | |
| Ali Baba Goes to Town | 1937 | Victor McLaglen - at Fictional Premiere (uncredited) | |
| Wee Willie Winkie | 1937 | Sergeant MacDuff | |
| This Is My Affair | 1937 | Jock Ramsay | |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | 1937 | Dannie O'Neill | |
| Sea Devils | 1937 | CPO William 'Medals' Malone | |
| Magnificent Brute | 1936 | 'Big Steve' Andrews (as Victor McLaglen-Academy Award Winner) | |
| Under Two Flags | 1936 | Maj. Doyle | |
| Klondike Annie | 1936 | Bull Brackett | |
| Professional Soldier | 1935 | Col. Michael Donovan | |
| The Informer | 1935 | Gypo Nolan | |
| The Great Hotel Murder | 1935 | Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe | |
| Under Pressure | 1935 | Jumbo Smith | |
| The Captain Hates the Sea | 1934 | Junius P. Schulte | |
| Murder at the Vanities | 1934 | Bill Murdock | |
| Dick Turpin | 1934 | Dick Turpin | |
| Wharf Angel | 1934 | Turk | |
| No More Women | 1934 | Forty-Fathoms | |
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | The Sergeant | |
| Laughing at Life | 1933 | Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale | |
| Hot Pepper | 1933 | Jim Flagg | |
| Rackety Rax | 1932 | 'Knucks' McGloin | |
| Guilty as Hell | 1932 | Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley | |
| While Paris Sleeps | 1932 | Jacques Costaud | |
| Devil's Lottery | 1932 | Jem Meech | |
| The Gay Caballero | 1932 | Don Bob Harkness / El Coyote | |
| Wicked | 1931 | Scott Burrows | |
| Annabelle's Affairs | 1931 | John Rawson Hefly Jack | |
| Women of All Nations | 1931 | Captain Jim Flagg | |
| The Stolen Jools | 1931 | Short | Sergeant Flagg |
| Three Rogues | 1931 | Bull Stanley | |
| Dishonored | 1931 | Colonel Kranau | |
| A Devil with Women | 1930 | Jerry Maxton | |
| On the Level | 1930 | Biff Williams | |
| Hot for Paris | 1929 | John Patrick Duke | |
| The Cock-Eyed World | 1929 | Top Sergeant Flagg | |
| Happy Days | 1929 | Minstrel Show Performer | |
| The Black Watch | 1929 | Capt. Donald Gordon King | |
| Strong Boy | 1929 | Strong Boy | |
| Captain Lash | 1929 | Captain Lash | |
| The River Pirate | 1928 | Sailor Fritz | |
| Hangman's House | 1928 | Citizen Hogan | |
| A Girl in Every Port | 1928 | Spike Madden | |
| Mother Machree | 1928 | The Giant of Kilkenny | |
| The Loves of Carmen | 1927 | Escamillo | |
| Life in Hollywood No. 5 | 1927 | Short | |
| What Price Glory | 1926 | Capt. Flagg | |
| Beau Geste | 1926 | Hank | |
| Men of Steel | 1926 | Pete Masarick | |
| The Isle of Retribution | 1926 | Doomsdorf | |
| The Fighting Heart | 1925 | Soapy Williams | |
| Winds of Chance | 1925 | Poleon Doret | |
| The Unholy Three | 1925 | Hercules | |
| Percy | 1925 | Reedy Jenkins | |
| The Hunted Woman | 1925 | Quade | |
| The Beloved Brute | 1924 | Charles Hinges | |
| The Gay Corinthian | 1924 | Squire Hardcastle | |
| The Passionate Adventure | 1924 | Herb Harris | |
| Women and Diamonds | 1924 | Brian Owen | |
| The Boatswain's Mate | 1924 | Short | Ned Travers |
| In the Blood | 1923 | Tony Crabtree | |
| M'Lord of the White Road | 1923 | Lord Annerley / John | |
| Woman to Woman | 1923 | Nubian Slave (uncredited) | |
| Heartstrings | 1923 | Frank Wilson | |
| The Romany | 1923 | The Chief | |
| The Crimson Circle | 1922 | ||
| A Sailor Tramp | 1922 | The Sailor Tramp | |
| Little Brother of God | 1922 | King Kennidy | |
| A Romance of Old Baghdad | 1922 | Miski | |
| The Glorious Adventure | 1922 | Bulfinch | |
| The Sport of Kings | 1921 | Frank Rosedale | |
| The Prey of the Dragon | 1921 | Brett 'Dragon' Mercer | |
| Corinthian Jack | 1921 | Jack Halstead | |
| Carnival | 1921 | Baron | |
| The Call of the Road | 1920 | Alf Truscott | |
| Rawhide | 1959 | TV Series | Harry Wittman |
| Sea Fury | 1958 | Captain Bellew | |
| Gli italiani sono matti | 1958 | Sergente O'Riley | |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1958 | TV Series | Mike O'Hare |
| The Abductors | 1957 | Tom Muldoon | |
| Studio 57 | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | Helmsman of the 'S. S. Henrietta' | |
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Big Joe |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | 1955 | Grimald | |
| The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | 1955 | TV Series | Sweeney |
| Bengazi | 1955 | Robert Emmett Donovan | |
| City of Shadows | 1955 | Big Tim Channing | |
| Many Rivers to Cross | 1955 | Cadmus Cherne | |
| Trouble in the Glen | 1954 | Parlan | |
| Prince Valiant | 1954 | Boltar | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Michael O'Reilly |
| Fair Wind to Java | 1953 | O'Brien | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | Squire 'Red' Will Danaher | |
| O'Mara's Chain Miracle | 1951 | Short | Officer O'Mara |
| Rio Grande | 1950 | Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon | |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | Top Sgt. Quincannon | |
| Fort Apache | 1948 | Sgt. Festus Mulcahy | |
| The Foxes of Harrow | 1947 | Captain Mike Farrell | |
| The Michigan Kid | 1947 | Curley Davis | |
| Calendar Girl | 1947 | Matthew O'Neill | |
| Whistle Stop | 1946 | Gitlo | |
| Love, Honor and Goodbye | 1945 | Terry O'Farrell | |
| Rough, Tough and Ready | 1945 | Owen McCarey | |
| The Princess and the Pirate | 1944 | Captain Barrett / The Hook | |
| Roger Touhy, Gangster | 1944 | Herman 'Owl' Banghart | |
| Tampico | 1944 | Fred Adamson | |
| Forever and a Day | 1943 | Archibald Spavin | |
| China Girl | 1942 | Major Bull Weed | |
| Powder Town | 1942 | Jeems O'Shea | |
| Call Out the Marines | 1942 | Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis | |
| Broadway Limited | 1941 | Mike | |
| Diamond Frontier | 1940 | Terrence Regan | |
| South of Pago Pago | 1940 | Bucko Larson | |
| The Big Guy | 1939 | Warden Bill Whitlock | |
| Rio | 1939 | Dirk | |
| Full Confession | 1939 | Pat McGinnis |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | "The Wild Colonial Boy", uncredited | |
| Call Out the Marines | 1942 | performer: "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn" 1868 - uncredited | |
| Let Freedom Ring | 1939 | performer: "Pat, Sez He", "The Irish Washerwoman" - uncredited | |
| Under Two Flags | 1936 | performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" 1867 - uncredited | |
| Hot for Paris | 1929 | performer: "Duke of Ka-ki-ak" | |
| Happy Days | 1929 | performer: "Vic and Eddie" - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Is Your Life | 1953 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Name's the Same | 1952 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense | 1941 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 7 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
| 20th Century Fox Promotional Film | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 | 1934 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Spisok korabley | 2008 | Documentary | |
| John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Gypo Nolan [in "The Informer"] (uncredited) |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1984 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| That's Action | 1977 | Documentary | Himself |
| The American West of John Ford | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | actor 'Rio Grande' (uncredited) |
| Jack Johnson | 1970 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Cavalcade of Academy Awards from 1928-1939 | 1940 | Documentary short | |
| March of the Movies | 1933 | Himself, film clip (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1735 Vine Street |
| 1936 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Informer (1935) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Quiet Man (1952) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | The Informer (1935) |
Known for movies
The Quiet Man (1952)
as Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
The Informer (1935)
as Gypo Nolan
Gunga Din (1939)
as MacChesney
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
as Top Sgt. Quincannon