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Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen 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. He was a well-known member of John Ford’s Stock Company, appearing in 12 of the director’s films, seven of which co-starred John Wayne.
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entertainment · British-American actor and boxer (1886–1959) · actor · boxer · film actor · television actor · military officer · also Victor McLaglen, Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen, McLaglen
Born 10 December 1886 · Died 7 November 1959 · Q329577
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2025· 1 entry
Moviefone: Victor McLaglen
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2015· 1 entry
OnMilwaukee: on/victor mclaglen
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2011· 1 entry
Los Angeles Times: Victor McLaglen’s former home in La Canada Flintridge goes on the market
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1960· 1 entry
Was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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1959· 1 entry
Died 1959-11-07.
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1945· 1 entry
McLaglen said that winning the Oscar had no economic benefit and that he did not know where it was because his son had taken it to college for use as a paperweight
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1941· 1 entry
Was selected as the grand marshal of the Clovis Rodeo parade in Clovis, California
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for The Informer (1936).
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1935· 1 entry
McLaglen spent a reported $40,000 (equal to $939,320 today) to build his own stadium near Riverside Drive and Hyperion Avenue, near Griffith Park and the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles
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1933· 1 entry
Founded the California Light Horse Regiment, which included a "riding parade club, a polo-playing group and a precision motorcycle contingent"
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1913· 1 entry
And during the First World War was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, on 19 June 1915
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1886· 1 entry
Born 1886-12-10.
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