Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 â€" 7
November 1959) was an English film actor who held both British and
American citizenship. He was known as a character actor, particularly
in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne.
McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in
The Informer.McLaglen claimed to have been born in Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, although his birth certificate records Stepney in the East End
of London as his true birthplace. His father, Andrew Charles Albert
Mclaglen was a missionary in the Free Protestant Church in South
Africa, and was later a bishop of the Free Protestant Episcopal Church
of England. The McLaglen family is ultimately of Scottish origin,
descended from a MacLachlan who settled in South Africa in the 19th
century. The name was rendered into McLaglen from Dutch pronunciation.
A.C.A. McLaglen was christened Andries Carel Albertus McLaglen in Cape
Town on 4 April 1851. One of ten siblings, he had eight brothers and a
sister. Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur (1888â€"1972),
an actor and sculptor, and Clifford (1892â€"1978), Cyril (1899â€"1987)
and Kenneth (circa 1901â€"1979).
November 1959) was an English film actor who held both British and
American citizenship. He was known as a character actor, particularly
in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne.
McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in
The Informer.McLaglen claimed to have been born in Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, although his birth certificate records Stepney in the East End
of London as his true birthplace. His father, Andrew Charles Albert
Mclaglen was a missionary in the Free Protestant Church in South
Africa, and was later a bishop of the Free Protestant Episcopal Church
of England. The McLaglen family is ultimately of Scottish origin,
descended from a MacLachlan who settled in South Africa in the 19th
century. The name was rendered into McLaglen from Dutch pronunciation.
A.C.A. McLaglen was christened Andries Carel Albertus McLaglen in Cape
Town on 4 April 1851. One of ten siblings, he had eight brothers and a
sister. Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur (1888â€"1972),
an actor and sculptor, and Clifford (1892â€"1978), Cyril (1899â€"1987)
and Kenneth (circa 1901â€"1979).
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