Andrew V. McLaglen
Directing
Born: July 28, 1920 · London, England, UK
Died: August 30, 2014 (aged 94)
Highest Rated
Biography
Andrew Victor McLaglen ((July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-American film and television director and former actor. Andrew McLaglen was born in London, the son of British actor Victor McLaglen and Enid Lamont. He was from a film family that included eight uncles and an aunt, and he grew up on movie sets with his parents as well as John Wayne and John Ford. After working as an assistant director on a few smaller films, Ford gave him the assistant director job on the film The Quiet Man (1952). After a few more assistant or second director jobs, McLaglen directed his first film Gun The Man Down in 1956 - a western B-movie with James Arness, Angie Dickinson and Harry Carey, Jr.. He went on to work extensively in television directing, directing episodes of Perry Mason (7), Gunslinger (5), Rawhide (6), and then 99 episodes of Have Gun – Will Travel, The Lieutenant (4), The Virginian (2), and 96 episodes of Gunsmoke. Returning to films - directing Shenandoah (1965) and The Rare Breed (1966), both with James Stewart; The Devil's Brigade (1968), Mitchell (1975), The Wild Geese (1978), North Sea Hijack (1979), and The Sea Wolves (1980), mostly westerns, but later specializing in war or action films, his last being Return from the River Kwai (1989). He also worked many times with John Wayne in such films as McLintock! (1963), Hellfighters (1968), The Undefeated (1969), Chisum (1970), and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973). He also directed The Last Hard Men (1976) which starred Charlton Heston and James Coburn. McLaglen directed films in an assortment of categories, including crime, war, historical and comedy, but he was most frequently a director of Westerns, and would be among the last of the American film directors to specialize in the Western genre.
Known for
The Wild Geese
1978
McLintock!
1963
Hondo
1953
Chisum
1970
Shenandoah
1965
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
Perry Mason
1957
Bandolero!
1968
The Undefeated
1969
7 Men from Now
1956
North Sea Hijack
1980
Gunsmoke
1955
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Self / Appearances (3)
Directing (64)
Perry Mason
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The Virginian
Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
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Rawhide
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Gunsmoke
Director
The Fantastic Journey
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Banacek
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The Lieutenant
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The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
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McLintock!
Director
Gunslinger
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The Blue and the Gray
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Everglades
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Sahara
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Code R
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The High and the Mighty
Assistant Director
Chisum
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The Wild Geese
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Bandolero!
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The Undefeated
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Cahill: United States Marshal
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On Wings of Eagles
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The Rare Breed
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North Sea Hijack
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The Way West
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The Sea Wolves
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Shenandoah
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Hec Ramsey
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Fools' Parade
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
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Hellfighters
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The Ballad of Josie
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The Shadow Riders
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Blood Alley
Assistant Director
The Devil's Brigade
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The Last Hard Men
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Return from the River Kwai
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Amy Prentiss
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Monkeys, Go Home!
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One More Train to Rob
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Track of the Cat
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Island in the Sky
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Something Big
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The Fantastic Journey
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Breakthrough
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Mitchell
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Hellgate
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Kansas Pacific
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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
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Travis McGee
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Murder at the World Series
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Gun the Man Down
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Eye of the Widow
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Bullfighter and the Lady
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The Bluegrass Special
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Stowaway to the Moon
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Man in the Vault
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Wild Stallion
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The Log of the Black Pearl
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The Abductors
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Trail of Danger
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The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
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Freckles
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